Having a baby... regrets?

I guess the friends that told you it is better not to have kids are having headaches from raising their kids...but ask them if they regretted having their children. Seldom you often heard that they do. Lots of patience are required when you got kids plus you should be a responsible parent. But then I also admire the people who are brave enough to say that children are not meant for them because at least they are honest enough to admit this. There are so many people who brought kids into this world but just abandon them or doesn't know how to take care of them. These kind of people shouldn't have thought of having kids. I never had any regrets having children because children are miracles. So many wanted to be a mother but are not able to, so am glad that this miracle was given to me and I will nurture it every moment.

You have to have loads of patience in raising childred , i have a 12 yr old daughter and 16 months old toddler, yeah its a bit tough but i dont regret having them in mylife. having my own kids is the wisest decision i have ever made ,it made mylife fullfilled and so colorful.

Maybe your friends have regrets. Maybe they did not realize how much time, effort, and money it required to have children. If so, that would be why they said it. But then again...maybe they are trying to make you feel better....by pointing out all the things that they have lost. Even though they do not regret loosing such things...they are able to remember and know that you have not lost what they have. Now, with that said...do I regret? Nope! My children are amazing. They can be a huge handful at times too...I have seven of them. But it is truly amazing to watch them grow and become individuals! :)

I think it depends on your health and your finances. To weather you can handle having childern or not. I want one myself but I am scared do to my health to have any.

I bet they have young kids. I'm guessing anywhere from the terrible twos up to teenagers, lol. Those are some very trying times. :) I have a beautiful 21 year old daughter that I have never once regretted. While children can add many complications to your life, you are usually stronger in many ways after raising one. :)

Raising children is a hard job, infact the hardest job you will ever do. I do not regret ever having my kids. I have two a boy and and a girl. She is now 29 and he is 26. I got pregnant the night of my highschool graduation and had not gone to college. The father of my daughter and I got married we still are married. My regret was getting pregnant so young. I grew up with my kids. Now I am 48 and am still kind of young and no kids at home. I went to college when the kids were in school, then I worked full-time and went back to school fulltime. Then continued to work and raise the kids. Kids are wonderful, they are hard work and they cause you worry and grief but I would not change a thing now. It turns out it was a blessing that I had my children so young because I am disabled and we could not afford to live on my hubbies wages and my social security if we where raising the children still.

I can not imagine my life without my two little boys. They make it worth living. YEs, there are days, when they are whiney, and give me a hard time, but never in those instances, do I, or would I ever want them out of my life. I always thought I had such a great life, until I had children, and now I can see how incomplete my life was. They bring such joy to me, and my husband. I am incredibly happy with our lives, and cannot wait (well I can a little, i have a 7 month old, so we'll wait a few years) to have another one.