Do you have any children or would you like to have any children in the future?

[Anonymous]

I am female. I don’t dislike kids but I don’t want kids because I feel I am not mentally well enough. I also believe I likely will never be mentally well enough to raise a child. I got diagnosed with a neurological condition at 17 called Hashimoto's encephalopathy and this condition has no cure.

Nobody else in my family besides me has hashimotos encephalopathy

My older sister who doesn’t have any neurological conditions has children.
So I am already an aunt but likely will never be a mother

Updates

1 y

I have had infusion years ago to try and treat my condition. It only reduce the severity of the symptoms but I still feel the mental symptoms of my condition to this current day.
I don’t know what my future holds but I think more than likely my condition will never fully go away.

[Anonymous]

Me and my Partner don't want kids, I have bipolar and she has Anxiety and we don't feel like passing that on if that's even possible plus we believe when you have a child you give up your life to nourish theirs and we aren't done living yet. Also we'd want to own a house out right before even considering that and in this economy that's not likely to happen in time for us to have a child of our own at least.

[Nikki1989]

I did want kids, but my career, musical ambitions and other commitments took over.

[Wise4myage]

Maybe some day, but not for a long time.