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Being a mother or not is all that depends upon the women who has to give birth to a child by sacrificing her body, career and everything in between. Surviving as a married woman in a society is a tough task today because all people expect from a woman is to get pregnant and have babies. No one asks a woman if she is ready to have a baby or she ever wants to have one, people have been compelling them to have babies because that’s what the tradition says they think.
Society thinks that there’s a protocol to be followed at every step of life, get married at 25 , have babies by the age of 30 is what they think everyone should do. But no! It’s her choice to choose when to have a baby or not to have one, it’s none of anyone’s business to force a woman to be a mother. Around 90% of women today never thought that if they ever wanted to be mothers, henceforth they’re mothers because of the family pressure or without their choice. “Give it some time, you’ll get used to it” is what they say, but motherhood is a blessing that do not have to be a forced decision to anyone.