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Why large families face social judgment about pregnancy

I'm having my fourth child and people keep asking if this was planned with this tone that suggests I should be embarrassed about having another baby, like I've already had my quota of happiness.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cultural assumptions about appropriate family size can make additional children feel like excess rather than expansion of love.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Pregnancy and prenatal care?”

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