SM: Do people who say they want children really want children?
Risa Green: I won’t speak for everyone, but I think a lot of people probably come to that decision later in life. I remember when I was 22 I said “I’m never having children,” but I think that when you get married, and your spouse wants children, it becomes something that’s in your daily vocabulary. Not an “if,” but a “when.”

SM: For years I’ve heard friends say, “I’m ready to have a baby, to be a mom.” Is anyone ever truly ready for that?
Risa Green: I don’t think so. I think it’s one of those things where you have to say: “Let’s just do it and get it over with.” We have two kids now and when we got pregnant with my son that’s exactly what we said to each other. We were through the worst part with my daughter by that point and we were like, “If we wait any longer, we’re not going to want to go through all that hell again with babyhood.”