Risa Green, Notes from the Underbelly, motherhood

For whatever reason most members of our society think that all women want to get pregnant and have babies. Well not me. I don’t particularly like children, so when it was suggested that we do an article on bearing them I was hesitant. But then I thought about all my friends who are now moms and how I’d love to understand them better. So I decided to ask the questions that I had been afraid to ask, and who better to give an honest opinion than reluctant parent Risa Green, author of Notes from the Underbelly, a novel turned television series.

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.”