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I love being a mom to the most beautiful baby girl in the world- let's just get that fact down right away.  I saw the most depressing Facebook post. It was one of those relics of email forwards that "make you think" but just remind me of tacky Dollar Store plaques, mass produced with cheesy sayings. This particular post was titled Not My Turn and had a long list of things this mother didn't have a turn for because she had children. Some were obvious to me- not being able to go where you want immediately when you want, getting butterflies on a first date or planning a wedding. I get those things, but then the list included not exploring interests and hobbies or not attending to their wants and needs. While some things need to be put a on a brief hold- I don't wood burn unless Alex can attend to Phoenix- putting all NEEDS aside?? No wonder there's a birth decline. That's a horrible way to put motherhood in front of everything else. You have to take care of y