When you become a parent, you have to give up a lot.
Gone are the days of weekend sleep-ins, alone time, blissful holidays, binge-watching Netflix shows (that you enjoy) and fun nights out with friends.
It takes a long time before you get to enjoy any of these, so you have to be prepared for that when that little bundle of joy arrives.
However, this reality wasn't apparent to one woman who was upset when she realised how much she had to sacrifice to be a mum.
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She took to Mumsnet to vent her frustrations.
"My baby is ten months old. I love her more than anything in the world," she started off by saying, according to the Daily Mail.
"I constantly worry about something bad happening to her. She is a lovely, bright, happy, sweet, and quite an independent child.
"But I just can’t shake the feeling that I regret having her. I just want to go back to my old life.
"I had a quiet, peaceful, unexciting life, and that’s what I like.
"I’m a very introverted, self-contained person and I was always happy just being by myself, working from home, watching Netflix in the evenings, enjoying nature, having dinner out now and again.
"Maybe a holiday once in a while."
She said the 'constant sense of responsibility' and 'constantly having to entertain a baby' was very overwhelming.
The new mum was surprised that she couldn't just 'sit and relax and do nothing all day' because she always had to 'be on alert'.
"I know having an older child will bring its own difficulties, but I’m wondering if I’ll enjoy it more once I can reason with her a bit and she can entertain herself more?" she concluded.
While it would normally be controversial to say that you regret having your child, loads of parents leapt into the comments section to tell her it will get better.
One said: "It's all part of parenting, you learn to take it in your stride as they get older that said they do get better at entertaining themselves."
Another added: "Once you don't have to watch every single thing they do, and they actually want to do quite fun things with you, it definitely gets better."
A third wrote: "'It gets much easier when you can communicate with them two ways. It won't be like this forever, I promise."
Others suggested talking to a therapist might do wonders for her perspective on the situation.
Topics: Parenting
Stewart Perrie