'I don't have any maternal instincts - is something wrong with me?'


It’s a myth that all women will automatically love their newborn child and instinctively know how to care for them; like most things in life, it is often a learnt process. — Filepic

No. Many people think that a maternal instinct is something all women will and should possess, but that is largely a myth.

It is perpetuated by humans watching mammals, and how animal mothers seem to “automatically” know what to do when they give birth to their babies.

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