The youngest of three children, Carolina Tan always wanted a younger sibling, but her mother was against the idea. 'No, you're the last one,' was the reply a young Carolina would get whenever she suggested that her mum have a fourth child. Oddly enough, this experience in a way fuelled her goal of becoming a mother and taking care of...
but her mother was against the idea.
Undeterred, Carolina decided to undergo in-vitro fertilisation treatment and successfully conceived on her second IVF cycle.Speaking to AsiaOne, Carolina shares that the couple got married at 30 and the plan was to "honeymoon for one or two years" before starting a family. Conceiving naturally turned out to be quite a challenge, and it did not take long before the couple decided that it was no longer an option.
Reassurances from the specialist came in the form of reminders that there's little value in looking back on past events. "I always thought that I had the instinct to take care of kids because I grew up caring for my brother's children," she confesses."The very first day I brought my baby home, he was actually starving.Thankfully, she had her sister-in-law and confinement nanny to guide her along.stigma surrounding unconventional motherhood.
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