Jung Hanna

 EPISODE 4. FIRST

 It felt like the world was pushing me to have a child, so I thought it must be the right time. But when the kids bite each other, turn the house upside down, and break things while playing, I get incredibly frustrated—and sometimes, I even regret it. But life with a baby is an entirely different world—one with no way out. There’s no other choice but to find a way to live happily within it. 

 Since we moved to Italy and SIMO stopped working from home, I ended up taking on most of the housework. And childcare. It feels deeply unfair, which is why I strongly recommend making thorough plans before deciding to have a child. 

 There’s so much I want to say about pregnancy and childbirth that, paradoxically, I feel like I can’t explain any of it. There were definitely a lot of things I wanted to write down, but they’re so long that I could fill an entire book. One episode would never be enough to cover it all. 

 If society had a system that required parents to prepare more thoroughly for the process of becoming parents, would I have had a child? I can’t know, I need to think about it.