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When do you become a mother? When you find out you are pregnant OR when you give birth to the baby? I'm 8 weeks pregnant, and I'm treated as if I'm such a small number of weeks that I just should have no say so in parenting discussions/debates.

What do YOU think?

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Whenever you form an emotional attachment to your fetus or baby.

But the title alone doesn't make you an expert on parenting topics.

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I feel you're a mother once you change your lifestyle for the better to support the baby.. Putting baby first is what mothers do :)

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You're a mother once you're pregnant. But you're not a parent until that baby is out and you are caring for them. Does that make any sense?

I feel like that also is similar to women being birth mothers and still having a connection to having had a child or carried them, but do not have the experience a parent would actually have by having to care for the child outside the womb.

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For me it would be as soon as i find out im pregnant

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I felt like I was a mother once I found out I was pregnant.  You start going to doctors appointments for your child, taking special vitamins to help support your child's growth, and alter your eating/drinking habits.  Once you make a lifestyle change for your child, that is when you become a mother.  
Congratulations!

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I think it's different for everyone. I was a mother the moment I found out I was pregnant. My baby girl was not supposed to be possible without fertility help. But here she is and from the moment I found out she was there my life was all about her. She's our little wonderful surprise princess.

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IMO when I give birth. Just because I'm tired of people saying you're a mom at conception when you tell them you're for abortion.

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You are mothering your child while pregnant. So yes a mother

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I AM MOM HEAR ME ROAR. This is my baby in my tummy no matter how small or big. No matter if it's in my tummy or I've given birth. That's MY baby. And im mommy. 😊🙃

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Depends on who you ask, but I didn't call myself a mom until the baby came out alive.

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