When I had children of own, my life ended. Both my toddlers are Autistic. One will most likely require full time care for life. Having one kid with autism is a huge impact on the parents. Having two is...almost unfair to everyone. The hours of screaming and full body seizures, the daily repetition of food, cartoons and "attempts at vocalization", the lack of sleep, lack of friends and social outlets. Both of them require more time to devoted to them per day and any one person can provide and even with my wife and I trading off we come up short.

I never planned on having kids because I knew something was wrong with me then I had to back to back while using birth control. I absolutely love my girls but there's a part of me that.. just can't reconcile that this is my life now.

It's a mixed bag. Some people have 5 amazing kids, others have one child who just crushes their souls. All I know is that having kids is an irreversible change in life, so just make sure you're certain of your choice.