I work in Labor and Delivery

Tldr: I had a point when I started, I just needed to vent and you guy are the only people who understand.

Not by choice, it's just a job for me. I'm the person who takes care of baby in their first two hours. I clean, I stimulate, I examine, I resuscitate. I am so tired.

Seeing people give birth to their sixth kid while two are in the room screaming for attention while the dads do nothing. Obviously knowing that their middle kids are ignored and they just had to have another.

Moms so brainrotted by social media that things they could just Google are lost to them. Actually had a couple think we sell placenta on some black market. No one wants your mec stained cow tongue bag, I put it in the incinerator after you leave.

People who name their babies something so ridiculous that it feels like it's just for Instagram posts and not for a living creature to carry for its whole life.

People's who's baby is dying inside them due to a cord clamp but refuse a c-section because they don't want a scar.

People who obviously cannot afford kids having a baby. For why? What reason do you need a baby in your life? What void is this kid supposed to fill.

People who have a plan and destiny picked out at one hour of life for their kid, and they are going to be so damn disappointed when that kid has its own opinions and life later on.

I have heard no good reason to have children. It's all selfish. It's all about the parents.

I don't know if I'm an antinatalist, but I don't think people should be having kids right now. Want a legacy? Plant a garden, rehabilitate a falcon or some shit. Want a mini-you? Learn that cloning isn't even cloning and they'll have their own experiences. Want a baby? Get a sphynx cat or something.

Edit: Thanks guys, I feel better knowing that other people get it. My coworkers are all very kid centered and fawn over motherhood. It's not an environment I ever express my views as they would be considered extremely offensive.