Michelle Yeoh feels 'huge sadness' over her inability to have children - but has 'no regrets'

[hewontgo]

Michelle Yeoh reveals she feels 'huge sadness' over her inability to have children - but has 'no regrets' https://t.co/ij1TQbwhB7
- Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) November 18, 2024
Yeoh, 62, discovered she was unable to conceive during her marriage to business magnate Dickson Poon from 1988 to 1992. Her fertility issues were partially what

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[insomniachobs]

I'm in a similar spot, though I've never been married/long term committed to the degree it would become an issue with a partner. It's such a weird feeling for me, almost self-contradictory? Not sure how to describe it. Simultaneously not sad at all about the life I now have, I don't feel things are missing, yet sometimes feel sad about not being able to have this possibility. But then my brain is just like "why the the latter when the former"... I've kind of quit trying to find logic in it and just let it be what it is.

And while it may give me pangs when my niece is being all cute and wants cuddles and a story, it never gives me pangs when toilet training's going through a rough patch and the clean up's someone else's job. Auntiehood has much to recommend it

[craww]

I got a hysterectomy at 27. I'm mostly grateful for it but I do get sadness from time to time. Having kids some day was always part of the plan. I think I'm sadder that my financial situation and personal life never developed in a way that'd make adoption a possibility, either.

[ginainabottle]

That’s sad but I’m glad she’s able to cherish all those other wonderful connections she’s made throughout her life. I’m glad she was (seemingly) the one who prompted the subject bc it’s so invasive when people ask about children, and I wish it weren’t so normalized. To me (I’m childfree) it’s just annoying, but to women going through fertility issues it can be such a loaded question so just stop asking altogether and leave it to the other person bring it up (or not).

[amanda_aces]

At 43, I know I made the right decision not to have children. My mother was - not mentally well, and people told her oh, once you have the baby the maternal instincts will kick in. They did not.

Since I am more like her than not, I decided not to roll the dice, and I am honestly so glad.

I love Michelle Yeoh and I'm glad she's happy with her new husband and family.

[insomniachobs]

I think this is the important thing - whether the choice is parenthood or staying child-free, that you are at peace and feel it was right for you.

[amanda_aces]

It absolutely is, and although my childhood was NOT GOOD, I'm glad I saw the wrong choice for me in action, because I have never wavered. If I hadn't experienced a bad mother, I probably would have become one. So I'm grateful for that.

[ionadelfina]

Those babies she’s holding in that picture are insanely cute. I’m coming off fertility meds after egg retrieval and every baby makes me want to cry. It’s not as bad as it was last week though.

[prlsb4swiine]

the hormone crash after retrieval was BRUTAL for me. hang in there friend, you got this!