The mothers who regret having children

Most parents will acknowledge that children are hard work, but are likely to say the rewards outweigh the challenges. To feel differently is almost unspeakable, but there are women who regret having children. Three women tell the Victoria Derbyshire programme what it is like to secretly wish they had not become mothers.
Rachel "If I could turn the clock back I would not have had children," says Rachel who is now in her 50s.
She has three children - her youngest is 17 - and for most of this time she has been a single mother, which is when the reality hit her.
"There were times... read more