![Karla Tenório, actress and creator of the Instagram account Mãe Arrependida (Regretful mother, in Portuguese) in Rio de Janeiro.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/G3H6BG6XQ5EZBBFCPQ77LGOPNY.jpg?auth=ff152233c8e9da6f657b1e7783719a8b24d25b496dd4cd8e8978b88c0e853510&width=414&height=233&smart=true)
Regretful mothers: ‘If I could go back, I would not get pregnant’
They hate motherhood, but love their kids. Stigma weighs on women who have these feelings, at a time of continuing idealization of, and social pressure on, female parents
They hate motherhood, but love their kids. Stigma weighs on women who have these feelings, at a time of continuing idealization of, and social pressure on, female parents