Lauren Medlicott

Lauren Crosby Medlicott is a freelance features writer living in Wales with her three young kids. Find her at: Letters from Lauren: https://laurencrosbymedlicott.substack.com/ Twitter: @LaurenMedlicott Insta: @LaurenCrosbyMedlicott

I’m done having babies, and I wasn’t ready for the grief

Grief over the empty nest syndrome. Of not being needed in the same way. Of having to rediscover who I am apart from children.