"I truly believe that as a mother your first duty should be to yourself"
Ahem.
I agree that you need to make time for yourself, but surely if you have a brought a little baby into the world your first duty is to the poor baby.
I must confess that I was not as riveted by dd when she was a little baby as I thought I would be, the older she gets the more fascinating I find her, but I always loved her more than anything. Now she is 2 I am really wishing it would all slow down and feeling v broody for a second. I agree, if she hated kids then why have one?