Mum candidly confesses that she wishes her youngest son was dead

An unknown Reddit user who goes by the name, ihatemythird confessed in a post since deleted that she wishes that her youngest child would “die in his sleep.”

The women went on to say that she immensely dislikes her 3-year-old and wanted him dead, ever since she found out that she was pregnant.

The story, originally published in The Sun, saw the woman stating in the social media platform that she and her husband already had two daughters when she found out that she was pregnant at 16 weeks, too late for an abortion.

The disgruntled mother rambled that at first she wished for the pregnancy to go wrong but it was healthy and she faked the entire happiness when her son was born.

The woman candidly confessed that she felt “cornered” into having the baby because she felt we couldn't really have two babies and then 'give one away'.

The Reddit user ihatemythird went on to say that probably her career would have been in a better place if not for the unwanted baby.

While she admitted that she did not want to be insensitive to anyone who had suffered the loss of a child, but both she and her husband went through a period when if the child had died in his sleep, they would have felt relief.

She has seen two different therapists, the post claimed and she struggles to deal with the presence of the little lad, who she says became a "difficult toddler and things have not improved for the family.

However, while she feels nothing but obligation for her youngest, she is more doting of her elder daughters.

She added that she feels nothing towards her son except obligation, but the opposite for her older two children, who are aged 6 and 8.

However, the troubled mum-of-three does not want to be resentful towards her child throughout his life and had posted in the community for help.