While many of her friends are now on baby no.2, Amy Lawrenson, 34, is finally opening up about her decision to be childfree by choice
I knew I wanted to be childfree before I knew there was a word for it. I was a child when I figured out that I didn’t want to give birth. But deciding not to be a mother was a secret I didn’t feel comfortable sharing until much later.
Eva Mendes apparently had no interest in having children, but when she met Ryan Gosling, she knew she wanted Ryan’s babies. Could I give birth for the sake of love? I’m not so sure, even if it was for Ryan Gosling. ’As one of the few childfree women in my social circle, friends are often more honest with me about the realities of parenting’thought of never having human ones. My dad worries I might regret my decision – he hasn’t told me that, as such, but intimated it when he asked once whether I had thought about freezing my eggs. While my parents and I haven’t discussed my choice not to procreate, they seemingly respect my decision.
As an only child, the chance of me winding up old and alone is a real possibility. A while back, my two closest friends decided it was time to get pregnant and we got chatting about my decision not to. I was as honest as I’ve ever been, I said that the only reason I could think of for me to have children is so they would look after me when I’m old. ‘It’s too selfish!’ I exclaimed, ‘And they may not even like me enough to look after me then – it’s not worth the risk.
Kim Cattrall once said she prefers not to be referred to as childless: ‘It’s the “less” that’s offensive – it sounds like you’re less because you haven’t had a child.’ She also pointed out there is more than just the biological way to parent.
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