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[quote=Anonymous]I'll play.  I have never been the kind of person who wanted a child or children because other people want them or because of status or cutesy things.

I've always seen it as a serious endeavor and a sacrifice.  I have put it off because I didn't want to do it without giving my full attention to it.  I also didn't want to raise a child with the kind of financial stress I grew up having.

I always worried about childcare.  I am not willing to quit my job, because I have seen how women have become trapped in bad situations because of financial dependence.

But I was concerned I wouldn't be able to find affordable, quality childcare.  So I put it off.

I probably put it off too long, and now it seems like it won't happen without intervention (IVF).  But, for many reasons, my husband and I will not go down that road.

My choice has never been about me.  It has never been an issue of "I want" or "I don't want."  It has been an issue of not taking on the serious task of creating and raising another human being unless and until I was certain that I could do it well and not repeat the mistakes of my own parents or not subject the child to the kind of stress I experienced as a child.

And logistics.  Logistics have always been at the forefront of my mind.

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