Here is a book for you to read — you’ll be in good company: Sixteen Writers on the Decision NOT to Have Kids, edited by Meghan Daum (a Medium contributor). I’ll be reviewing it soon. It’s not always pregnancy-phobia that keeps more and more women happily childless (or child-free). The stories leading to that less-traveled decision are diverse, inspiring, and much more varied than the biological imperative leading to the alternative.