WE ARE CHILDFREE

#Ambivalence

Short Stories

“The day I woke up from my double salpingectomy was one of the happiest days of my life.”

CarolLaine, 37, USA

Short Stories

“I was not grieving a potential child.”

Antje, 30, Australia

Portraits

“The ambivalence is exhausting. I think about the 'what ifs' - that’s the most painful part.”

Vel, UK

Podcasts

External pressures or authentic desires?

Episode 47

Short Stories

“My desire for motherhood has still not arrived, nor is it expected to.”

Romina, 43, Spain

Short Stories

“Being childfree isn't about what I'm giving up - it's about what I'm choosing.”

Laura, 41, USA

Short Stories

“Following We are Childfree has helped me accept that it's okay to not have children.”

Anonymous

Podcasts

Finding fulfilment, with 53-year-old childfree trailblazer Lydia

Episode 40

Short Stories

“I was gigantically relieved. I felt I'd been given a blessed reprieve.”

Anne, 70, USA

Portraits

“If there is something I regret, it is the fact that for so many years, I just didn’t know who I was.”

Lydia, Greece