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In researching this book, we were privileged
to talk to over 200 childless women, from many different backgrounds and
cultures, ranging in age from their early 30s to well into their 70s,
carrying out in-depth interviews with more than sixty women and a few men.
Each one told us the unique story of their childlessness. We also talked to a number of female
healthcare professionals, primarily counsellors in the fields of infertility,
adoption, surrogacy and psychosexuality, all very experienced in helping women
with issues around childlessness. The childless women we interviewed have a wide
variety of reasons for remaining childless - infertility (their own, their
partner’s or unexplained), early menopause, leaving it too late, not finding
the right partner at the right time, being with a partner who doesn’t want
children, being gay – the stories are rarely straightforward. We also
included a number of women who have had one or more children, and desperately
wanted more. While the great majority of the women we spoke
to remain childless, some have adopted children, a few have had children
through surrogacy, or are foster carers or step-parents. About half of the women we talked to have
chosen to appear in the book under their real names, with the rest choosing
to use a fictional name. But the stories are real, as are the words, and the
emotions.
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