I have to say ... reading this post make me very sad. I have been married for 15 years, we have been trying to have children for the past 7 years to no avail. We are now at the age where it looks like we are destined not to have children. We do not want to go the scientific route, and in some ways, whether I am projecting onto myself or not, I feel extreme sadness and trepidation about a future without children. Somehow the path of life seems less certain. Anyway ... I am saddened by how many people responding to article would see me as some sort of freak. =( Saddened is not the correct word, “hurt” is more appropriate.