Sadness that you don’t want kids

[Cityandmakeup]

This may seem like an odd question for some and I am not really sure how to articulate. Has anyone who doesn’t want children ever felt sadness for that? I have been having pangs of sadness that I will never be pregnant. Never have that experience of doing a pregnancy test. I do not want kids and I cannot fathom these feelings yet they are there. I feel like I am missing out on part of being woman. Yet I am also 110% sure I do not want children.

One bonus of being lesbian - something I’ve never had to think about!

I am not in the 'never wanted children' camp but while I know that I am making the right choice, best for all parties by not having them, I do feel sad that I will never experience pregnancy and know what it's like to be a parent.

I’m in the “wanted them but couldn’t have them and now happy that I didn’t” camp. I do get the odd wistful moment, and I do get triggered by the kinds of threads about I fertile women appearing in AIBU at the moment, but most,y I am very content with how life turned out.