Yeah, it's always been the way that having a baby, or not, is up for public discussion. From the stangers or people you barely know who feel free to touch your belly, asking you if you know the gender and then criticise your choice of whether you know or not, or the unwanted advice about the number of kids you have or whether you have them or not. And the knee jerk response to tell you horror birth stories! Like the knee jerk response of people when they find out you've got BC to tell you they knew someone who died from it. Oy if I had a dollar for everytime I'd heard that one...
I agree that having kids is not the be all and end all of existence. I have them but I always wanted kids. I have several friends and family members who live full and rich child free lives.
You do you and never mind the rest of them! K xox