Recent census data shows that an increasing number of women are delaying childbearing.
Unfortunately, for many women, medical intervention cannot overcome the realities
of age-related fertility decline. There is a growing concern that more women will
end up “unintentionally childless” as they delay childbearing into their 40s and 50s.
However, we know little about the lived experience of this phenomenon. An exploration
and understanding of the experience of unintentional childlessness for women who have
delayed childbearing is the focus of this study.
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Accepted:
May 31,
2013
Received:
May 30,
2013
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© 2013 Published by Elsevier Inc.
