1369 Awesome CF quotes

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"Voluntarily childless women show higher levels of overall well-
being, rate themselves as more autonomous with greater environmental
mastery, and are less likely to have a child-related regret."
from Jeffries S, Konnert C. "Regret and psychological well-being
among voluntarily and involuntarily childless women and mothers." Int
J Aging Hum Dev 2002; 54(2): 89-106.

"According to their own accounts, the women lived happily without
children, though problems arose in their meeting with others (family,
friends, colleagues) who did not accept their choice of life-style."
from Fjell TI. "Voluntarily childless women – wherein lies the
problem?" Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2002 Jan 10; 122(1): 76-8.

"Childless wives have higher mean levels of satisfaction than do
mothers."
from Polonko KA, Scanzoni J, Teachman JD. "Childlessness and marital
satisfaction: a further assessment." J Fam Issues 1982 Dec; 3(4): 545-
73.

"Almost half the women would have preferred an earlier
[sterilization] operation."
from Bordahl PE. "Tubal sterilization. A prospective long term
investigation of 218 sterilized women." Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
Suppl 1984; 128:1-56.

"There did not appear to be a significantly higher rate of regret in
nulliparous women undergoing tubal ligation than that seen in studies
of parous women. Feelings of unhappiness with regard to sterility
were not related to age at the time of request."
from Benjamin L, Rubinstein LM, Kleinkopf V. "Elective sterilization
in childless women." Fertil Steril 1980 Aug; 34(2): 116-20.

"The cumulative probability of regret…was lowest among women who had
no previous births."
from Hillis SD, et al. "Poststerilization regret: findings from the
United States Collaborative Review of Sterilization." Obstet Gynecol
1999 Jun; 93(6): 889-95.

"Approximately 40% of the women who decided for sterilization but had
their intentions blocked expressed regret at the short-term follow-
up, and one-third reported regret at the second interview 4 years
later. Also, women who chose not to be sterilized and then
experienced a subsequent pregnancy were 7 times more likely to
express regret than women who went through with the procedure."
from "Sterilization. Determining a good candidate." Contracept Techol
Update 1993 May; 14(5): 75.

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