Life Without Baby

filling the silence in the motherhood discussion

  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Books
  • Contact

Change is in the Air

October 9, 2017

By Lisa Manterfield

When I started this blog seven years ago, I didn’t know anyone else who had wanted children, but given up on the dream. All the books about infertility featured miracle cures and happy endings. The infertility blogs I followed either morphed into pregnancy and parenting blogs, or quietly disappeared. I really did feel like I was the only person who’d ever gone through this.

And then I found Pamela and Kathleen, and slowly I came to know a growing circle of wonderful women who all understood how I felt. You found me and I got to know you, and together we began navigating our way through this mess.

And yet, beyond the safety of our blogs and books, our little tribe was silent. Out in the real world, we were ignored, misunderstood, criticized, and pitied.

But that is changing. You may not feel it yet, but change is in the air, and for once, the wind is blowing in our favor.

My friend and colleague, Jody Day, is leading the charge in the UK. Last week the Guardian newspaper published an article about the growing movement.

You can read “‘The desire to have a child never goes away’: How the involuntarily childless are forming a new movement.” 

I hope, like me, you’ll find it encouraging.

Filed Under: Childless Not By Choice, Current Affairs, Infertility and Loss, The Childfree Life: Issues and Attitudes Tagged With: childfree, childless, Guardian, Infertility, Jody Day, support, tribe

START THRIVING NOW

WorkBook4_3D1 LISA BUY THE BOOK BUTTON

Categories

  • Cheroes
  • Childfree by Choice
  • Childless Not By Choice
  • Children
  • Current Affairs
  • Family and Friends
  • Fun Stuff
  • Guest Bloggers
  • Health
  • Infertility and Loss
  • It Got Me Thinking…
  • Lucky Dip
  • Maybe Baby, Maybe Not
  • Our Stories
  • Published Articles by Lisa
  • Story Power
  • The Childfree Life: Issues and Attitudes
  • Uncovering Grief
  • Whiny Wednesdays
  • With Eyes of Faith
  • You Are Not Alone

READ LISA’S AWARD WINNING BOOK

Lisa Front cover-hi

~ "a raw, transparent account of the gut-wrenching journey of infertility."

~ "a welcome sanity check for women left to wonder how society became so fixated on motherhood."

read more ->

LISA BUY THE BOOK BUTTON

HELPFUL POSTS

If you're new here, you might want to check out these posts:

  • How to Being Happily Childfree in 10,000 Easy Steps
  • Friends Who Say the Right Thing
  • Feeling Cheated
  • The Sliding Scale of Coming-to-Terms
  • Hope vs. Acceptance
  • All the Single Ladies
  • Don't Ignore...the Life Without Baby Option

Readers Recommend

Find more great book recommendations here ->

Copyright © 2025 Life Without Baby · Privacy Policy · Cookie Policy · Designed by Pink Bubble Gum Websites