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How to Make the Most Important Choice of Your Life
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“A warmly empathic, wide-ranging manual.” (Kirkus Reviews)
"This valuable unbiased book skillfully shows readers how to stop fretting over the choice and take time to make the right one." (BlueInk starred review and notable book)
Featured in The Washington Post and The New York Times.
Baby or child-free? Which will it be? Is this decision keeping you up at night? Do you feel terrified you will regret your decision? Are you paralyzed by this high-stakes choice?
Now, you can get off the fence and get on with your life. Imagine your relief when you discover the right choice and break free from obsession. Picture yourself enjoying the pleasures of parenthood or the freedom and spontaneity of living child-free.
The Baby Decision is a powerful, unbiased guidebook by a professional coach/psychotherapist who has specialized in the topic for 40 years. With wisdom, depth, and humor, Merle will help you take this overwhelming decision and break it down into a digestible sequence of five steps.
During this discovery process, you will:
- Dissolve fear and doubt, using 30 visualization exercises and thought experiments to uncover your answer
- Have deep talks with your partner, even if you disagree
- Resist pressures from family and friends and fully consider the rewards of the child-free choice
- Learn the latest on one-child families, single, LGBTQI+, and older parents' fertility and adoption
- Steal a few benefits from the opposite choice
Merle Bombardieri, MSW, LICSW, is a psychotherapist, coach, and workshop leader. Although she enjoyed raising her daughters, she has been a child-free advocate since 1978. She has contributed to Our Bodies Ourselves, The Boston Globe Magazine, Glamour, Self, and Brides and has appeared on national news, talk show, and documentaries.
Please see her author page for more information and visit her blog for free advice and resources.
Discover your personal answer to the baby question. Click “play” on the Audible sample to preview the book.
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The Panic Years
- Dates, Doubts, and the Mother of All Decisions
- De: Nell Frizzell
- Narrado por: Nell Frizzell
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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We have descriptors for many periods of life, but there is a period of profound change that many women face, often in their late 20s to early 40s, that does not yet have a name. Nell Frizzell is calling this period of flux “the panic years", and it is often characterized by a preoccupation with one major question: Should I have a baby? Frizzell uses personal stories from her own experiences in the panic years to illuminate the larger social and cultural trends and gives voice to the uncertainty, confusion, and urgency that tends to characterize this time of life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great descriptions and stories
- De Ashley B en 02-26-25
De: Nell Frizzell
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Regretting Motherhood
- A Study
- De: Orna Donath
- Narrado por: Mandy Kaplan
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 244
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Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true - that women who have children might regret it. Drawing on years of research interviewing women from a variety of socioeconomic, educational, and professional backgrounds, sociologist Orna Donath treats regret as a feminist issue: as regret marks the road not taken, we need to consider whether alternative paths for women currently are blocked off.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tough but meaningful
- De FloridaMelissa en 01-04-20
De: Orna Donath
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Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed
- Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids
- De: Meghan Daum
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller, Jo Anna Perrin
- Duración: 7 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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One of the main topics of cultural conversation during the last decade was the supposed "fertility crisis" and whether modern women could figure out a way to have it all - a successful, demanding career and the required 2.3 children - before their biological clocks stopped ticking. Now, however, conversation has turned to whether it's necessary to have it all (see Anne-Marie Slaughter) or, perhaps more controversial, whether children are really a requirement for a fulfilling life.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Am I the only sane childfree woman in here?
- De J. Malouin en 09-29-15
De: Meghan Daum
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So When Are You Having Kids
- The Definitive Guide for Those Who Aren’t Sure If, When, or How They Want to Become Parents
- De: Jordan Davidson
- Narrado por: Jordan Davidson
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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So When Are You Having Kids? is not your parents’ parenting book, nor is it a how-to for getting pregnant. It’s a nonjudgmental, inclusive guidebook for women, men, gender-nonconforming people, same-sex couples, and prospective single parents who want to make an informed decision regarding if and how they bring children into the world. Combining research with over 100 compelling real-life stories, the resources in this book are as diverse as the generations they’re meant to serve.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent comprehensive book
- De AB en 09-25-23
De: Jordan Davidson
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To Have and to Hold
- Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma
- De: Molly Millwood
- Narrado por: Molly Millwood
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
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A clinical psychologist’s exploration of the modern dilemmas women face in the wake of new motherhood. When Molly Millwood became a mother, she was fully prepared for what she would gain: an adorable baby boy; hard-won mothering skills; and a messy, chaotic, beautiful life. But what she did not expect was what she would lose: aspects of her identity, a baseline level of happiness, a general sense of well-being.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pretty good
- De C Sandell en 03-07-21
De: Molly Millwood
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Childfree by Choice
- The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence
- De: Dr. Amy Blackstone
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman, MacLeod Andrews
- Duración: 7 h y 28 m
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As a childfree woman, Dr. Amy Blackstone is no stranger to a wide range of negative responses when she informs people she doesn't have - nor does she want - kids: confused looks, patronizing quips, thinly veiled pity, even outright scorn and condemnation. But she is not alone in opting out when it comes to children. More people than ever are choosing to forgo parenthood, and openly discussing a choice that's still often perceived as taboo. Yet this choice, and its effects personally and culturally, are still often misunderstood.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Repetitive and not for the childfree
- De Anonymous User en 01-20-25
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The Panic Years
- Dates, Doubts, and the Mother of All Decisions
- De: Nell Frizzell
- Narrado por: Nell Frizzell
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
We have descriptors for many periods of life, but there is a period of profound change that many women face, often in their late 20s to early 40s, that does not yet have a name. Nell Frizzell is calling this period of flux “the panic years", and it is often characterized by a preoccupation with one major question: Should I have a baby? Frizzell uses personal stories from her own experiences in the panic years to illuminate the larger social and cultural trends and gives voice to the uncertainty, confusion, and urgency that tends to characterize this time of life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great descriptions and stories
- De Ashley B en 02-26-25
De: Nell Frizzell
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All Joy and No Fun
- The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
- De: Jennifer Senior
- Narrado por: Jennifer Senior
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. But almost none have thought to ask: What are the effects of children on their parents? In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Joy of Parenting
- De Cynthia en 02-14-14
De: Jennifer Senior
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Why Have Kids?
- A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting and Happiness
- De: Jessica Valenti
- Narrado por: Emily Beresford
- Duración: 5 h y 16 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 161
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In Why Have Kids?, Valenti explores these controversial questions through on-the-ground reporting, startling new research, and her own unique experiences as a mom. She moves beyond the black and white “mommy wars” over natural parenting, discipline, and work-life balance to explore a more nuanced reality: one filled with ambivalence, joy, guilt, and exhaustion. Would-be parents must navigate the decision to have children amidst a daunting combination of cultural expectations and hard facts.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not interesting for listeners outside USA
- De Maria en 01-21-14
De: Jessica Valenti
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Breasts and Eggs
- De: Mieko Kawakami
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller, Jeena Yi
- Duración: 15 h y 21 m
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Breasts & Eggs paints a portrait of contemporary womanhood in Japan and recounts the intimate journeys of three women as they confront oppressive mores and their own uncertainties on the road to finding peace and futures they can truly call their own. It tells the story of three women: the 30-year-old Natsu, her older sister, Makiko, and Makiko’s daughter, Midoriko. Makiko has traveled to Tokyo in search of an affordable breast enhancement procedure. She is accompanied by Midoriko, who has recently grown silent.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful Writing and Performance
- De Noelle en 03-01-21
De: Mieko Kawakami
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Women Without Kids
- The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood
- De: Ruby Warrington
- Narrado por: Ruby Warrington
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 66
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Foregoing motherhood has traditionally marked a woman as “other.” With no official place setting for her in our society, she has hovered on the sidelines: the quirky girl, the neurotic career obsessive, the “eccentric” aunt. Instead of continuing to paint women without kids as sad, self-obsessed, or somehow dysfunctional, what if we saw them as boldly forging a first-in-a-civilization vision for a fully autonomous womankind? Or as journalist and thought leader Ruby Warrington asks, What if being a woman without kids were in fact its own kind of legacy?
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1 out of 5 stars
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this book should be called "how not to deal with trauma im ignoring"
- De chinaski en 07-15-24
De: Ruby Warrington
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The Parenthood Dilemma
- Procreation in the Age of Uncertainty
- De: Gina Rushton
- Narrado por: Haley Taylor
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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Should we become parents? This timeless question forces us to reckon with who we are and what we love and fear most in ourselves, in our relationships, and in the world as it is now and as it will be. When Gina Rushton admitted she had little time left to make the decision for herself, the magnitude of the choice overwhelmed her. To seek clarity on these questions, Rushton spoke to doctors, sociologists, economists, and ethicists, as well as parents and childless people of all ages and from around the world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Edgy & Scattered
- De J.C. en 10-05-23
De: Gina Rushton
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Eight Dates
- Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
- De: John Gottman PhD, Julie Schwartz Gottman PhD, Doug Abrams, y otros
- Narrado por: James Patrick Cronin, Julie McKay
- Duración: 5 h y 9 m
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Navigating the challenges of long-term commitment takes effort - and it just got simpler, with this empowering, step-by-step guide to communicating about the things that matter most to you and your partner. Drawing on 40 years of research from their world-famous Love Lab, Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman invite couples on eight fun, easy, and profoundly rewarding dates, each one focused on a make-or-break issue: trust, conflict, sex, money, family, adventure, spirituality, and dreams.
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1 out of 5 stars
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What the F. Robot-reader???!?!?!
- De Anonymous User en 01-21-20
De: John Gottman PhD, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Baby Decision
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- Rita Anderson
- 07-16-23
Amazing! Excellent read, very helpful
I loved this book! Practical, insightful, encouraging in whichever choice you decide to make. Really helped me solidify my choice to be childfree, and to know it’s totally normal and childfree people can also lead very happy fulfilling lives and relationships.
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- Matt Foreman
- 06-26-21
Finally!
Finally feels like there is someone who can help me make the biggest of all decisions. If you’re on the fence at all about having kids read this book twice.
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- Christian
- 03-29-24
Instrumental in making this decision
This book helped me think through all the aspects of becoming or not becoming a parent. I was having difficulties making progress when thinking about this before reading this book. This book allowed me to confidently make a decision and have reasons in support of why this is the best decision for me. I really liked how the author discussed that regardless of what decision you choose, you will be giving something up and thus will face regrets at some point in your life. I also appreciated that the author immediately addressed concerns that readers may have by saying that having uncertainty about this decision and going back and forth on it is good because it shows you are taking the decision seriously and deeply thinking about what is best for you. I also liked that she discussed why previous generations did not contemplate this question. I’m planning on convincing my husband to read at least a chapter or two from this book so he can think through what is best for him as well. :)
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- Anonymous User
- 02-05-25
Gold knowledge
Exceeded my expectations helping you to frame very well the thinking process and decision so I highly recommend it
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-10-21
Helpful
This is a really good book. I'm going to have review parts and redo exercises but it is really helpful to answer that all too important question...
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- Christina Brooks
- 01-28-23
Extremely helpful
Extremely helpful, unbiased approach that helped me not only make my decision but feel confident about it. Cannot recommend enough if you’re struggling with this decision yourself!
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- Evaldas
- 02-23-20
insightful guide for most important decision
the author gives the reader a framework how to make decision that will change ones life completely - have or nit have baby
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- Anonymous User
- 03-17-25
Actually helped me get SO much clarity and made me feel confident in my decision.
Loved how unbiased this book was. The exercises in it were easy and actually insanely helpful in providing clarity.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-10-23
Waste of time - we just went ahead and had a baby
The political “correctness” is unbearable and honestly the whole book is a waste of time. If you are looking here, you probably know the answer to your question, so trust your instincts.
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