Holly Brockwell doesn’t want kids.
She says she has never wanted to and has always known.
She has become famous for the words “I don’t want to have children” and for four years, since she was 26-years-old, she has fought to be sterilised to free her from the burden of contraception.
But no doctor would do it.
The London based technology journalist, who was viciously trolled for making public her decision last year, wrote in The Telegraph that her steadfast decision was rejected by doctors time and time again.
Her announcement that she would soon be sterilised was met with widespread dismay by viewers of the show and social media users.
One woman writing ”How upsetting! I can’t have kids due to PCOS and this lady thinks she can b sterilised on the NHS!’
But Brockwell responded on Twitter:
Another, Nikki Williams wrote on Facebook “I begged my doctor throughout my 20s and early 30s to be steralized- I had no interest in kids at all- thankfully they wouldn’t allow it- I fell pregnant at 36 and 2 and a half years on I thank god the doctors wouldn’t listen! My little girl is my life.”
But others defended Brockwell’s decision “Lovely how it worked out for you” said one woman to Nikki Williams “but ultimately it’s her body so her choice.”
Another: “Why does everyone assume a woman automatically wants children???? Plenty of men who never want them and they are claimed to be some kind of hero? It’s her body her choice and 100% she should be sterilised if she does not want children.”
Holly Brockwell has challenged all the people who say she will change her mind to place their money on the line, but so far says she has had no takers.
Top Comments
She may well regret it but it is still her choice- I bet some people regret children but they also made a choice.
Pretty condescending I think not to do it
I am in the same situation as Holly, I've never wanted kids and feel that nothing could be more tragic than a child entering the world and have to live with a mother who didn't want it & resented it it's entire life. I'm close to 40 now & still having trouble getting my tubes tied, because doctors are scared of law suits if I change my mind. It seems irrelevant that I feel I am too old to have kids now anyway (not that I judge others if they have kids at 40, it would just mess with my life plans of travel when I can afford it in style, not backpackers). I found a fantastic gyno who was willing to do the procedure after I had counselling to be sure, but then she was not allowed to perform the procedure at the religious hospital she performs surgery, so I had to make do with a merina.
To each their own, but I am constantly amazed by the negative comments I receive when people find out that I just don't like kids - they're not for everyone. It's great that I work hard & I've beaten the odds to have a great career in a male dominated industry, and apparently it's perfectly ok to be strong & career orientated; so long as at some point you give up your everything you've worked so hard for to make a family.
Women can do anything these days, so long as it doesn't deviate too far from what everyone else does & wants. It seems the only way you're allowed to be a woman and not want children is if you are gay, and that is just insulting to the gay community, many of whom are actually great parents.