The right to not have children

"Ironically, the more open the childfree conversation is becoming, the harder it’s becoming to actually remain childfree."

There is a scene in my novel where my protagonist Olive and her best friend Bea are both taking a pregnancy test in a bathroom together. Olive is intensely relieved she’s not pregnant. Bea is sobbing because she is not pregnant. Two different women: two pregnancy tests, two lives, two paths, two desires. This scene is based on a real moment in my real l…