Poppyfairy - that is an interesting cultural observation re your move to London and that there not having kids is more the 'norm' than having them! It would make a nice change to Aust culture. Wishing you all the best for your journey and hope that a childless future is not what is in store for you - someone needs to buck the UK trend and it might as well be an Aussie!

Dusty - thanks for the book recommendation - I'll go and seek it out from the library. Happy for this to be a social group discussion - am really interested in what people are thinking.