However, this isn't something I want, and I know it's something that other people don't want either, and I want to know if anyone else is in the same shoes as I am. I don't want to be shamed because I don't want to give birth and raise a child myself. I don't want to be frowned upon because I'm 'throwing away a gift' or 'being ungrateful' or 'not continuing the family line'. Being in charge of my own body means that I can control what I do with it. If I say to someone 'I don't want kids' all I get back are dirty stares and a speech about how I'm being ungrateful as there are woman who can't have kids. But this is a choice that will affect my entire life, my body, my career, my further studies, and I can't commit that far. But I will not be pushed into a corner because of what I've always wanted, or rather, never wanted.