For years, it's been a generally held belief that women of
childbearing age fall neatly into two camps: those trying to
conceive and those not trying to conceive. But a new nationwide
study suggests that nearly a quarter of women are
ambivalent—considering themselves "OK either way" about getting
pregnant. Published online May 07, 2010, in an advanced issue of
the Maternal and Child Health Journal, the study of nearly 4,000
sexually active women ages 25 to 45, found that about 71 percent
said they were not trying to get pregnant, while 6 percent said
they were. But nearly one in four, 23 percent, told researchers
they were "OK either way"—they were neither trying to conceive,
nor trying to prevent a pregnancy. Among women who had no
children, 60 percent said they were trying to not get pregnant,
14 percent were trying to get pregnant and 26 percent responded
that they were "OK either way." "If healthcare providers only
ask women if they are currently trying to get pregnant and women
say no, then the assumptio