What part of my comment are you asking about?<p>The falling birth rates following falling death rates is a global trend in my lifetime. Limiting kids to keep you out of poverty and keep you middle class is an observation that goes back at least a few hundred years in Europe. The &quot;most kids are a case of Oops or We tried forever&quot; is personal observation of discussions I have had with people: Any time you get the back story, it is typically one of those situations (tbf, my second child was a case of &quot;we skipped birth control 2 or 3 times&quot; -- which almost felt like an Oops because I was surrounded by people talking about how very long it took them to get child 2 or their latest).<p>Does that help clarify any?