India, May 31 -- Right from when we are little girls, we are conditioned to believe that motherhood is a vital chapter of a married woman's life. Without it, her life is incomplete. Thankfully, some of us have the privilege and courage to defy social norms and make our own choices regarding motherhood.

With an increasing number of couples opting to go childfree, this begs the question: is staying childfree bad for women's mental health?

Let's take a look at the impact of choosing to not have kids on a woman's life.

No guilt

It's undebatable that our world today is not a great place to live in. There is no shortage of reasons: overpopulation, shortage of natural resources, climate change, unethical technological surveillance, rise in h...