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Reaching this point has given Jody a sense of freedom, and the time to carve out a new identity. She has three masters degrees and is training to be a counsellor - specialising in adolescent and child psychology.
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Paula argues that, society as a whole, tends to neglect childless women - and to its cost. "As a group we are increasingly cut off and underused," says Paula. "Where are the mentoring schemes, how can we hand down our skills, why aren't our opinions about children's futures taken into consideration?
The reason why these women are "neglected" is because people rightfully assume that they have no valuable insights aside from riding the cock carousel and squandering their mother years on some meaningless career for baubles and "exotic" travel.