Huang Ye is a psychiatrist at Beijing's Yu Xin Yuan Psycho-Counseling Center.

"Society is now open to more ideas and work is no longer an obligation for women. Life is really colorful and young people have more ways to have fun. So young women tend to enjoy life before they decide to face the responsibility of motherhood. And sometimes unhappy childhood memories can also make women hesitate on pregnancy."

Though many women have misgivings before having a baby, the satisfaction of being a mother often exceeds their expectations. Xiaoyun says she never regrets giving up her promotion to give birth to her daughter.

"To have my baby, my career development had to be delayed a bit. But compared to my life as a whole, that one or two years is really nothing. I feel I've matured and become complete now that I'm a mother. The sense of satisfaction I feel as a mother is totally incomparable."

Now Xiaoyun runs her own websites. As she talks, she can't hide her pride of being both a successful career woman and a happy mother.

So if you are young, energetic and don't want to be bothered by a baby, just go ahead and enjoy your life. But if you think being a mother makes a woman complete, doctors suggest not delaying pregnancy too long. Increasing age means increasing potential health risks for both mother and child, and decreasing the probability of getting pregnant.

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