YOUNG women have been urged not to leave conception in the hands of science and to plan for a family the same way they might map out a career path.
The advice, from Relationships Australia chief executive Anne Hollonds, comes on the heels of a survey showing that three-quarters of generation X (aged 30-39) and Y (18-29) women plan to have children, but only 16 per cent are thinking about having them now.
Almost half of gen Y women surveyed ranked their career as more important than starting a family, with one third saying they were concerned about losing their freedom once they became entangled with family responsibilities.
Career goals did not rate as highly among their gen X predecessors. Only 17 per cent of gen X women surveyed said their career was more important than their desire to have children.
Among women of this age, the greatest barrier to having a family was an inability to find an appropriate partner -- 54 per cent of surveyed gen X women had not found the right person with whom to have children. Ms Hollonds said women needed to be more proactive in planning for a family in their 20s, as a woman's fertility began to decline in her mid-30s.
"Just as you are going to choose the university you are going to, or an employment path, it is useful to think ahead about having a family as one of the many things that you want to do in life, rather than just filing it away until it is too late," she said.
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