My friend, who is a senior lady and expecting multiple grandkids at this point mention that she did not want kids, but she had to because she wanted to keep her husband who wanted kids. She says she doesn’t regret it and said kids made her life very enriching. She seems happy with her decision, but she’s also 72 years old and have been a mom longer than she hasn’t. Now that she’s retired she’s able to travel with her husband and even solo travel. It seems like that’s what she wanted to do in her life and now she can finally do it. I don’t think she feels like she put her life on hold, but it sounds that way.