"Period" is a bit subtexty in the context isn't it? Like in...
"I don't want... children... Period... comes as kind of a relief at times, really... *phew.

I have one daughter, which is much more tasking, yet much more delightful than I ever would have thought. If it wouldn't have been meant to be -- don't know, but then, I was never eager to get pregnant, or not, I just put it in the range of possibilities.
My daughter is not there for justifying my existance... She is just -- there <3
I think I would have considered neither option, and just gone on enjoying being a godmother and an aunt.