Yup, I'm in PSLF. I (should) have about 3.5 years left, working for a public library.
Yeah, the normal "pay off the student loans ASAP" strategy really does not apply if you're in the program! I'm currently paying about $400/mo on a $56K loan balance.
The pay as you earn formulation is another big reason I'm socking away as much as I can into a tax-deferred 457 B - trying hard to keep my AGI (and thus my loan repayment) as low as possible. I'm still dreading the new monthly amount next year (don't know it yet), because I got married this summer, and my wife makes more than I do. Unless we file taxes separately (which may or may not make sense), I'm looking at a steep increase.
Hmm, from what you say about child-bearing decreasing the payment amount, my wife and I clearly need to start breeding, ASAP... ;-) (seriously, though, that's next on the ol' bucket list)
I am seriously annoyed with Fedloan (my loan "servicer"). They move -really- slowly in dealing with or responding to -anything-. They need to hire twice as many employees, or just come out and admit they're trying to screw over as many people as they can get away with...