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[quote=Anonymous]Your story sounds a lot like my best friend's. She had a son right before she turned 40. She and her husband had been together and happily childless by choice for over 15 years. Her DH always kind of wanted kids, but she was pretty confident she did not want them until 39 and then became pregnant quickly when they decided to try.

I think she would have been very happy and continued to live a good fulfilling life without kids, and I was always very supportive of that choice. However, her son is now 3 and she is over the moon glad she had him. She sent me a random text recently, thanking me for encouraging her to have him (which was kind of odd, since I never advocated that for her, though she spent a lot of time with me when my own kids were young and we talked frankly about the joy they brought me). He'll also be an only, which she's occasionally regrets for the reasons you mention as well as because she really enjoys motherhood, but having an only also allows them to have a life closer to their pre-child ideal (lots of travel, etc) than two would.

Obviously that's just one story, but that's been her experience. [/quote]

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