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[quote=Anonymous]I remember when I was early in my pregnancy with my baby (I was 36 at the time, would be 37 when I delivered) I went to a dinner party and met a couple there with three children. I was asking them questions about themselves and their kids but they were not aware I was pregnant -- no one there was. And then went on for about 15 minutes about how they were SO GLAD they'd had their 3rd when the wife was 34 because of all the terrible things they knew happened if you had a baby past 35. It was comical and also deeply stupid and offensive (note to people everywhere: don't talk like this to people you barely know, because they might be a 36-yr-old pregnant lady, lol).

I had completely forgotten about that incident until I read your post, OP. Forgotten because my healthy pregnancy resulted in a wonderful child who has kept me insanely busy and happy these past 5 years. I hope that couple is still happy with their own kids, but they were being ridiculous. There is nothing magic about having a baby before 35. It really doesn't make much of a difference. My best mom friend had her first at 32. We are very close and I never feel envious of her for having kids earlier than I did. I'm grateful that (1) I had a child at all, and (2) for the few extra years of wisdom I had when my child was born, which I genuinely think made me a better mom.

Best of luck to you with conceiving and pregnancy and motherhood.[/quote]

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