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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure. My kids are 4 years apart, though. The bigger age gap is awesome for us. I've gotten to really enjoy/focus on each one''s babyhood, and when I get babied-out with the little one, I can spend big-kid time with the big one.

I had the first at 33 and second at 37, so I had age somewhat on my side...I didn't feel desperate to have the second. Also, I wasn't sure I wanted a second for a long time...not until after the first turned 3. [/quote]

I would have felt so old having my first kid at 33.[/quote]

Is your peer group fairly uneducated? Not one of my friends had a baby before 30 due to advanced degrees and careers.[/quote]

+1.  [/quote]

I have a law degree and am a practicing lawyer. Ivy-educated. First kid at 29, third (and last) at 33. Sorry to disappoint.[/quote]

Being so well educated, seems like you would have known it's not healthy to have kids so close together.[/quote]

...and you should know it's not healthy to have a first pregnancy at 38, right?[/quote]

Of course. Who said anything about 38? That comment seems out of nowhere - what does spacing kids in a healthier way have to do with having a first kid at 38? Random. [/quote]

I had my first pregnancy at 38.  What exactly was unhealthy about it?  Do tell me.[/quote]

Higher risks for poor outcomes for mother and baby.[/quote]

And yet we both turned out fine.   Just because there's a chance of something bad happening doesn't mean it's unhealthy to do it.[/quote]

I'm glad you got lucky.[/quote]

Got lucky? 38 isn't even old anymore. The genetic risks aren't that high, and most docs treat 38-year-old moms exactly the same as 25-year-old moms. But why would a first pregnancy at 38 be more of a problem than a 3rd or 4th?

BTW, most pregnancies that make it to or near term, by a huge factor, are normal and healthy in every age group.[/quote]

I'm not saying many people don't have healthy pregnancies at that age, but you're delusional (and ptently wrong) if you think the above is teue. [/quote]

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