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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a 54 YO Mom with a just turned 8 DD. She was our miracle surprise baby after 5 rounds of IVF to get her older brother who is 11. I had her when I was 46–I often think how young I was when her brother was born!  I remember the parenting class at VHC in Arlington when he was born—I think I was the youngest mom in attendance at 42!  [/quote]
That doesn't sound too bad but then you do the math and you'll be 64 when she graduates high school?  I can't fathom it. [/quote]

Exactly!

You see all the posts on this forum about "sandwich generation,"  and you are forcing your child into being in that spot![/quote]

So, you're saying no one who replied to the OP should have had kids? What age is the cut off in your world for having a child?

FWIW, [b]older parents tend to be better off financially[/b] and can help their children with college and other financial hard knocks that might come their way. And people are living longer regardless of when they have kids -- most people will be sandwiched no matter when they have kids.[/quote]

Exactly...I am the one who just posted than I am 59 with a 5th grader and can confidently say her college fund is fully funded to attend any out of state college.  Same with my older DS.  One part of me wishes I had started my family earlier, but it didn't happen that way, so I say better late than never![/quote]

Does it concern you that if she waits till the same age to have a child, you will be 98--and most likely will never meet your grandchildren?[/quote]

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