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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't need to feel this way. [b]Six years ago I asked my gyno about advanced maternal age, I was lamenting the same thing. She looked at me like I was crazy and told me that in the DMV, 37 was the average age of a woman giving birth.[/b] She was very encouraging. I had my daughter at 39. I have plenty of energy, we're financially stable, we have a house, we have a lot of life experience. I don't think having kids younger or older is "better" but there are definitely positives on both sides.

Congratulations! I hope you enjoy your pregnancy and your child.[/quote]

I had a very similar experience - first at 36, contemplating a second that would come hopefully around 38-39.  Sometimes I wish I'd started earlier so that we could have an option on a third at an age we are both comfortable with, but I didn't meet my husband until I was 31 or so and I never regret not having kids with any guys I dated earlier in life.  Life isn't perfect but we're financially sound, I'm more mature and patient than I was in my 20s, we have a supportive network, and I gave my kid the right dad.  Everything else can be worked out.

But if I'd found a life partner in my 20s I very likely would have started sooner.  C'est la vie.[/quote]

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