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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She's nuts. Hopefully it is a phase. I am an older mom and it is hard!  Grant it if she has a lot of money and can hire full time help 24 hours plus has supportive family, tHat could be another story.[/quote]

What age did you have your child, or children?  I am wondering what you feel is the upper limits for having a child and it not being really hard.[/quote]

Not this poster but having had my second at the age of 44 I can attempt to answer this.

I think it definitely depends on the individual circumstance, such as the woman in question and her general health/ wellbeing, how many other children she has, how involved she is with her career, financial situation, circumstances with other family members' health issues, DH's situation, etc etc etc. I know women who have young children in their late 40's who are far better at coping with it than women 10 or 15 years younger.

However, I have found that you cannot deny biology and at some point, no matter how great a shape you're in, years of living start to catch up with you and you will find yourself more tired simply because you're older. That's happening now for me, as I just passed my 50th birthday. I am very thankful that I do not have kids younger than my 6 year old, who is starting to become a little more independent. So I would say that mid-forties for giving birth is pushing this to the limit.[/quote]

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