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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s no guarantee the baby would be healthy. I know a family that did this and ended up with a severely autistic child. [/quote]

Oh so now we're blaming autism on parental age? WTF?[/quote]

Reading is fundamental. No one is saying it’s parental age. It’s just rolling the dice and they could always end up with severely autistic child.[/quote]

+1 or substitute any other serious issue, like a birth injury. Anything can happen. (Although ... I thought a link between autism and dad's age was established?)

37 is still pretty young, I was considering kid #2 at that age. So in that sense, go for it. But you should consider the possibility of disabling injury of any of your kids. E.g., do you want baby #3 more than you want to provide extra security to your first 2 and your grandkids? More than retiring young and being an involved grandparent?

FWIW, I know several empty nesters who chose to foster kids for a year plus. It was rewarding but very hard. At 45 most people suddenly feel a lot older.[/quote]

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