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[quote=Anonymous]For me, yes, 41 was far older than I wanted to be when I had children. However, if other women want to have children when they are that age, that is their business.

What does get me upset is when people have kids at such an age and then continually talk sadly about how they are the oldest mom, they are so tired, how all of their friends are able to go out and travel and do things that they can't easily do because of having young kids at home. This describes my SIL. In their late 30's, she and her husband decided to have another. They tried for a few years and ended adopting when they were in their early 40's. Now all we hear are comments about how lucky we are because our kids are older and in less than 10 years, our kids will be done with college. I want to ask her if she didn't think about all of this during those years when she was trying to conceive.

So, I guess my advice would be do what feels right to you, but think long and hard about having a child at that age and how it will affect your life for the next 21 years.

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