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[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]

I'm an older parent who had older parents. My dad was 50 when I was born, my mom was 46. I was a "surprise" addition to their large family. When my dad was 90, he told me: "Thanks for always making me feel young." When you have older parents, you don't think it's weird because it's your life. It's what you know. I loved my parents' perspective. They were never rattled, they were unflappable, they had seen it all. They had a wisdom and a quiet confidence that the younger parents could never have. I feel very lucky to have had older parents.[/quote]

Thank you for sharing this perspective. It is really nice. [/quote]

But it is not a perspective shared by all. Our daughter’s BFF has older but perfectly healthy parents yet has been worried about them taking care of them and with them dying since high school.  So, yes, she is “thinking about it”.[/quote]

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