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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom was 43 when she had me. I didn't really like it TBH. Its the other side of the issue this board never shows. When I was 15/16/17 my parents were getting old and really didn't have anything in common with my friends parents. People claim it doesn't matter but it mattered to me.  They dressed older, they moved slower, and they started coming down with (manageable) but age related health conditions.  They were active, fit, and working but they were active, fit and working 60 year olds. Thats much different than 45 years old as most of my friends parents were.  Also when I turned 30 and had my own kids my mom was 73 and definitely past her prime. She didn't die till 83 but my oldest was still only 10 and youngest was 4. I would have loved to have some more active years on that end of the spectrum too. [/quote]

OP here. I'm really glad you're talkiby about this. Kids of older parents invariably seem to feel this way. Not much we can do now for our son but part of my rationale is to give home a sibling to share that stress with instead of having to weather it solo.[/quote]

I think it could be a generational thing.  Ppl my age (40) all probably had moms who were in their 20s early 30s when they were born, but as time goes by and fertility treatments improve many more educated professional women are having kids later. I think it may be less of "a thing" for today's kids to feel bad bc their parents are older. For example, I went to a small girls school for high school so I have a set of 50 ppl who are comparably college-educated. I know of 9 ppl from my class with kids under 3, 5 of whom have delivered in the last year.

It also depends on what your "bubble" is. If you having babies later in life, you will find similar ppl and it will help. [/quote]

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