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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Personally I think you are a little too old. We have three and the my husband got a vasectomy because we definitely did not want 4. Also, we have 3+ years between #2 and #3. You still have a newborn and you are 40. I would stop there[/quote]

OP is not old. Plenty of moms are having another child at her age. I’ve known some moms who had their first child at 39. Also, she has an infant, not a newborn. [/quote]

She will be 58+ by the time the third goes to college and that is older than my mom was when she became a grandma. That is what I think about. I had my third at 34 and honestly I felt like I was pushing it. But of course we all have different plans. If she were considering the first or the second, I would not suggest to stop because being a mom and giving your child a sibling outweigh in my opinion the negatives of being an older parent. For a third, however, it just seems unfair to the third baby[/quote]

You are just one who stopped early. It’s not at all abnormal to be 58 and have a college freshman. A busy, crawling-everywhere 9 month old is an infant???![/quote]

Lol. Let's keep extending this. If you're 58 and have a college freshman (18yo), then if your child also waits to have kids (30yo), then you'll be 70yo. Chances are you can't help with childcare at 70yo or won't even be around. That's sooooo unfair, right?

You do whatever is best for you and your family. So what that you're 58 with kids in college? I bet you can afford college tuition better towards the end of your career and peak earnings than middle age (if you had your child at 25yo and were 43yo).  [/quote]

When I was born my grandparents were in their mid-late 70s. My paternal grandfather was 80. Not that unusual but all but one of my 4 grandparents were dead by the time I was 10. So that’s one side effect to waiting. [/quote]

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