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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Due to career and financial issues ( making 100k combined) / delayed career progression, we have not had a baby yet. We were married at 29 but were not in a financial position to grow our family. We are 35/36 now and everyone we know and younger has a kid. I am having a very strong reaction watching 29 years olds getting married abs having a baby at 30-31. It is what I had envisioned and wanted for my life and here I am childless and pushing 40.

I go into a spiral every time I hear a pregnancy announcement. We are TTC now and it hasn’t happened yet. I fall into a deep hole of depression and regret and hopelessness.

Can anyone relate? [/quote]

Many people have their children in their 40s.  Naomi Campbell just had her first child at 51. Supermodel Cheryl Tiegs had twins at 52 who are now 21 years old.  Brigitte Nielsen recently gave birth at 54. Cameron Diaz, Lucy Lu, Adrienne Barbeau, Jane Seymour, Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, and countless others in the entertainment, industry are 40+ parents.

The reason I mention celebrities is because the people that we all know.  I don’t listen to naysayers who say things like “oh my gosh, you’re going to be _____ years old at their graduation. Blah blah blah you’re going to be _____years old anyways..

This is meant to be inspiring. If you want to be a parent certainly it’s an option for you for many years to come.[/quote]

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