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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Due to a series of bad decisions and bad luck here I am still TTC at 36. I technically started trying at 34 but had a series of miscarriages and here we are a few years later and still TTC. When I think about being a first tile mother at 37 and 38 I feel horrible.This was never my plan. I wanted to be married by 25 and had at least one child before 30 and finished TTC before 35.

And yet here I am not even a mother yet. I also am beginning to see a physical decline in my body and it drives home the point that I am home and how will I have energy to raise a baby?

Sometimes I feel like my time to be a mother has passed and I should move on.

:( [/quote]

It could be worse. You could be like me who had her first at 47!  You are still young. Kids will keep you young. :)  if it helps read the book the joy of later motherhood for some more positive perspectives (most of the moms in this book are in their 40s) https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Later-Motherhood-Natural-Healthy-ebook/dp/B079B6VCZ8/ref=mp_s_a_1_19?crid=3A6QNMXKQL27W&keywords=becoming+parent+40s&qid=1682289901&sprefix=becoming+parent+40s%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-19

It may not be how you envisioned your life which I understand from experience is disappointing but being an older parent can be amazing in ways you haven’t considered so give it a try. [/quote]

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