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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm bothered by the people who are negative about people having kids over 40 because I will likely be one of them. It wasn't my choice to wait but I didn't meet my life partner until later in life. Not all of us have the good fortune of having these things happen in our 30's. I say if our bodies and minds say we can do it then we can do it! [/quote]

People don't realize how hard child upbringing is on you and your spouse. 4 years after birth and you are almost totally burned out. Teen years another torture.[/quote]

My sibling had her kids at 27, 29 and 32.  She has one left at home.  She is 48.

I am 44 with an 8.5 and 6 year old.

She says the teen years will age the hell out if you---add in menopause and aging parents and that's a shitload if stress.  So many people focus on baby/toddler years and have no concept of how taxing older ages can be.  The activities and homework and college process are tough.

Look at the big picture.  If it were a kid now vs no kids I might be inclined at 41---just adding siblings 'no[/quote]

I'm 48 with an 11 (almost 12) and a 13 (almost 14) year old.  The baby/toddler years were absolutely exhausting but fun, too. So far preteen/teen have been easy with my kids.  At this point they are more help than work in my view and they are fun people to be around.  I know that the teen years can be brutal with some kids and we're not out of the woods, yet.  But so far...we've lucked out.  Cross fingers.  [/quote]

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