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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The average age of a first-time grandparent is 49. Yes, too late. [/quote]

Clearly not in NW DC…

OP, I’m 70 now and had my healthy, wonderful last baby 22 years ago. He just started at Yale Med school and is by far the least anxious and most well-adjusted of my three children. You might as well go for it, but I’d recommend not coming back here for advice; too many women casting judgment and when it’s the most highly personal decision (to try) you can make!

My doctor told me how studies show that your body recognizes a birth at a later age and “resets” its biological clock to take care of a newborn; an evolutionary extension of life, so to speak. They’re doing more research into this, but anecdotally, I feel 20+ years younger than my friends who are mostly grandmas by now, and acting accordingly fragile. Meanwhile, I went zip lining down the Great Wall pre-pandemic and feel very energetic / fit.

You’re only as old as your mindset, and having a baby later in life truly keeps you young. Life is unpredictable and, while I planned on having kids earlier (but couldn’t at the time due to medical reasons), I am loving life as an older empty nester and wouldn’t have changed a thing :) [/quote]

Wow.  My mom is 70 and I'm 42.  That's wild.  [/quote]

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