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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I would really recommend staying off DCUM while you work through this, at least the threads about mother/childhood. The concern trolling you'll see on here about kids born to women over 30 is nuts and in no way representative of real life. (And yes, DCUM also goes the other way with faux shock over women who had babies in their *gasp* 20s! It's just generally a cesspool.)

Biologically speaking your chances of getting pregnant and having a healthy pregnancy and baby are still very, very high at 35. When you hear about "increased percentages" of birth defects in children whose parents are older, remember that those are only small increased percentages of what are already very small numbers. (And birth defects are certainly not unknown in kids of younger parents either; age is no guarantee either way.) I mean look around you: do you see the schools around here full of weird Picasso-painting looking kids who can barely function being carried in the laps of decrepit parents in electric wheelchairs who are going to be dead before their kid hits junior high? Of course not. A huge number of kids are born to parents over 35 around here - yes, even to parents in their 40s and older - and by any measure the vast, vast majority of all parties involved are healthy and happy in their lives.

Good luck to you! Just let the age stuff go; you can't change where you are. I hope you have an easy time getting pregnant, a smooth pregnancy, and a happy healthy baby. The odds are definitely with you, promise.[/quote]

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