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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For your first, 40. For your second or any there after, 38.

Just my opinion though, based on what I've seen. I had my first at 28 and second at 31 and was done.[/quote]

I don't get this logic.  Had my first at 38 and second at 40. [/quote]

I’m not the PP you responded to but my guess is that that PP’s thinking is that the likelihood of pregnancy complications and birth defects goes up with maternal age and paternal age (and since paternal age is correlated with maternal age, the latter is also a proxy for the former) and if you already have a child or children the cost/benefit analysis changes.[/quote]

This. You have to assess whether the risk of having a child with special needs (taking away a lot of resources and attention from your existing children) is fair to them. [/quote]

Yep, that's why we have an only.  Would have loved two but not worth the risk of blowing up our family to try in my forties. [/quote]

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