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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is kind of an odd question for this area. At my employer the average age of a FTM is 38 years old (verified fact - they tell us this at orientation). The people having kids at younger ages, especially younger than say 31-32 stick out in the DC metro area. Therefore, there are lots of resources for advanced-maternal age support. It is incredibly common. 44 is definitely on the high side, and most of my friends above  42 having their first are IVF. About half having their second above 42 are IVF. Of course this is just anecdotal. I had mine at 37 and 39.[/quote]

Depends on your crowd, I guess.  Most of my friends had their first babies in the 28-32 range. I am 42 and just can't imagine being in that newborn stage again, but then again I have spent the last decade sleep-deprived. Might feel more energetic if I had spent my 30s doing something else. There were always a lot of older mothers in the birth care waiting rooms so there are a lot of moms around here having healthy low-risk 40s pregnancies. [/quote]

Curious, where in the DC metro area do you live and in what industry do you work?

I am an attorney that lives in upper NW DC and there are very few FTMs under 30 in my neighborhood or among my colleagues. [/quote]

+1. I had my first right after I turned 30 and sometimes felt like a teen mom when I attended PTA meetings! People in DC area have children pretty late.  It may be harder to conceive one, but once you do, you will have a lot of peers. [/quote]

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