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[quote=Anonymous]I had mine at 34 and 36. People seem to make a big fuss about a few years, as though becoming a mom at 40 is somehow hugely different than being one at 35.  Once the baby is born, I don't really see how it would be different...After a certain age, life stabilizes a bit, and at that point a few years don't matter.

Personally I didn't choose to delay kids; I went through the breakup of a relationship that was supposed to be forever.   And then it took me a while to meet the right person.  But in those years I got to do a lot of cool things that wouldn't have been possible as a parent. I have a PhD from MIT and was a professor.  Traveled the world, wrote fiction, spent lovely time with my parents.  Pursued all my dreams.  Met an awesome guy.

So...whatever.  There are pros and cons to any age at which motherhood occurs.. No need to judge, or even to care what anyone else is doing.

We think that the older mom is a modern phenomenon, but it really isn't.  In my grandmothers' day and place there was no birth control, and women went on having kids until 40 or so.
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