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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I could not find the energy at age 44 to re-do the baby years, chase a toddler at age 47, or keep up with all the school aged activities at age 50, and not look like a grandma at high school graduation 18 yrs later.[/quote]

Really?  I'm sure you'd find the energy.  Keeping up with all the school aged activities at 50 would be a struggle?  Not for most people.

I genuinely think the people in these situations, as a PP stated...it keeps them young.  Having tweens and teenagers in your house keeps you much more plugged into pop culture, young people, etc.  It is what it is.  Every baby at every age is going to have pros and cons.  [/quote]

If you had a baby at 44 you would be 62 at their HS graduation, then you have 4 years of college after that.  I'm 54 and my youngest will be graduating HS soon which is a bittersweet thing for me. But, at the same time, it's sort of nice to have a certain amount of freedom again.  The idea of having a kid in elementary school now really does not appeal to me.  Not because I don't think I have the energy at this age to raise a child, I think it's mainly the very wide age gap between the oldest and the youngest that would be hard.

I can see having a first baby at 44 easier than I can see having another baby after my older kids had already launched.  That just seems draining to me.[/quote]

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