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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with PPs that raising a child when you’re older is an important consideration.  However, it seems like your biggest concern is the increased risk of having a child with health problems and/or a difficult pregnancy.  In that case, you might consider adoption. While any child can develop health problems, I would assume you would have basic information on the child’s health and would not have the physical strain of pregnancy. I don’t have direct experience, but my understanding is that while adoptive parents may need to wait a while for a baby, there are lots of older children needing families, and raising an older child as older parents might be a positive factor. [/quote]
Adoption is not a cakewalk. Don't make it out to be.[/quote]

I didn’t say it was a cakewalk and certainly don’t think it is. I didn’t say that they should do it, merely that it might be an option to consider that would not pose a pregnancy risk to the OP, and might let her have some information on the health of the child. I also said I had no direct experience.  I would expect that anybody considering such a significant life-altering decision would research it thoroughly and not base their decision on a paragraph from an anonymous DCUM poster who said they had no direct experience. [/quote]

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