In just a few weeks my twins will turn one, and I will be 44. I am an older mom who thought I knew what I was getting myself into, but I am finally realizing that despite all the advice given to me and research I did on my own, I was truly not prepared.
Read MoreI’m at a place now where I want to meet friends without the kids. It’s starting to work. I have several friends that have kids who are my kids’ age that I love and enjoy. I also have a few friends whose kids I couldn’t pick out of a lineup and vice versa.
Read MoreDeciding if, and when, to have a child is a very personal decision. Now, thanks to advances in reproductive medicine, that decision doesn’t always have to be restricted to the “ideal” child bearing years – either by parameters set up by science, or society.
Read MoreGrowing up with an “older mom” in the 80s had a certain stigma to it. It simply wasn’t as common as it is today. My sisters are 17 & 19 years older than me so my mom actually started having kids in her 20s. I was that serendipitous surprise when she was 43 years old.
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