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Originally Posted by StonerPenguin
I hope you don't see us a silly kids or anything, since that does seem to be a bit condescending  Well, in the wise words of my parents "Be selfish-- your twenties are for YOU" and I agree with that very much so. I don't intend to have kids or get married til after I'm 30. And I know about the toll having babies has on older women but my mom had me when she was 28 (almost 29) and I'm the oldest of 4 kids, my mom had my youngest sister when she was 37, and there weren't any problems with any of her prenancies.
Regardless of whether you have a career or not, I think you should wait to have kids-- be as selfish as you want and get it out of your system then have kids when you can really devote the necessary time to them. I've babysat a lot of kids and you can really tell when a child has an older parent, they tend to be much more mature and better behaved for their age. Moreover, it's a shame to be young and beautiful, wanting to go out and have fun but be unable to because you have kids. It ain't fair to you or the child IMO. So I shall induldge in my selfishness for the next 10 years or so  |
Many women do this-- have their career then decide to have a child. Sadly it does not always work out-- when a woman cannot conceive-- My best friend was unable to have children-- she tried IVF-- that did not work.
Also there is a higher risk of having a baby with Downs Syndrome.