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Right time to have a baby?

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Sunday, June 03, 2018 | 0 comments

Image: Kayte Nunn with her daughters Josephine, 18 months and Charlotte, 7

In an ideal world I would have had children younger, but that's just not the way it worked out.

I definitely wasn't ready to be a mother in my twenties.

I met my husband, Andy, when I was 35 and we had our first baby when I was 37 years old.

So we really didn't waste much time once we knew it was the way our relationship was heading.

We weren't married when we had our first daughter because we realized having a baby was something we needed to do sooner rather than later.

I was very lucky that I had no trouble falling pregnant at that age.

We weren't in a position to have another baby straight away, and by the time I fell pregnant with my second daughter, I was 43 years old.

I was six weeks shy of my 44th birthday when she was born.

This Pregnancy Over 40 story was found on News.com.au
Read more: Mums often have no choice about right time to have a baby
Originally posted on October 08, 2011

TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:

Image: Take Charge of Your Fertility (Teach Yourself), by Heather Welford. Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton; 1 edition (September 1, 2011)

Take Charge of Your Fertility (Teach Yourself)
by Heather Welford

-- Explains everything the prospective parent may need to know as they face the physical, emotional and practical challenges of trying for a baby.

It covers health issues in full, from basic biology and an explanation of fertility and cycles to outlining what supplements are useful and what isn't, and how you can maximize your chances by following a healthy diet and cutting alcohol or nicotine intake.

There are plenty of resources and guidelines for parents facing difficulties, including a guide to the medical options, and advice on how to seek further help.

It will help couples to deal with the emotional issues faced when trying for a baby, and will also give practical information on who you should tell and who you must tell, and when.

With coverage of all aspects of very early pregnancy, from do-it-yourself tests to the very first scan, it will be a useful resource which will help all prospective parents, whether looking to start or to expand their family.

Paperback: 192 pages
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Category: 1st, 43, 44

About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost our precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted there will be no more babies in our house.

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