• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It was strange being first time parents at that age, while meeting younger couples who were becoming grandparents

    A big part of the reason we didn’t have a third kid was the “advanced maternal age” classification, and scary increases in potential genetic issues when the mother hits 40

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      We were considered geriatric on the paperwork at 35 with our second.

      Advanced was 30 with our first.

      I don’t even know what 40 is these days. They just write “Cooked”?

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        1 day ago

        I was fine with that part, but now my peers are all talking about retirement while I still have two in college

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      It’s always odd for me I’m slightly older than that but I was just at my great-niece and great nephew’s graduation party and I had the youngest child there. While also being a grandfather to one with a second one on the way.