Motherhood Later... Than Sooner

When I was growing up I always imagined having my children when I was young. My mother had my brother when she was 18 and me when she was 20, and I always loved (and still do) having a mother so young. I never planned on having children THAT young, but certainly I expected to have them in my 20s.

At the same time, I always intended to get my PhD. Perhaps my math skills are not that great, since it is rather difficult to do both (although not impossible, since I know people who have). So I went to university for years and years and years. I had numerous long-term relationships. I started working full-time. Only then did I meet my husband and I was already 31!

Fortunately things progressed quickly and we were married two years later. We wasted no time in getting pregnant (mainly because I thought it would take a long time) and we had Owen when I was 34. Not the young mother I thought I would be...

And now we've had Alex, just a few weeks after I turned 39. Hmmmm.... I still feel young, but I guess I'm on the older side of motherhood. I can certainly tell that I have less patience than 4.5 years ago, but I think I am still a pretty fun Mom.

Turns out I am not alone. More and more women are deciding to have babies later in life. I just came across an interesting website Motherhood Later...Than Sooner. It contains articles and blogs by mothers who are 35+. If you sign up for their newsletter before the end of August you can win a cool travel kit for kids 3-5.

I don't regret having children later in life, even though I sometimes look at my mother and think she had the right idea, as she is traveling the world and kayaking and skiing and biking (and still so young). It allowed me to do the things I wanted to do, get the education I wanted, travel and kayak unencumbered by children, and now I am ready to focus on kids.

And I am in good company!