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JohnnieGirl: Are you serious when you say that 30 is too old to start a family? Let's see: my own mother was 33 when I was born and my grandmother was 41 when she had her last child. Also, my boyfriend's mother was a whooping 35 when he came a long. Based on your comments, I guess it is a miracle that either that any of us were ever born.
As far as your comments about women having a '5 year window', I finished my undergraduate studies at 22 and obtained my MA at 24. After school, I held a number of exciting albeit low to middle-paying jobs. For many years, I did not even have a serious boyfriend for my years. Also, (GASP!) I simply did not feel that I was ready to undertake the massive responsiblity of raising a child in my 20s.
BTW, my situation is far from unique. A lot of young women find themselves in similar situations. Having a child simply because one is scared that their biological clock is ticking away is one of the dumbest reasons I think of for bringing a child into this world.
