"Usually, I'd sink a few glasses of wine on such a happy occasion. But on that milestone birthday, I stopped at one because I was nursing the month-old baby sitting next to me in her car seat. My first child arrived just four and a half weeks before the festivities."
"The medical profession has largely retired the ghastly term "geriatric mother." However, like any pregnant woman over the age of 35, I fell into the category of "advanced maternal age." I followed my mom's lead because she had my sister at almost 35 and me when she was two months shy of 38. The timing was unusual for the 1960s. However, at elementary school, I wasn't aware that she was older than other mothers at the school gates."
"My husband, who is seven years older than I, is one of the last of the boomer generation, while I'm a Gen Xer. Now, we are 64 and 57, respectively, while we try to stay fit and healthy, we are wary of the physical activities we used to enjoy, such as skiing. Meanwhile, the younger parents of my kids' friends think nothing of tackling a black run or rock-climbing. Our reluctance to participate makes us feel old."
A woman had her first child a month before her 40th birthday after discovering her pregnancy at 39. The pregnancy placed her in the medical category of advanced maternal age, echoing her mother's later-in-life childbearing. Her husband is seven years older and belongs to the boomer generation while she identifies as Gen X. Now in their late 50s and early 60s, both try to stay fit but avoid riskier physical activities such as skiing. Younger parents' greater physicality highlights generational differences and contributes to feelings of aging and missed family experiences such as vacations.
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