I’m 41 and my friends are saying that I’m too old to be having a baby
DEAR DEIDRE: MY wife and I are having a baby, but I’ve started to worry about our age.
I’m 41, and my wife, who is four months pregnant, is 39.
What started off as a happy time soon soured when I told my friends the news.
They’ve said negative things like, “You’ll be the only grandad at school”.
We’ve had fertility problems for years and were about to undergo a second round of IVF when we got lucky. But now I’m depressed.
Are they right? Am I too old?
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DEIDRE SAYS: First of all, huge congratulations to you both.
These comments from friends prove they aren’t friends at all.
There are plenty of advantages to having children later on.
One is that you are likely to have finished your partying days and are ready for the joys of family life.
Please talk to your wife and if you continue to feel low make an appointment with your GP.
My support pack Depression should also provide help.