Being called a geriatric mother didn’t offend me during my pregnancies, I laughed it off thinking ‘I’ll show you medics just how I’ll become supermum’.I had waited all my life to become a mother but after my marriage broke down and I lost my radio presenting dream job I felt doomed.
Life has a funny way of showing you the way and finding the love of my life – film and TV producer John Norton – a few months after the sh*t hit the fan was my saving grace. I found my soul mate.Most men would have shuddered, I was acting like a crazed stalker. For the over-35s, as a nifty reminder, a note emblazoned with “Prima gravida” –meaning elderly – is pinned to our maternity hospital bed in case we forget we are auld!
Our mothers advised us to get a degree, focus on career and not to worry about having kids until we’d seen the world, so we put off having our brood. I follow my two like a lap dog and don’t let them out of my sight for a split second. I panic about them falling off slides or bumping into other kids, but worse still I’m on high alert for stranger danger.
Research shows anxiety levels peak among people aged 40 to 60, proving the “midlife crisis” is a real thing and these anxiety levels are more prevalent in women.
What is the point of that article? Like, who does it serve? Much like many others, you would have had children younger had you been in a stable relationship, but ye weren’t, so what are you highlighting? You couldn’t have done it any earlier unless you did it alone!
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