I didn’t plan on being an “older” mom; it’s just how my life played out. So, why do people feel the need to make comments about it?
As more women choose to have children in middle age, they feel that they're excelling as parents, their kids are happy and the downsides are no big deal.
When Sasha Exeter was 36, she got pregnant for the first time. And while she endured many hardships leading up to having her daughter Maxwell, she realized that being a first-time mom at the age she is now is how it was always meant to happen.