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Catherine McDiarmid-Watt |
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The number of women having babies in their 40s has more than doubled in the past 20 years, figures yesterday showed.
There were 12.6 births per 1,000 women in the age group last year against 5.1 in 1988, the Office for National Statistics found.
Those aged 30-34 continue to have the highest fertility overall with 112.3 births per 1,000.
The average age of new mums was unchanged last year at 29.3, despite previous rises every year since the mid-1970s.
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About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost that precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted that there will be no more babies in our house.
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The number of women having babies in their 40s has more than doubled in the past 20 years, figures yesterday showed.
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