As a woman who had a baby “the old-fashioned way” at 45, I have to ask, who makes it her Plan A to be manufacturing one at that age?
The problem is even if you have a “good egg” there are so many other things that can go wrong with you during those years.
who makes it her Plan A to be manufacturing one at that age?
Good question.
frittering away my 20s with a man I didn't plan to have children with, and wasting more years in my thirties with a man who wasn't sure he even wanted children. It took away the punishing pressure to find a mate and helped me find love at 42.
I'm reminded of an NPR piece (probably "All Things Considered") I listened to years back. They were interviewing a single woman in her low 40s who had adopted a child. She described how she had wanted a child but "none of her relationships worked out blah blah blah.*" All the while listening I was struck by how self-centered that woman sounded.
Reading this woman's story I get the same impression.
*(See also http://www.despair.com/dysfunction.html.)