I always knew I wanted a big family, but I got a late start. My first child was born when I was 31 and my husband was 33. It was the right time for us, but many people said I was too old to have more children unless I had them quickly. Nevertheless, I went on to have three more over a period of nearly 10 years. My youngest was born shortly before I turned 40, after what doctors termed a “geriatric pregnancy” due to my “advanced maternal age.”
