How Old is Too Old to Have Kids?

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🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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At 47, Amy is thinking of using her frozen embryos to give her daughter a sibling. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on serious xm triumph 11.
0:11.0	Amy, welcome to the program. Hi Dr Laura. Hi, should I just start with my
0:18.5	question and then go into some background for you?, if the question doesn't have enough information in it,
0:26.0	and I couldn't answer it, so yeah.
0:29.0	Okay.
0:30.0	So I am a healthy 47-year married to a 46 year old my husband.
0:36.4	We've been married for four years and I am worried that my only child, is healthy beautiful wonderful little I I know you like to say she'll be a shit when she's 15 give me a break here stop it with the perfect gorgeous brilliant little kid. How old is she?
0:56.6	She's two and a half. I am I'm worried that she is going to be lonely and she won't have the same type of relationship.
1:05.0	Oh my God, the kids are never going to have any friends, is never going to get married and
1:09.8	make kids, doesn't have any relatives anywhere, just a snarky sibling will make
1:14.6	everything perfect and secure her future you're out of your mind and you're too old.
1:21.5	Yes so the background.
1:23.6	No, no, no, no, no, no, no, what did I just say to you very mellow dramatically?
1:30.3	Tell me.
1:32.0	She's not going to be lonely because you don't crank out another kid in a few years.
1:36.0	And you're too old.
1:38.0	Yeah.
1:39.0	You're going to be 70 and the kid's just going to be getting to be an adult time and has to take
1:42.4	care of you.
1:43.0	Give me a break here.
1:44.2	That's very thoughtless.
1:46.4	Well, that's what I'm wondering is if a sibling will help
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