Should I Have a Second Child?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Should I Have a Second Child? - Mindy's son is 18, and she's starting to think maybe she should have another child. - Dr. Laura: "Be grateful for your time as a mom and look forward to discovering what's next." | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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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.
0:10.0	I'm on 11. Mindy. Welcome to the program. Hi. Hi. Um, so I am just wondering if I'm just being emotional or.
0:22.0	If my husband and I should have a second kid, um, our, our first son is 18. Um, so they're.
0:32.0	Old are you.
0:34.0	41.
0:36.0	No, it's not fair. First of all, you're going to have fertility issues because you're old. The eggs are old. You were born with all the eggs. Sorry.
0:46.0	They haven't been refrigerated. That's it. And you're not going to be around to see grandchildren. It's not, you know, I have a cut off point in my brain.
0:54.0	40. It's not fair to kids. Number two, the day of my 60th birthday, I woke up, sat up straight and bed and said, I want to have a baby. Of course it's emotional.
1:04.0	I'm not.
1:16.0	My husband who was alive at the time turned to me and said, what?
1:20.0	It's all he said. What?
1:22.0	I want to have a baby. I mean, it's emotional. It's not right. Don't mind adopting, but you're saying I'm just being emotional.
1:28.0	Yes.
1:32.0	That's why a lot of men marry younger women and start grinding out kids. They're afraid of death.
1:41.0	So they do the things you do when you're younger, makes them feel.
1:46.0	Safe from their mortality.
1:49.0	So part of this is your kids 18 up and out and you're staring at your life going, what do I do now?
1:54.0	Well, why don't I have a baby and just do this 18 year old kid all over again? Because I have no idea what the hell to get a motorcycle. Take a trip. I mean, come on.
2:07.0	Well, I work full time too. So I know that I would have to give my job up as well. And I'm okay doing that. But I'm just. You're right. You're right.
2:16.0	I'm not going to get too old and no, I'm not going to get your boy. He's a son, right? He's 18. He's up and out.
2:24.0	And you don't know what to do.
2:27.0	So you just want to do an instant replay that gets a no.
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