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At age 34, am I crazy to wait and try for due date based on school year?

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Awake6 · 29/05/2019 19:46

I am 34 and we currently have no children. I have read numerous articles that indicate that the youngest children in the class are at a significant disadvantage to the older ones. DH and I could begin TTC very soon, but I am contemplating waiting until December. This would mean should we conceive, the due date would be at earliest September resulting in our child being one of the older ones. That being said, I totally accept the things out of my control so should it take us 10 months to conceive and my child ends up being one of the youngest in the class, I don't mind. I just wondered if I shouldn't be delaying things for 7 months given my age and the reason for it?

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sincethereis · 29/05/2019 19:49

Why do you want them to be one of the oldest?

I wouldn’t recommend it. You might find that at 34 your not as fertile as say 25.