Did anyone else's friends all have babies before them?

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I have 3 very good friends and they're all pregnant. I am so, so happy for them but I'm also so, so sad because I can't join in

Me. I was 34 when I had my first. Every single one of my friends had had at least 1 each by that point. I had to score a lot of baby name options off the list but I'm glad I had them when I did. (In hindsight obvs. It was fairly shit at the time)

Do you wish you were in their position OP? Is there something stopping you like infertility or being single?

All my friends had babies before me. Most had 2. I was 39 when I had my DS. It was a very difficult time for me until I had him.

Hope you are okay x

Yeah, I do. If I were lucky enough to be married I'd definitely be trying for a baby. I'm very single so I know it's likely to be 5 years + before I'd be in their position. It does hurt.

I’m 36 and I’ve got 2 children. A lot of my friends still don’t have children so I’m the other way around and it can be lonely.

My friend was very single last April and now has a 4 month old DD and lovely DP. It can happen quicker than you may expect.

Me - single and then infertility when I was with someone. Really really shit - loneliness and desperation. I would go to gatherings and come home and just lie in bed and cry.

I finally had ds and It is lovely- I still remember my best friend coming to meet him as a baby and we hugged and cried with happiness for me so hard.

The only upside was so many people lent me stuff 😂

It can definitely happen quicker than you think. If I hadn’t had fertility issues we’d have had a Abu within a couple of years of meeting.

Yes! I've got friends my age (38) who are grandmothers! I'm the last of my friends, my daughter was born last year. It took me a long time and I thought it would never happen.