Anyone else single at 38 and go on to have a family?

[Panicsingle]

I’m newly single and massively panicking about my future. I have always wanted a partner and a small family. Do I have time? Is 2-3 years enough to meet someone and have a baby? I did a fertility tests with a clinic which says all good. I’d love to hear from other people who were in my situation. Thank you.

I'm a 31 single mum of 2. I was married but my lovely husband walked out on my during pregnancy!
I worry so much about this being it for me... I feel like men will run a mile 🙈 But we all have a history don't we?
I just want to find someone who compliments us and we do him. Maybe one day ♥️

My sister froze her eggs. Got with her partner a couple of years later. Conceived naturally then used one of the frozen eggs for the next as that wasn't so easy

I was only a year ahead of you in terms of being single/married/having a baby. But even then I didn’t have my first until I was 43. Not that I in anyway recommend waiting that long but still.

Enjoy being newly single and prioritize having fun and meeting people and looking after yourself. 💐

If you want more than one child, you need to move fast. You might conceive number 1 at 40 or whatever but fertility depletes quickly in the 40s so number 2 might not happen. You need to be realistic.

My best mate is 40, getting married in August next year and has just told me his fiancée (also 40) is pregnant.

Until they met they'd both been single for years, so yes, it does happen.

Do be careful though.. I rushed into something at the same age as I really wanted a baby, ignored a lot of red flags and am now a single mum with a family court order and multiple issues with stbx who turned out to be a perpetrator.

Someone in my baby club is 38 and had a baby alone. Through IVF and donor. I can tell you a bunch of us are complaining about our DHs not getting postpartum life or helping with the mental load or having dumb ideas for the baby. But this particular lady does everything on her own terms and is very happy.

Married at 29, conceived at 30/first child at 31, divorced at 35, froze eggs at 37, now 38 working on myself, hopeful and waiting for the partner I am destined to be with. Not settling for less. My advice if all good on the fertility side, take matters into your own hands and preserve your fertility now.