Physical: The most fertile period for a woman is in her teens, but few people would advocate pregnancy until later in life, when a woman has had a chance to develop emotionally. Yet a woman in her thirties, a person who is psychologically prepared to raise a child, is less able to conceive. A recent study seems to confirm that the optimal reproductive years for a woman are those between twenty and thirty. A woman over forty may have irregular ovulation and conception may take a little time. These facts should not be discouraging to women to wait, because great care is being taken to see that high-risk pregnancies (which includes over-forty pregnancies) are carried to term trouble free. Now it must not be forgotten that men who postpone parenthood are also going to be affected. An older woman’s difficulty conceiving can be due to the fact that her partner is older too. The sperm of a forty-year-old is not the same of the sperm of a twenty-year-old. Sperm slows with age. Ultimately the right time to have a baby arrives when your hearts says now.

Emotional: Let your feelings about motherhood come freely and let your heart decide when is the best moment to become a parent. There are women who have waited for the right moment to get pregnant because they were busy for a few years with this or with that and when they were finally ready, their bodies didn’t co-operate. Think that motherhood is the best gift and blessing that the Lord can provide to a woman. If for some reason you can’t have your own children, there are millions of kids in adoptions agencies or orphanages waiting for a loving mom that can take care of them... maybe you’re one of them.

Financial: It seems that all the world is about “money” and the fact that you wanna be a parent means that you have to think in all the temporal things that your son or daughter will need such as food, clothes, school, activities, etc. If you’re not rich you’ll have to make a lot of sacrifices to provide your child all that he/she needs for her well-being. But your kid is worthy of it! :). Make a budget and try to spend only the necessary and in this way you’ll have control of your expenses and you’ll be able to handle the money more wisely when your baby arrives.

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