I put off having kids until my mid-30s because of my career and had 9 miscarriages. No one tells you how hard it is.

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Mother and son
Harriet Kelsall had her first child in her mid 30s after spending her 20s focused on her career.

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My mother enrolled in college at 42 while raising 4 kids. It was the same year I enrolled as a freshman.

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Amy McHugh and her mother
The author, right, and her mother, left, both went to college the same year.

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