Late Babies: Having a Baby After 35

Journalist Sandra McLean gets the inside story on the trend to older motherhood that is changing the face of Australian society. With mothers over 35 the fastest growing group of mothers in the country, she asks a collection of women why they delayed motherhood and what happened after they gave birth. These life-changing stories from women such as magazine editor Deborah Thomas, journalist Juanita Phillips, manager Marian Hudson and fashion columnist Maggie Alderson. They share their experience of older motherhood, from the profound joy of natural pregnancy after miscarriages and failed fertility treatments, to the emotional roller coaster ride of In Vitro Fertilization and the search for satisfaction once baby is born. Their stories take readers beyond the media myth of the super woman who simply wants to "have it all' — career, partner and family. Their experiences show us that the reality is very different and the journey to having that much-loved late baby is a lot like life itself — full of unexpected pleasure and pain. But worth every minute.