Please, can we stop telling women when to have babies? | Michele Hanson

They don’t need to be shamed into hurrying up by experts like Gillian Lockwood. And being part of the ‘sandwich generation’ isn’t that bad – I know

The last thing women need is anyone else telling them when they should or should not have children. Still, Gillian Lockwood, the medical director of Midland Fertility Services, has done just that. She has advised women to have children early, around the age of 25, because on top of all the other ghastly problems that late motherhood can bring there is another “poignant aspect” we ought consider: we “might lose this wonderful relationship between grandparents and grandchildren”.

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