Being an older parent is bloody hard

Or how I never regret it but perhaps hadn't considered the reality

When I went through IVF many years ago now, my fixation was always on ‘having a baby’. In fact that was all anyone talked about. The clinic was full of idealised photos of cherubic looking babies. Big blue eyes. Perfect curls. Gorgeous chubby legs. In the doctor’s office there were hundreds of these naked minions seducing prospective parents.