The Highlight Issue 12 'Brighter Days Ahead'

*Source: ‘Births in England and Wales 2021’, Office for National Statistics. MOTHER & BABY It’s a biological fact that fertility declines with age, as likelihood of conception is known to become significantly lower after 35, often leading to societal pressure for women to have children sooner. In fact, the average age of women who gave birth in 2021 was 30.9 * , but when Lucy Baker became a third-time mum at 43, she felt determined to break the stigma around having children in later life...