If you had just had a baby or have suddenly found yourself "with child" (that means adopting, too!) during midlife, welcome to the Midlife Mother Support!  Our message is a positive one--we are offering support and reassurance that you have made the right choice. On Midlife Mother Support you'll find guidance on getting adjusted, we call it "Finding the New Normal" and health issues (nutrition, and fitness.)  If you are dealing with toddlers, menopause, and elder care, all at the same time, check out "The Sandwich Generation.  You will also find time management, and childcare tips plus some been there, done that information from midlife mothers just like you. For more personal questions, go to the message board and post or read messages--you'll get the help you need, whether its relief or humor!

Like a family, the Midlife Mother Support web site is a work in progress.  It will grow and mature with time.  So, send us you thoughts, your aspirations, your success stories, even your recipes!  We're in this together!  And, check back often.

Here's some information that may interest you...

     We are considerably older than our mothers were when we were born, and there are some very specific reasons why.
     First, women are more healthy now than ever before.  We live longer and the fear of having a child and not helping it into adulthood has lessened dramatically.
     Second, over the last twenty years many of us in our early twenties and thirties opted for career advancement rather than starting a family.  Now in our forties, the biological clock that is ticking is not only psychological in nature, but a very real physical one.
     And third, divorce.  The Bureau of Vital Statistics tells us that the average age of a women going through divorce in the United States is 33 years of age.  The same source tells us that most people wait approximately five years to remarry.  (33+ 5=38)  Allow a 38 year old woman a couple of years to become adjusted in a new marriage and you now have a 40-year-old woman contemplating starting a new family.
       On the next pages you will find help, advice, and support...

 Midlife Motherhood : A Woman-to-Woman Guide...