Summary
We've been warned that waiting too long before trying to have a baby may be leaving it too late.
But what do you do if you don't meet the right man? Eleni Kyriacou talks to five women who decided to go it alone Photographs Charlotte Murphy Ageneration ago, it would have been almost unheard of to seek out motherhood without a man around.See the full content of this document
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How We Beat the Clock
But today the picture has changed. There are now about 82,000 single, 30-something women a year having babies without a partner on the scene.
That's almost double the number of a decade ago.These women have all come to the same conclusion: that they're not willing to wait for Mr Right to come along before having the family they crave. They don't have time.They're aware their fertility is diminishing (though many are surprised to discover it halves by the age of 35, then halves again by 40).A new documentary series for Channel 4, The Baby Race, follows 30 such women over the course of a year, and here we speak to five of them. They've chosen various methods from donor insemination or one- night stands to overseas adoption in their bid to become mothers.The programme was ...See the full content of this document
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