At 42, I'm knocked up, about halfway through my second pregnancy. I am also
a geek. Both these facts explain why I was intrigued by the recent report by
the National Center for Health Statistics that the birthrate for women 40 to
44 years old in 2005 was the "the highest rate since 1968."
Conventional wisdom would say that the birthrate among older women would be
higher now then in 1968. More women in their 40s and beyond are having kids
because...
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