No shame in being a young mum

FORMER Love Island contestant Molly-Mae Hague is expecting a baby with her partner Tommy Fury. Some have criticised her for being too young to start a family. They argue she has barely lived yet. Gosh, isn’t it strange how attitudes change? Just a generation or so ago, 23 would have been a perfectly acceptable age to have a child. My mum had me in her early 30s and was considered a geriatric mother. What’s more, Molly has endometriosis, which can affect fertility, so surely, having a baby young is better than risking a lifetime of sorrow by leaving it too late and discovering it’s not possible? At a recent barbecue, I was astonished that of the six couples there, five had undergone fertility treatment. All the women had put off motherhood because of their careers and several were now lamenting that decision.