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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Alexandra Carter & Nia Dalton

'I had kids late and don't regret it because I got to spend my youth partying'

A mum who chose to have kids later in life believes "age is just a number" and there should be a complete cultural shift in how society perceives older parents.

Samantha Heathcock, now 43, welcomed her first son Elliott into the world at the age of 35, and had baby boy Jake two years later, both with her partner Neil, 44.

The mum-of-two struggled to find support online during her pregnancies and felt as though her symptoms and concerns were dismissed by medics because of her age.

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