I will be 26 when I receive my BS in bio. That puts me at around 31-32 by the time my doctoral is done(hopefully), plus lets tack on my post-doc which leaves me in the middle of my 30s decade by the time my life is stable enough to think about "settling down".
So I'll be right in the thick of things as my body will be screaming at me "HAVE CHILDREN!". *Great*
So what is a girl to do? Of course the obvious option is to not have children. Don't think this thought hasn't crossed my mind, and while I think I'm much too young to really make a decision, there are a lot of factors that lean me towards this avenue mainly...
>>OVER POPULATION. The world is already above max capacity for humans, why add another one to the mix. But my thoughts take to a kind of strange reasoning. I consider myself a semi intelligent being, and I can very plainly see that the future is going to lean and depend upon those with ideas on how to change the planet in revolutionary ways. I think that with my some what progressive ways I might be able to rear a human with such capabilities. (Is that egotistical or what?)
My other reasons for ignoring my biological clock would be purely selfish. Kids take money, they take time, they take sleep (away), and no matter how hard you try you will inevitably frack them up.
So while I really don't have an answer to this weighty dilemma, as I get older it pushes itself further and further to the forefront of my mind.
www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/images/300/bw_crying_girl.jpg
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