my dad is 53 right now and my mom is 48. I am 16 and a sophmore in high school, so using my excellent math skills my parents were 37 and 32 when they had me. The reason they waited so long is my mom is a doctor and they wanted to wait until she was out of residency and got a real job before they had kids. They can keep up with two teenage boys( they still go to Ozzfest with us) at their age, so having kids then wasn't a bad thing. When you are in your 40s however you will be almost in your 60s by the time they move out and it is something to consider. It also gets hard for women to give birth at that age so adoption might be an option, parents friends who are the same age just adopted two kids so it is up to what you think you can handle, kids are a lot of work.