The birthday and the age debate............

It was a fantastic day.
There's something so endearing about being 6. There's the excitement over everything, the enthusiasm and still the babyness mixed with a little bit of attitude now. I love this age.I don't love the fact in a few short years she will be hormonal! I intend to enjoy every barbie dressing up moment that I possibly can with her.
She is the baby I wondered if I would ever have.
The child my GP told me I was selfish trying for (needless to say he is now my 'ex' GP!)
If I had listened to many people we would have stopped after Joshua. He died just before I was 40. We were told, stop there. I desperately did not want to end on such a tragedy, and wanted more children.
So despite my GP and his dreadful comments (the worst being that I was a waste of tax payers money), I continued.
I had a miscarriage.
It's your age they said.
Yeah , so what about the other 4, 3 of which I had in my twenties????
Hmmm.
I didn't' listen.
I am soooooooooo pleased I ignored them, as I now have an amazingly beautiful 6 year old. Healthy, happy, full of love and life. She healed so much of all our grief by just being herself and I cannot imagine a day without her little face in my life.
They said, well that's enough now. You don't NEED anymore.
I am not sure I NEEDED any of them actually. But I did WANT a large family.
Surely that's it.
Well actually no.
And we went onto to have the most amazing little twins...again.
Yes I was old.
Well old in the world's eyes.
Not old enough to have my menopause though, and clearly young enough to carry and have more children successfully.
What unsettled me a bit was people's reactions.
Some were open when I finally annouced my pregnancy.
'Omg I cannot imagine having a child at your age, but fair play.'
'I secretly wish I had had more'.
' I would have loved a baby in my 40's but don't tell anyone'.
Then there were others who obviously disapproved so have said nothing, for an entire year.
Why is it that being pregnant in your 40's is so wrong?
Or is it rather that we do not see many people in their 40's being pregnant? Certainly most of my peer group avidly avoid pregnancy and when I googled it I was shocked how many 40 somethings terminated an unexpected pregnancy.
Why am I somehow considered selfish when just 40 years ago women were encouraged to have children until they were no longer able.
Many of the older women I speak to are not so shocked, as they grew up in a generation where having a baby in your late forties and heaven forbid early 50's was not unheard of.
My nana had a baby at 47, my husbands mother had twins at 46, and my friends mother had her 12 th baby at 48!
My friend in London tells me I would not be out of place there.
Here I clearly am.
Interestingly I was asked, last week, independently by 7 people when I was going to have another one.
I was encouraged they naturally thought I would.
What a breath of fresh air.
And if I did, what a hoo ha that would cause!!!!
Why?
Because in our media centred, materialistic world, where looks and money seem the'god's' I am deemed now 'past it'.
Okay, I challenge anyone half my age to keep up with me for a week and then tell me that!
Anyone willing??????