A new report shows how much education and geography influence the average age of first-time mothers.

Delphina Mota said she was “crying and screaming at the top of her lungs” and “could feel everything that was happening.”

Advocates say she’s experiencing abdominal pain and serious vaginal bleeding.

An American woman who did IVF in France, where the government covers infertility.

“What’s your deal, bro?”

It can feel like uncharted territory when you’re your own boss.

“I don’t want to let my husband ruin being a mother for me.”

But it’s complicated.

She says she left the pharmacy “in tears, ashamed and feeling humiliated.”

Maybe she wanted to go to grad school, or join the Peace Corps.

“For me, having a biological connection to her represents so much more. I’m grateful for it.”

She announced the pregnancy yesterday in a fitness column.

“No one mentions pregnancy feels like a mounting heaviness that is both weight and memory.”

I believe I lost more than a fetus, less than a baby. It’s radically different from if I were to lose my daughter.

But I love them.

No need to thank me, I’m simply ensuring the continuity of the human race.

But why?

“I ate as if I was starving, because I was afraid I had starved my baby.”

Because there isn’t a lot of good research tracking these changes.

“Parenthood and being in power shouldn’t be in conflict with each other for women any more than they are for men.”