We need to talk about the benefits of being an older mother – and to stop making women feel guilty for it | Arwa Mahdawi

If anyone should feel guilt it's the policymakers and politicians who have made being a parent so damn expensive that a lot of us have no choice but to wait

How do you know if you really want to have kids? Do your ovaries start hurting? Does the sight of a small child make you well up with tears? Do you start seeing dancing babies all Ally McBeal-style? Do you just wake up one morning bursting with the realization that you want to be a parent?