The Baby Boom

I've got a small group of school friends that gets together fairly regularly, and until recently we had a handful of children between us. Not any more. As a group, we are experiencing a significant baby boom. I was actually the first to get pregnant so Isabel's the oldest of our children, and a couple more appeared over the next few years. Currently, between eight of us, there are nine children, and by the end of this year there will be sixteen! And interestingly, of this group of eight, four will have had their children thanks to the wonders of IVF. And of those four, three are having twins.

What is it that's spurred this sudden urge to procreate? My theory is that it's a combination of the credit crunch (can't afford to go out, therefore we're all staying in and making our own entertainment) and the increase in volume of our biological clocks. After all, we're all closer to 50 than we are to 20. God, what a depressing thought. Well, depressing in one way, but not in another - every day I work gets me a day closer to retirement, which spells a reasonable disposal income and the time to do what I like with it. Result!