Why I started this blog

There is an saying I was once told by a woman in Tanzania. Dumb people learn from their mistakes. Smart people learn from other people's mistakes.
If nothing else I hope this blog will help other wemen like myself. I can't be sure. But I know it will help me.
I respond to deadlines. And if there was ever an issue in my life that needed a deadline, it is motherhood. You may be snickering to yourself thinking- the deadline has already been imposed, fool. It's called menopause. However in this modern world, women like myself with ample financial resources continue to try and stretch the deadline further and further. At some point it all becomes downright immoral. Just because someone can become a parent at any age- doesn't mean they should. I feel this applies equally to men and wemen. However, in most cases men who father a child in older age do so with a younger spouse. Nice to know when they drop dead with heart attacks, cancer and so on, someone will be left around to take care of the kids. No such luck for the kids of older single ladies.
Such ladies might respond defensively- anyone could drop dead at any moment. Of course...but I would counter that not anyone gets heart disease at any moment. Ditto for almost any other medical ailment you can think of. If pregnancy were an illness it would be unusual in that it strikes such a young crowd. While the average American woman can expect to live into her 80s, she can not realistically expect to have the health and energy required to raise a child at that age- or even a decade earlier.
Good parenting sometimes boils down to simple addition. If you get a child at 40 you will be 50 years old when the child is 10. 50- the age of menopause. Picture a menopausal woman running after a screaming 10 year old- alone. It only gets worse from there. If you wait and  get a child at 50, you will be 60 years old when the child is 10. I am amazed at how many successful women somehow did not process these facts that anyone who can add integers can see plainly.
I'm out of time. That is why I have today imposed a deadline on myself to finish a process I started thinking about years ago. By the time I turn 34, I would like my first child. Please help me on my journey towards this goal by adding comments. I have so many questions that I would like feedback on. The first big set of questions will be posted today! Thank you so much for your thoughts in advance.