‘Don’t let age be a barrier’: Three mums in their 40s on their journey to motherhood

Becoming a parent in your 20s or 30s is not always an option for women, particularly if they don't meet the right partner until later in life. We ask three mums in their forties about their journey to motherhood 

Lara Werno with her husband, Marek, and children Lucas and Chloe. Picture: Photogenic Dalkey/Barry Moore.

LARA WERNO was shocked the first time she was called ‘a geriatric mother’ by medics. The mother of two was 38 at that time and expecting her first baby.

“I found it insulting,” she says. “But as my healthy pregnancy progressed, I began to find it amusing.”