LATER IN LIFE MUMS
‘I never suffered from any of the issues my younger friends had’
Ellie Stoneley, 57, gave birth to Hope, now 10, when she was 47. Ellie and Hope live with Ellie’s mum Hilda, 94, in Cambridge.
In my teens, I imagined living in a cottage with roses around the door, surrounded by my children. But life doesn’t always go to plan. While I was delighted for friends when they started having children, I felt wistful when I held my brother’s babies. While others were raising families, I seized opportunities to live in Australia and America. I had a miscarriage in my early 30s, and when
