My mum was rid of both me and my brother by the time she was 40, which was September just gone. But then she remarried, and although her husband (the dude in the scrapbook photos) was in her year at school, and is 40 in August, he has 3 kids still at home. The youngest was 7 the day before mum turned 40. So now she has loads of mummy-time left lol. It has made her super broody though, for one of their own. Think I would be a bit weirded out by that... having a child of my own and a half bro/sis that were very similar in age. If I was in her position, I think I'd be the opposite to broody - my step-brothers and sister are the most spoilt, naughty horrid children I have ever met! Whenever we go back to Norfolk, Mum is always like, Oooh are you gonna visit?? And the kids are that bad, that we avoid visiting if they are staying. That's bad isn't it... lol. x