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Radio report: Local couple puts baby plans on hold for school, career

ACCORDING TO A PEW RESEARCH CENTER STUDY, EIGHTEEN PERCENT OF WOMEN AGED FORTY TO FORTY-FOUR HAVE NEVER GIVEN BIRTH, UP EIGHTY PERCENT SINCE NINETEEN SEVENTY SIX. MORE COUPLES ARE WAITING LONGER TO START A FAMILY, OR NOT DOING SO AT ALL.

PAULA MALOZOWSKI AND HER HUSBAND, BOTH THIRTY, WAITED TO GET MARRIED AND FINALLY DID BECAUSE THEY WERE READY TO HAVE A CHILD, BUT THEN LIFE GOT IN THE WAY, PUTTING THEIR PLANS ON HOLD.

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JUGGLING SO MANY THINGS AT ONCE CAN BE TOUGH FOR A NEW MOTHER. FOR NEWS RADIO, THIS IS KATIE GOLDBERG REPORTING.

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