Did that affect your baby timeline?? After a recent health scare/event of my Dad's I'm feeling so uneasy. My parents are older (I was a mistake with 2 older siblings 10 years apart 
)and it pains me to think of DS not remembering them - it was a huge part of why we started younger.
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My parents aren't older but DH's are.... Them being part of the kiddos life was always very important to me & played a part in my timeline!
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My parents are younger...and at first it did affect what I thought my timeline should be.
My timeline went out the window a long time ago, so now I'm just gonna let things lay out as they do!
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My dad died when I was 27 and my sister was 20. I want to have more time with our kids than he did/I want our kids to have more time with us than I did with my dad. I also want our kids to have time with my mom and DH's parents. I won't say it really changed our timeline per se, but it definitely changed my mindset. My dad wasn't old when he passed away, so it's a reminder to make the most of the time you have.
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Both DH and my parents are older and it definitely put the pressure on. We took over a year to conceive our first and during that time both of our dads had serious health problems. I remember thinking during that time that I really wished we were pregnant so I knew they could meet them. Luckily both are doing well now and in two and a half months they will meet LO!
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My timeline went out the window when I didn't meet "the one" until I was in my late twenties (and of course we had to date, move in together, buy a house, get married etc). My decision to have a child was based solely on whether we were ready, not on my parents' age. However, I will say that my dad being very sick with cancer did give me the push I needed to think about starting our family - you realise how short life really is and that there's no point putting things off. We lost my dad 2 months into TTC and I am really sad that E will never meet him.
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@mrs. 64: that is such a good point!
@Cherrybee: I'm so sorry to hear that
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My parents' ages weren't a factor in my calculus... But they had me very young and I plan for them to be around with the girls for a very long time.
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My parents were 38 when I was born, and my mom passed away at an early age (51). It hasn't affected my timeline personally but my dad and I aren't very close and he hasn't been an involved grandparent with my siblings children since my mom passed. He's 65 and I still haven't had my first child, I just know that my DH's parents will be very involved and have to make up the slack on my side of the family.
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My parents are older (64 and 82), but that didn't factor into my reason to have kids earlier. They take more of a back seat approach to being grandparents and don't make much an effort to be part of LO's life.
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