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Andrea Jenkyns MP on becoming a mum in your forties

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Andrea Jenkyns and our host, Claire Newell have something in common. They’re both reluctant ‘geriatric mothers’, having given birth over the age of 35. The Yorkshire MP tells Claire how, three years on, she’s struggling to shift the ‘baby brain’, and why being married to a fellow parliamentarian wreaks havoc on childcare. How have you found returning to work after having a child? Tell us your story: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/work/have-found-returning-work-having-child-want-hear/ | For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio | Get in touch: [email protected] |

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