Lisa Loeb to women nearing 40: I hate to say it, but...

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Sara McGinnis

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Lisa Loeb has something to say to women out there who are waiting to have kids that might not be easy to hear.

"I hate to say it because I want women to be able to do anything whenever they want, but if you want to have your own child, it's something that you really do need to focus on -- the sooner, the better," the singer says in a clip from a new Oprah: Where Are They Now? episode.

"I have friends who are getting into their later 30s and they don't have kids yet, [but] they want kids," she goes on to explain. "I say, 'Sometimes you need to make decisions about how you're spending your time.'"

Lisa, who is now 47, welcomed daughter Lyla at age 41 and her son Emet with husband Roey Hershkovitz a few years later.

"I'm really lucky that I was able to have two really healthy, beautiful children in my 40s," she went on to say. "Unusual, but true."

"It wasn’t until I was in my late 30′s when I realized how late it was," Lisa Loeb said in a previous interview with A Child After 40. "Up until then, I heard the doctors telling me that I was where I was in my relationships and would have kids when it was time, and then I turned 38 or 39 and heard that it was time!"

Sharing what she enjoys about being an over-40 mom Lisa said "the perspective on life I have." She continued, "I’m not sure what’s bad about being over 40, since that’s just what I am (see, I’m okay with the way things are). I’d like to have more time on earth with my husband and kids, and not sure what nature will have in store for me.  My health and energy level seem pretty great now."

It's interesting to hear from a later-in-life celebrity mom who is telling others not to wait too long, since it's the after-40 pregnancy success stories that most often make big headlines. Come to think of it, I can't recall the last time a female celebrity opened up about trying for a child later on and it not working out.

One of my college friends is now 34 and is feeling the weight of what Lisa is saying immensely. Part of her is considering going into parenthood on her own in the next couple of years if she doesn't find a relationship that works, but she's nervous about that -- as well as waiting too long without making any decision.

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