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Post by fredfreddy on Jun 29, 2016 5:55:45 GMT
I mean the oldest whom became a mom. A woman and friend I greatly admire just went into labor with child number five at 44 years of age. She has two adult daughters from a previous relationship and two sons 12 and 10 with her current husband. She is kind of doing it again for a 3rd time.
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Post by paget on Jun 29, 2016 6:02:03 GMT
I'm 44 and the thought of starting over with parenting makes me so tired! My girls are 22, 20, and 17.
The oldest person I can think of is one of my sil - she become a 1st time mother at age 44 as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2016 6:04:54 GMT
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Post by tania7424 on Jun 29, 2016 6:17:09 GMT
I have quite a few friends who had babies at 40.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2016 6:22:55 GMT
One of my mom's friends found herself pregnant at 50. She had 4 kids, including a set of twins, that were teens to young adults. My reaction was After I got over the shock, I figured that if anyone could handle it, this lady could. And she did. That baby is now in her twenties.
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Post by anaterra on Jun 29, 2016 6:22:56 GMT
My bff is 44.. she is adopting a new baby this summer... it will be her 5th.. she adopted her 1st 2.. had her next with in vitro... now several years later she's adopting her 5th...
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Post by tania7424 on Jun 29, 2016 6:26:19 GMT
Oh crap. My own mom. Hahaha. She adopted with my step-dad at 46. My sister was 9 months at the time. She's turning 20 on the 8th.
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Post by gryroagain on Jun 29, 2016 8:53:30 GMT
When we lived in MS my oldest had a girl in her class named Miracle. When I met her mom at dds birthday party I learned why- no kids, ever, then boom pregnant at 52 (I think it was 52, I can't remember now. For sure over 50!). I'm not yet 50 but should I get pregnant the kid would be named "WTF" I think
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 29, 2016 9:38:35 GMT
A woman I worked with had her 3rd child at 46. It was a couple of years after her oldest son, who was in his early teens, passed away.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jun 29, 2016 9:47:36 GMT
My Aunty Monica was 46 when she had her last baby.
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Post by bianca42 on Jun 29, 2016 10:09:53 GMT
My step-dad's parents met and married in their 50s and then had 3 kids. (They met at a family reunion, but that's a whole other story.)
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Post by littlemama on Jun 29, 2016 10:16:27 GMT
DS friend will.turn 18 in September. Her mom.is 65.
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Post by peabay on Jun 29, 2016 10:25:24 GMT
My sister will be 54 in August and has a 4 year old.
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Post by melissa on Jun 29, 2016 10:49:03 GMT
40 is the new 30 in my neck of the woods. I would be surprised if a day goes by at our hospital without someone over 40 having a baby. Most in that age range, though, are in their very early 40's, as in 40-43.
The oldest woman whom I have ever delivered was 53. IVF with donor embryo. She doctor shopped around the country to find a doctor to do the surgery she needed and then for the IVF. She was really not the best candidate for this on so many levels. Not referring to her abilities to parent but her tolerance of anything to do with being pregnant, labor, or recovery. I heard she adopted another baby a year later. That was years ago and I am not approaching that age. I could see myself caring for a baby, but could not imagine being pregnant again (can't anyway).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2016 10:56:59 GMT
My sister had her first two children at ages 21 and then 29. She got remarried and had her second two at ages 41 and 43. The later pregnancies were a bit harder but not too bad at all... she is amazing!! I had my two children between the time she had her first two and jokingly we often refer to the older kids (24,22,20,16) as "first batch"..
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Post by melanell on Jun 29, 2016 11:20:26 GMT
There have been several women in my family who have had children well into their 40s. That's why when I see percentages about the likelihood of women conceiving naturally past a certain age, I think that the numbers seem low to me. Not because they are wrong, but just because my familial experience has made it seem far more common. Anyway, I have had cousins have children when they were between the ages of 41 and 44. One grandmother had her last child at 41 and one had her last at 46. And one of my aunts had her last at one month shy of 48. (She had a child at 42 as well.) And those are just the few I can recall off hand. I've also know more than a handful of friends who have had children in their very early 40s---40, 41, 42. All I know is that I'm in my 40s, and there's no way I'm backing down on purposely taking steps to avoid pregnancy. I had a baby in my 20s and a baby in my 30s, and I'm not looking to purposely continue that pattern.
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Post by jenjie on Jun 29, 2016 11:28:20 GMT
This guy I know has 3 kids ranging from college age to age 10. His wife left and he got remarried within the past few years. His new wife, whom we all think is great, just had a baby in the past few months. I want to say she is late 40s.
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Post by casii on Jun 29, 2016 11:38:05 GMT
Several ladies in their early 40's. It's not been the big deal much of the world would make it out to be. Everyone has been happy and healthy. As for me who is about to turn 46, I'd have a mini meltdown if I found out I was pregnant, but I imagine I'd put my maternity panties on and get happy.
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Post by cmhs on Jun 29, 2016 11:43:17 GMT
I was 40 when I had my youngest. There is a 27 year gap between my oldest nieces/nephews and my youngest child.
A friend of mine is about 41-42 and is pregnant with #11. Yes, you read that correctly!
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Post by ginacivey on Jun 29, 2016 11:43:45 GMT
An acquaintance of mine is pregnant with her sixth at 45. Total surprise. Her oldest is 26 and her forth grandbaby is due any day.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jun 29, 2016 11:52:43 GMT
Most of my friends who were late moms were in their early 40's, but I do know a couple who were older. They adopted though-and in one case it was grandparents adopting grandchildren. (My 17 year old son has a friend who parents are in their late 60's-they are technically the grandparents.)
I'm not going to lie here-I will be 50 shortly and I think that I would lose my damn mind if I got pregnant now. I am still capable-regular like clockwork-but the idea of it makes me squirmy to think about. I am still getting used to the idea that in a month or two I will have an empty nest and in all my thoughts, dreams and plans do not involve in any way refilling that nest with new fledglings.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2016 11:57:10 GMT
One of my good friends is pregnant with her first child -- she's 47. She's 24 weeks now, and doing really well. She and her husband will make fantastic parents; I'm so excited for them.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jun 29, 2016 12:07:42 GMT
I know a lot of women in their early 40s having babies...my grandma was 44 with her last of 7 kids. But that's not the crazy part...my grandpa was 60 when my aunt Linda was born.
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Post by TankTop on Jun 29, 2016 12:10:18 GMT
A man I work with is a twin. His mom was 56 when she got that surprise.
At his dd's birthday party I was so confused that she kept calling people "aunt/uncle" when they were so clearly "grandma/grandpa." Guess I was wrong. Lol!
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Post by Linda on Jun 29, 2016 12:13:51 GMT
I have a friend who is pregnant (naturally) with #1 at 47
Within my family and my ILs - as far back as my family history research has gone, no one has given birth in their 40s - last babies (even for mums with 8, 9, 10 kids back before birth control) arrived at 36, 37, 38... I had my last at 36 and a m/c at 38...no pregnancies since then and we don't avoid - I'll be 46 this summer. I would be shocked, amazed, and thrilled if I were to have one more but I don't think it's in the cards. I did warn my older daughter that she probably needs to plan to have completed her family by her late 30s
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Post by kelly8875 on Jun 29, 2016 12:20:52 GMT
My SIL is planning, and she'll be 41 if this works when the baby is born.
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Post by oldcrow on Jun 29, 2016 12:37:16 GMT
I worked with a woman who had two three years apart in around the fifty mark. They were ivf but she had them for her daughter who could not carry for medical reasons. So she does not have to raise them.
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Post by STBC on Jun 29, 2016 12:54:08 GMT
I'm 42 and I still see a lot of my HS classmates announcing pregnancies. My mom had my brother when she was 40, back when it was much less common.
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Post by anonrefugee on Jun 29, 2016 12:54:34 GMT
I put first time older moms and experienced older mothers in different categories, but that's me. It's a lifestyle change at any age.
I know lots of women who had first babies older, I am one 38 and 41, but none seemed particularly "old". I have a fondness for a few who had second batch after a hiatus and their oldest were teens. There's a special dynamic in those families.
I thought I might try for a third at 43, but when the age came decided two was enough.
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Post by purplebee on Jun 29, 2016 13:01:27 GMT
Me! I was 43 when we had our one and only. He's almost 21. He was early, but perfectly fine.
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