The Great Carpezio
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Jun 29, 2016 23:38:01 GMT
My great aunt was 49 when she got pg and 50 when she had my second cousin.
In my day to day life, my coworker was 41 when she had her last. I was 35.
I don't knew how old my neighbor is (I would put her at mid to late 30's) but she has a 17 and an 8 year old and is now pg with #3.
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TXMary
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Post by TXMary on Jun 29, 2016 23:56:27 GMT
The oldest I know personally is my ex-SIL. She was 45 when she had her youngest son. She really has almost like three different families. Her oldest two- my nephews- are 28 and almost 30. Then she has a daughter that's around 19. And then this youngest son who's probably 10. The two younger ones have the same father.
The oldest I have heard of- my sister is a NICU nurse and she had a baby patient not long ago and the mother was 57. She had in vitro because her son decided he didn't want to be an only child.
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Grom Pea
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Post by Grom Pea on Jun 30, 2016 0:07:07 GMT
My friend's mom was 45 and her husband 50 when they married so she was at least 46 ween she had my friend and she had two kids. This was in the 70s. My neighbor many years ago had to have been in her 50s unless the sun really aged her, she would sun herself and rub oil all over her pregnant belly. Her husband was in his 60s and looked like he was made of leather. If I'm not mistaken they had twins. I was told most of this by our other neighbor because I mostly tried to ignore them since he was one of those crotchety old guys who was really annoying about hoa rules.
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Post by melanell on Jun 30, 2016 1:26:39 GMT
The risk of having a child with Down Sydrome is so great at an advanced maternal age, which I think is considered to be 35, but especially 40 and over. I wonder if moms to be think about that? Not saying it's right or wrong to be pregnant later in life, just curious since I know so many families with DS. While not the case with all of the over 40 moms I know, for many of them, the child was a big surprise. So no, they weren't thinking about DS before conceiving because they didn't expect to be conceiving. In many/most cases (the more recent moms, not my grandmothers), they certainly were thinking about it once they realized that they were pregnant, because once you past the magic 35 mark, the doctors are going to bring it up even if you hadn't already thought of it. In my case, though, the real concern over a possible DS diagnosis was with the son I had in my 20s. He had a few soft markers for it. Save
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Post by melanell on Jun 30, 2016 1:31:01 GMT
Thought she was in menopause, went to the doctor and jokingly asked for pregnancy test. Voila. This is how things went with one of my cousins. Only she didn't even think to joke about pregnancy. She was 100% sure she was starting menopause. Save
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seaexplore
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Post by seaexplore on Jun 30, 2016 1:32:09 GMT
Me! A month shy of my 42nd birthday this year, I had my son.
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Post by melanell on Jun 30, 2016 1:44:19 GMT
I just remembered that 2 of my high school classmates had siblings born when their mothers were past 40 as well.
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Post by ntsf on Jun 30, 2016 2:27:38 GMT
my grandmother had her one and only at 41..she married at 39 after a career as concert pianist. my mom had her 4th at 41..and this was in the 60's. everyone thought she was grandma.
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Post by auntkelly on Jun 30, 2016 3:07:29 GMT
My great grandmother was 50 when my grandfather was born in 1900. My great grandmother's only other child was 27 when my grandfather was born.
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Post by smokeynspike on Jun 30, 2016 3:30:52 GMT
My co-worker is almost exactly 10 years older than me and she has a child that is 2 years younger than my own. She was 38, I believe, when she had him.
Melissa
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imsirius
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Jul 12, 2014 19:59:28 GMT
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Post by imsirius on Jun 30, 2016 13:50:39 GMT
My daughter was born 6 days before I turned 41. I had DS at 33. My cousin had her son at 43.
I think I am older than some of the moms at school who have 8th graders! (DD is just starting 2nd grade in the fall)
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Post by Linda on Jun 30, 2016 13:58:11 GMT
My daughter was born 6 days before I turned 41. I had DS at 33. My cousin had her son at 43. I think I am older than some of the moms at school who have 8th graders! (DD is just starting 2nd grade in the fall) I am older than some of the grandmas in my youngest's class - and I had her at 36 so not all that old.
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Post by miominmio on Jun 30, 2016 14:00:03 GMT
I know someone who got her fifth kid at 48.....
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imsirius
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Post by imsirius on Jun 30, 2016 14:04:35 GMT
My daughter was born 6 days before I turned 41. I had DS at 33. My cousin had her son at 43. I think I am older than some of the moms at school who have 8th graders! (DD is just starting 2nd grade in the fall) I am older than some of the grandmas in my youngest's class - and I had her at 36 so not all that old. Wow. I have friends my age who are Grandmas as well, but 36 is average around her for giving birth.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 30, 2016 15:00:35 GMT
the mother was 57. She had in vitro because her son decided he didn't want to be an only child. I find that a bizarre reason to choose that.
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TXMary
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Post by TXMary on Jun 30, 2016 16:48:04 GMT
the mother was 57. She had in vitro because her son decided he didn't want to be an only child. I find that a bizarre reason to choose that. So do I. Her son was 10 and she said he badgered her until she finally gave in. That would not be happening in my world.
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Post by Linda on Jul 1, 2016 1:17:15 GMT
I am older than some of the grandmas in my youngest's class - and I had her at 36 so not all that old. Wow. I have friends my age who are Grandmas as well, but 36 is average around her for giving birth. 35-40 is average for being a first-time Grandma here - most people start in their teens, maybe early 20s and are done having kids by 25.
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Post by fredfreddy on Jul 1, 2016 1:52:39 GMT
And much much later my friend just posted the news that she game birth to Caleb. I'm guessing it was a long road.
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Post by PNWMom on Jul 1, 2016 2:09:25 GMT
I really needed this thread =) We are in the middle of the IVF process. If I get pregnant when we put our embryo in (in 13 days!!), I will be 39 when I have my first/only child (it's a girl!). My siblings all had kids in their early to mid 20's, and we waited (then got a 3 1/2 year cancer delay), and I feel like I will be the oldest first time mother in the history of the world. Nice to hear that is not actually the case!
As for the Down Syndrome question, we paid $10k for genetic testing, which included chromosome screening, so we know with 98% accuracy that our embryo is chromosomally normal. Definitely good for peace of mind.
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Post by finally~a~mama on Jul 1, 2016 4:50:23 GMT
My aunt was 42 when she had her last baby. Another aunt & uncle were 40 or 41 when they had their only.
I know several people that have had babies in their mid to late 30's. I was 36 when my youngest was born. I don't think any medical professionals ever mentioned my age.
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