Ladies who had babies in your late 30s!!

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  • mycrazy8splus1
    mycrazy8splus1 Posts: 1,558 Member
    I have had 8 children. My first was born a month after I turned 20. She was a month early and 3oz high enough to not be considered a preemie. My other kids were born when I was 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 35, and 37. The only other pregnancy I had trouble with was my 7th. I had placenta previa early on but it cleared its self up. I have been able to deliver all of my children naturally and all (except #1) without drugs.

    My Sister-in-law had her 2nd child at 42 and everything went perfectly. The healthier you are when you get pregnant the better. Best wishes on expanding your family.
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    I had my kids at 36 and 38. They are now 18 and 19. No problems during pregnancy. Both were born with no meds au natural. I loved being pregnant and giving birth. I was sad that I couldn't afford to have any more!.The worst thing about having kids later in life is going through menopause when your kids are going through their own hormonal swings. The house was very irrational for a while. We have all since gotten CALMER

    I also wish I could have done more with the kids, skiiing, biking, hiking, camping, not sure if that was from my old age or just laziness


    I hear you about the whole menopause thing.
    I had mine at 25, 29 & 37.
    The 3rd pregnancy was definitely more taxing on my body than the first two, but I had crummy deliveries with the 1st & 3rd.
    I am in much better shape and do a lot more now with my daughter (now 9) than before with my sons (now 17 & 21).
    Hindsight is a great perspective.
    I like to think I'm more patient with her also, but she probably doesn't think the same way...
  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,791 Member
    I had my first a year ago at age 38 and am planning another which will most likely arrive about the time I turn 40. My pregnancy was a breeze, thanks largely, I'm sure, to being super fit before and during. No problems at all (didn't even get morning sickness), easy delivery and a gorgeous, healthy baby girl. My sister also had her children at 38 and 40 without trouble.
  • GiddyNZ
    GiddyNZ Posts: 136 Member
    Good to see this post, I turned 32 last month and do not yet feel at all ready to be looking after children.. still a kid myself in my own head!
  • tallvesl99
    tallvesl99 Posts: 231 Member
    Had my last child at the age of 36 so I was considered "high-risk"...this baby weighed 10 lbs., 5 oz...he has grown to be a wonderful young man! I was sent to a dr. for an amniocentesis but they kept telling me my chances of having a child with Down's was less than my chances of losing the baby from the procedure...I told them even if he had Down's I would be having the baby anyway so they settled on doing a Level II ultrasound....He was perfectly fine!
  • JessiBelleW
    JessiBelleW Posts: 836 Member
    I didn't have the babies - but my boss (I am her nanny) had her first baby at 41 and her second 18months later. She said they were very easy pregnancies. She just listened to her body and ate what she wanted to eat. Her Doctors were a bit worried and over protective - one wanted to book her for a C-section but changed his mind when he saw how complication free the pregnancy was.

    Swimming was her main form of exercise and I think it helped that she was in very good health
  • weighlossforbaby
    weighlossforbaby Posts: 847 Member
    I just turned 30 and I am trying to conceive right now. I have hydrocephalus (water on the brain) and when I do get pregnant if I ever do it will be high risk because I have a shunt.
  • angelique_redhead
    angelique_redhead Posts: 782 Member
    30 and 39. Both were both C-sections but the pregnancies were uneventful. The C-sections were due to a medical problem I had on the first one that they felt doing a scheduled C-section would be better for and on the second- fetal distress upon contrations because I had tried to go into labor a week before so the placenta was trying to disentegrate. I was in much better shape for the second one. I had been doing Tae Kwon Do 2 hours a day, 5 days a week up till about 10 days before the birth.

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