IRL people you know of old age pregnancy?

[JadeOrchidSong]

I am curious to know what is the oldest pregnancy age IRL that you know.

I wonder if I am pregnant. I am very very old for it. I guess I can just buy the kit and test. On the other hand it might just be menopause. I don't feel preg at all.

Please are the ages that you know.

[ElizabethB]

45 that I have personally met.

[Jean in Newcastle]

A friend of my mom's had her last baby in her 50's.  She thought that she was in menopause and it was a huge shock.  I was in college by then so never really knew that child, though I grew up with her brothers and sisters.  

[JadeOrchidSong]

My high school classmates' children are in graduate school and some are married. That should tell you how old I am.

[marbel]

Yes, I have known two women who became pregnant at about 45. 

 

Of course you don't have to answer, but now I am curious how old you are.    I had my first child at 41 and my second at 42 (just about 2 months before my 43rd birthday).  So I was old at the get-go.  :D   

 

ETA: Ah, I see you have answered my question, in a way!

[Dory]

My mom at 38 and a family friend who had a surprise at 42. The husband had had a vasectomy so it was a BIG surprise for them.

[Danestress]

I know two women who have gotten pregnant at 47. One was totally shocked. Her youngest child was well into high school. She gave birth to a healthy 11 pound baby.

 

The other was less shocked. This was her 11th child, and she and her husband were committed to the quiverful movement. She also had a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.

 

I read things saying that it is almost impossible for women in their later 40s to get pregnant without assistance and with their own eggs. But I know these two women did.

[JadeOrchidSong]

Danestress,

That is close to my age.

[Joyofsixreboot]

I was almost 45 when my now 6 yo was born. I got pregnant again at 47 but miscarried.

[G5052]

I know a woman who was 50.  She had almost no premenopausal symptoms at all, and also had a child at 46.

 

Being premenopausal definitely makes it iffy with trying to figure out if you are pregnant or just "off."  I had multiple times in my mid-40's that I definitely felt pregnant (tired, tummy off, heavy-feeling), and I wasn't pregnant.

[ocelotmom]

I know several people who had babies (without fertility treatment) in their early-mid 40s (not sure of exact years), and several in their mid-late 40s who have no signs of menopause yet, and presumably could become pregnant.

[shawthorne44]

An ancestor of mine had a 55-year-old mother at the delivery, in the mid-19th century.  Really throws the ancestry chart because it makes that branch much earlier years than the others.  

[Pawz4me]

My grandmother was 50 when my youngest uncle was born.

[LucyStoner]

When I was pregnant I met a pregnant woman who was 45 IIRC. We were both very pregnant and headed via bus to a baseball game so we struck up a conversation. It was her first (and presumably only) baby. I was 22 and it hit me that I'd be younger when my baby was a senior in high school.

 

I also later made friends with a woman who had her son when she was 46. She'd gotten married at 39 and they had years of infertility issues. Then, she got pregnant by accident.

 

I think older pregnancies are more common in women who have previously been pregnant.

[trulycrabby]

Oh, it can happen...ask me how I know... :)

 

I was 41 with our last baby... :)

[catz]

I know at least a dozen people who had a baby after age 40, and in some cases, a first baby.

[FaithManor]

In my family, 39. Amongst friends and acquaintances, 40. Older than that are stories of people who know someone else, but not that I know personally. Around here, most women seem to be done with their baby having by 36 or so. But, the average marrying age is right around 21 so I'm sure that influences this.

[JadeOrchidSong]

Think of close to 50. More or less. 40 feels very young to me.

[teachermom2834]

I have two friends pg right now.  One is 43 and the other is 45.  Both surprises so no fertility treatments.  Both seem ready to deliver healthy babies without complication.  Can't be too uncommon if I have two friends right now in this situation (and I don't have that many friends :)

[Jean in Newcastle]

Jade, go out and test already!  We want to know for sure!  I never ever could stand the suspense of not knowing.  Even when I was 49 and thought that I might be pregnant.  I wasn't - I started to skip periods around that time - then after months of not having them, they started up again.

[JadeOrchidSong]

Jean, I think I should test. But Maybe my period will come today or tomorrow?

I will let you ladies know the result if/when I test.

[J-rap]

My SIL gave birth at 43 and 45, I believe.  She married late and was very healthy and fit, and now her boys are in college.  I dreamed that I was pregnant last week and was absolutely petrified.  I am in my early 50s!

[Tap]

mid 40s. 

 

 

[alef]

My mom go pregnant unexpectedly at age 50 but ended up with a miscarriage.

[lavender's green]

I know someone who was infertile (they tried for decades and wanted a huge family but had only one child, with great difficulty), and then suddenly she had two back-to-back surprise babies!  I don't know her age at the time but it was such that she believed both pregnancies to be menopause at first, and went into real menopause shortly thereafter.

[Heather in Neverland]

My grandmother had her 12th child when she was 47 years old.

[BigMamaBird]

In real life the oldest I know of was 39.  She had a happy healthy pregnancy.

[Leanna Tomlinson]

I had a baby 11 days after my 46th birthday.  It was a total shock. I was SURE it was menopause, after all I was having hot flashes. Then I started falling asleep in the afternoon, so it was a "virus". Then I started feeling nauseated, so I thought it was my gall bladder.  I was almost 8 weeks before I figured it out.

 

I have since met two women who delivered at 46 and 47.  We have a club….you can join. ;)

 

 

BTW - our little surprise is an adorable active 16 month old and is only 9 months older than our first grandchild. 

[cjzimmer1]

I just talked to someone last week who was 48 when her baby was born.

[Meadowlark]

My ex boyfriends mom had him when she was 52. She is now in her late 80's and just as spunky as ever. No fertility treatment.

[JadeOrchidSong]

Great to know these IRL great age pregnancies!

At my age, I really want to enjoy my husband more. But if God wants to give me a baby, I will make some changes to enjoy her.

[Jennifer in MI]

A woman from our church had twins at 53!  She and I were pregnant at the same time.  Oh - and she had a 5 yo at the time.  It can happen!

[Chelli]

I went to high school with a girl whose mother was in her early 50's when they had her.

 

She was a total surprise!

 

In fact her older brother was a teacher at our high school and her nephew was a grade below us.

[73349]

My mom was 45 when my youngest sister was born. (I'm old enough to be her mother, and in fact she is only 6 years older than DS.) Complete surprise. Her father is about 10 years younger than mom, though.

[LizzyBee]

My paternal grandmother was 45 when her last one was born.  My maternal grandmother was 43.  I have a client who was 46 or 47 when her last one was born.
 

[kubiac]

A lady in my first mommy and me group got pregnant naturally at 47. She tried a round of IVF and it failed and then she thought she was going through menopause, but nope, she missed her period because she was pregnant. Baby and mama were quite healthy and fit.

[SKL]

My grandmother's mother-in-law had her last child at 49 or 50.

[gardenmom5]

46.  (or was it 48?)

if you are the right age for perimenopause, and don't feel pregnant, wait a few days and test.   if it's negative, and your period still hasn't started wait a few more days.  false negatives are fairly common, so you need to repeat the test until you know for sure you're not.

also -brands vary in sensitivity.   I was so shocked to be pregnant (after years of nothing and was in my 40s), I did lots of reading up on sensitivity of tests, and false positives (rare) and false negatives (common.)

[Seasider]

I was 42 with my last. My cycles are still right on schedule at 50+, despite an endometrial ablation, and my GYN always reminds me about birth control. In my case, because of the ablation, actual implantation would be unlikely, but I am still ovulating. If I were you, I might be off to pick up a test kit!

[crazyforlatin]

My aunt was 45 years old with her only baby. Her husband was a bit older, like 55 years old. Recently, it's actually more common for me to meet women who give birth in their 40s than in their 30s. It's almost as if 40 is the new 30 :).

 

I guess it gives me hope.

[gardenmom5]

I know two women who have gotten pregnant at 47. One was totally shocked. Her youngest child was well into high school. She gave birth to a healthy 11 pound baby.

 

The other was less shocked. This was her 11th child, and she and her husband were committed to the quiverful movement. She also had a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.

 

I read things saying that it is almost impossible for women in their later 40s to get pregnant without assistance and with their own eggs. But I know these two women did.

I was in my 40's.  my oldest was a senior in college - it was a shock to me too.  I didn't believe the test results.

 

just becasue women in their 40's have a more difficult time conceiving without help doesn't mean they can't. (and why if you don't want to have another, until you haven't had a period for a year, you need to use bc.)  I know a few.  I'm one.  I also know a woman who was told both she and her dh had fertility problems, so they chose to adopt instead.  20 years later (she was around 40), she had a surprise baby girl (which worked out well because she adopted four boys.)

[Audrey]

The oldest I know of personally is 47.  She turned 48 within a month of having the baby. This would be my sister-in-law. 

[Word Nerd]

mid-40s

[KatieJ]

My DH mother was 44 I think when he was born.  He has a younger brother.  :mellow:

His Dad was older than his Mom and over 50 when lil bro was born. Dad was retired when we started dating.  

 

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[ssavings]

My friend's mom was in her late 40's (47 or 48). :-) She was very excited - they really wanted another baby. 

[Lilaclady]

My sister was 41 when she had her baby. One of my friends from high school's mom was 45 when she had her.

[ondreeuh]

My second grade teacher had (unplanned, surprise) healthy twins at 52! She had been looking forward to retiring, and ended up with another full time job. ;)

[MrsJewelsRae]

My friend's mom and I got pregnant at the same time- it was my second and her surprise 8th (10+ yrs after her last baby). She was 49! She had a fairly normal pregnancy and a healthy baby boy. :) My dd and her ds will be 10 this spring, thankfully he has a lot of loving older siblings who ease the load of raising a child in your 60s, plus cousins who are near the same age. I know several women who had their youngest babies at 45- all of them were quite fertile to begin with tho- my grandma had twins (my dad!) at 45 (7 kids), dh's grandma had her last baby at 45 (10 kids), and my SIL's mom had her 7th at 45. :) Best of luck!

[JeneralMom]

47, 45, and 44.

[LLMom]

I know 3---one was 45 1/2, one 46, and one 47. All had healthy babies and all had had many other children.  I wonder about those stats that say it is virtually impossible to get pregnant naturally after age 45.