Ottakee Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I know there are more and more "older" mothers out there--some considering 35+ as older. I am just wondering about how old is the oldest woman you knew who gave birth WITHOUT fertility treatments or other medical "help". Dh and I have been married for 18 years now and have no bio kids and at this stage just really don't want to start over with a baby. We are very happy with our adopted kiddos. Just wondering when it is really too old to have a baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 My friend was 45 when she had her last. I think there is a mom here on the boards who was 47. Can't remember who though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 MIL just had a baby in March. She was 44 (she's 45 now). No fertility treatments or drugs. I'm not sure if it was planned or a surprise (I'm so not going there with my inlaws:tongue_smilie:). This baby was her sixth child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Personally the oldest I knew was 40. She turned 40 and her unexpected baby was born a couple of weeks later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 My MIL's mother was 52 when she had her youngest child. This was in the 1940s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 MIL--last of 9 at 44 or 45yo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpe Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 The oldest woman I know was 48 when she had her last, but she'd had 5 before that. She was already a grandmother and thought she was past that time of her life. It was quite the surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgo95 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 My aunt was 48 when she had her 2nd child (no fertility treatments). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 A friend of my mom's had her last baby when she was in her 50's. She thought that she was in menopause so it was a huge surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I have a friend who had her first child at 40, and one of my sister's friends had her last at 44-45. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I know there are more and more "older" mothers out there--some considering 35+ as older. . 35 isn't old to be having a baby. I was in my 40's - and was considered "geriatric". The oldest mom I know was 48 - and had grandchildren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 *ME* :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawana Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Thanks for asking, as I have often wondered this myself. At 52, not having gone through menopause, I sure wouldn't want to start over now! The oldest I know of personally was 44─not very old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 my dh's grandmother had her youngest at age 48...this was back in the fifties, before all the medical advances in preemie care, but she needed none of it. Normal pregnancy, normal delivery. Healthy baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 My MIL was 44 when my husband was born and 48 or 49 when his younger brother was born. His father was 49 when my hubby was born and 55 when the younger brother came along. :001_huh: My brother in law is only 2 years younger than my mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 If this had been a poll, I would have voted the option including 48. My grandmother was 48 when she had my youngest aunt. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinaBreece Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 My former next door neighbor had her youngest child (who went to school with me) when she was 52. Her older kids went to school with and before my mother. She had 4 DGC before she had her youngest 2 daughters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowperch Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I have renewed hope. My baby is rounding 2 years and I am feeling bereft. I am approaching 45. A girl can dream (which is about all I can do while DH is in Afghanistan). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Again Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 My junior high music teacher had an unexpected baby in her early fifties. She got pregnant again when he was about 8 years old, but miscarried that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 47....though if my family history is to be believed, I've had ancestors give birth in their early 50s. My mother was very late in going through menopause....I'm sometimes a bit scared for me. I'm not so wild about sending my last child off to college when my dh is about to turn 80, iykwim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I have a close friend who is the same age as I am. We have dds that are 12 yo, and we were both 45 when they were born. My friend gave birth to her dd, who is the youngest of four bio children. I adopted mine, but she is actually my bio gdd by birth. (We became parents upon adoption, so have always been Mommy & Daddy to her.) Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I really think this should be a poll. :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 My great grandmother was 46 when my grandfather was born. All of her other children were teenagers. Though her doctor predicted she'd die, she lived to be 98. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogMom5 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 51. She was a retired ballerina and very fit. Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2bdeutmeyer Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 So, I was just re-reading the title.......and the way it's worded I wanted to say in her 90's, because the oldest woman I know who gave birth (at some point) is in her 90's. OP - I know what you meant, but it just tickled me a little when I read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 43...I am 40 and just gave birth Sunday, but we are not "done" unless God wants us to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguistmama Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 A local homeschool mom had a surprise baby when she was 45 or maybe a few years older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 My grandmother also. I know she was over 40 when she had my uncle, who is one year older than me. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpyTheFrog Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I know a woman who had her youngest at 46. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I really think this should be a poll. :leaving: :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misidawnrn Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I had a patient 52 with her FIRST!!!! baby!!!! More power to her. The doctor I work with has a patient 52 and pregnant right now, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 The oldest woman I personally know is...ME! I was 41 when ds was born, and turned 42 two months later. He is my first, my only (only bio child), and was conceived without medical intervention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I have a friend who is... 54, I think? And just had a baby last year. She has two daughters my age that she had when she was quite young, 18-20. She and their father got divorced eventually, but she found and married a man who had never had children. The doctors had told him it was his fault. Three kids later (one daughter my son's age, one son my daughter's age, and one baby girl), they're pretty sure the doctors had it wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I was 36 and then 40 when I had mine. A friend IRL was 47 with her last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redheadmom Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 My grandmother, mom and aunt all had babies in their mid to late 30's. A women I used to babysit for had her first baby at @ 44. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I had a patient a couple of years ago who had her first baby at 48. I used to work with a woman whose parents were 51 when she was born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 A friend of a friend was 49 when she became unexpectedly pregnant with her first child. Uneventful pregnancy, uneventful birth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lejardin Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 45; my cousin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lea1 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 (edited) Sorry, just re-read the original post and saw the specification of without medical help. Ignore this one. Edited October 6, 2011 by Lea in OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsJewelsRae Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 My friend was pg with her first child when she found out her mom was pg with #8 at 49 years old, the baby was born just a few months shy of her 50th b-day. Healthy and happy, he is the apple of their eyes, no regrets, he was born a few days before my dd, so he's 7 yrs old now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIS0320 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 46. My neighbor had a healthy, happy baby boy earlier this year and he was a definite "whoops!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 My former second-grade teacher (who was in her 30s when I was in her class) got pregnant by surprise when she was 50. Her husband wasn't on board with starting over with children, so he left. Then she found out she was pregnant with twins. They were born when she was 51 are the same age as my oldest daughter. Every time I saw her she looked exhausted! She kept teaching, so she had a class full of kids all day and twins at night. :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 The oldest mom I know is ME. I was 43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubilation Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I have a cousin who had her youngest at age 47, without fertility treatment of any kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseOwlKnits Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 My mom - she was 38 when I was born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 My best friend's mother growing up had a baby at 48. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 My grandmother gave birth at 47 to her 6th and final child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 39 - my mother gave birth to me at that age in 1963. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 39 - my mother gave birth to me at that age in 1963. Laura Hey me too - exactly!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funschooler5 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I know somebody that had her 8th kid at 45. He's a happy, healthy 5 yr old now. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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