How old is the oldest woman you know who gave birth?

[Ottakee]

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.

[Parrothead]

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.

[meggie]

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.

[PinkInTheBlue]

Personally the oldest I knew was 40. She turned 40 and her unexpected baby was born a couple of weeks later.

[EKS]

My MIL's mother was 52 when she had her youngest child. This was in the 1940s.

[momacacia]

MIL--last of 9 at 44 or 45yo.

[Carpe]

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.

[sgo95]

My aunt was 48 when she had her 2nd child (no fertility treatments).

[Jean in Newcastle]

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!

[Unicorn.]

I have a friend who had her first child at 40, and one of my sister's friends had her last at 44-45.

[gardenmom5]

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.

[Blueridge]

*ME* :D

[Lawana]

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.

[fairfarmhand]

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.

[KatieJ]

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.

[Rosie_0801]

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

[KristinaBreece]

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.

[yellowperch]

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).

[Once Again]

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.

[prairiewindmomma]

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.

[HSMom2One]

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

[LizzyBee]

I really think this should be a poll.

 

:leaving:

[Catherine]

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.

[FrogMom5]

51. She was a retired ballerina and very fit.

Denise

[k2bdeutmeyer]

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.

[PentecostalMom]

43...I am 40 and just gave birth Sunday, but we are not "done" unless God wants us to be.

[linguistmama]

A local homeschool mom had a surprise baby when she was 45 or maybe a few years older.

[6packofun]

My grandmother also. I know she was over 40 when she had my uncle, who is one year older than me. :D

[JumpyTheFrog]

I know a woman who had her youngest at 46.

[MariannNOVA]

I really think this should be a poll.

 

:leaving:

 

:iagree:

[misidawnrn]

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.

[Lady Florida.]

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.

[elise1mds]

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!

[GailV]

I was 36 and then 40 when I had mine.

 

A friend IRL was 47 with her last.

[redheadmom]

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.

[Nakia]

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.

[JennyD]

A friend of a friend was 49 when she became unexpectedly pregnant with her first child. Uneventful pregnancy, uneventful birth.

[lejardin]

45; my cousin

[lea1]

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

[MrsJewelsRae]

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.

[WIS0320]

46. My neighbor had a healthy, happy baby boy earlier this year and he was a definite "whoops!".

[ondreeuh]

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:

[OrganicAnn]

The oldest mom I know is ME. I was 43

[jubilation]

I have a cousin who had her youngest at age 47, without fertility treatment of any kind.

[WiseOwlKnits]

My mom - she was 38 when I was born.

[KidsHappen]

My best friend's mother growing up had a baby at 48.

[DaffodilDreams]

My grandmother gave birth at 47 to her 6th and final child.

[Laura Corin]

39 - my mother gave birth to me at that age in 1963.

 

Laura

[Jean in Newcastle]

39 - my mother gave birth to me at that age in 1963.

 

Laura

 

Hey me too - exactly!:001_smile:

[funschooler5]

I know somebody that had her 8th kid at 45. He's a happy, healthy 5 yr old now. :)