The oldest you've known someone to get pregnant naturally?

Ironically enough a friend just announced a birth at age 47 just before Christmas. Natural conception, child 6 (though youngest was 5) her other children arrived when she was 30-42. She didn't announce because she thought the baby wouldn't make it purely based on her age. Made announcement with photos from the last 4/5 months of her pregnancy.

Outside of her, I know many people who were 40-45, from first babies through to 4th/5th/6th babies. Many naturally conceived twins in there.

I have one friend that did embryo donation and successful pregnancy at 48.

Also I should say most of my friends who TTC in their mid to late thirties required assisted conception /IVF.

We were lucky not to need this (late thirties for ours) but were unable to conceive a third at 41 onwards.

The cases in this thread are outliers and not the norm/mean.

Women used to be fertile until older. Microplastics and enviromental pollutants have resulted in declining fertility for both woman and men, and earlier menopause.

A woman I worked with was 49 when she got pregnant and 50 once her son was born. She thought it was perimenopause until she went to the doctor and they told her she was in fact pregnant.

A friend at 46, baby born when she was 47

Baby all fine and now a characterful bright 4 year old.

The less said about her father (a brief fling) the better.

Oh and a colleague at 46 - an even shorter fling than the one above (with her builder no less), and her first child.

I never met her, but my Great Gran had her last child at 50. That child turned out to be quite gifted intellectually. Amazing. This would have been in the late 1940s.

A physio working in the Maternity unit, we had two mums aged 53. For one, it was her first child.

@Wincher yep, my GP once told me that we should take precautions until 55 to be absolutely sure. I was stunned at the time, but after reading this thread, I can see why it might be necessary! I took the pill, or had the implant, for about 20 years in total. I felt like I'd done my bit, so sent DH to be snipped a long time ago!

I know someone who was 46, 47 I think by the time she had the baby. Complete surprise, second marriage. The baby is now late teens and the parents are mid to late 60s - I wouldn’t fancy that myself! I’m now mid 40s and would love to not have to use contraception but I’m very much done and don’t like the idea of a late mistake so I’d better carry on with it I guess!

My friend, who I met when our now 18 year olds were tiny, was 47 when she had her one and only baby. They'd been trying for 25 years - no fertility issues found when investigated - and had obviously given up hope of it ever happening.

44, then 45 giving birth. 2 cases, one natural, the other via IVF with own eggs, but still harvested at 44 years.

My grandmother had her last baby aged 48. Definitely not hiding a grandchild as she had a baby every 2-4 years for 20 years…. Poor woman

I had my 2nd child at 41 and my 3rd at 43. All natural, all healthy and after being told at age 37 I had only a 5% chance of conceiving 😳

Sorry I should have been more clear. It was a client, and I believe she conceived naturally but not 100 percent. She was very nice but seemed somewhat embarrassed about it, which was a bit sad. I wasn't judging.

I had my third child at 44. I thought it was the menopause as my mum went through menopause at 42, but it turned out to be a naturally conceived happy accident.

A physio working in the maternity unit - had two ladies aged 53 - for one it was her fisrt child.

56 - had a coil. (Legitimately IMHO) Assumed it was the menopause so didn’t find out until about half way through.

@GhoulWithADragonTattoo did the woman pregnant by a one night stand go on to have a baby?

Kudos to the woman who carried to term at 55, and made the brave decision to have the baby adopted. At 47 and with some medical problems, I know I haven't got the energy or fitness (or the time and money, for that matter) to bring up any more DC. I honestly don't know what I would do in that scenario. I haven't started peri yet, either. So DH was snipped many years ago!

This can’t be true!

I know two:
42 - but after many miscarriages and a TFMR
43

But I know quite a few more who had to have IVF

Me at 45.

Tried to get pregnant for years with ex. Nothing happened. We adopted an adorable toddler who’s now 15.

With now DH, I was older and as nothing had happened when I was younger I probably wasn’t as careful as I could have been. I had my DD and he had his DS. Suddenly started feeling unwell a few years ago, I’m being vague in case anyone recognises the story, and long and short of it was I was pregnant with twins. It wasn’t plain sailing, but then that was partly due to it being a twin pregnancy rather than my age.

Needless to say I sent DH off for the snip after that bombshell.

I have 2 friends who were both 45. 1 took about 5 years of trc and the other about 2 years.

Just a few years ago a colleague of mine got pregnant at 55. When her menses stoped she just assumed it was because she went into menopause. She went into her OB/GYN for a " yup its menopause" exam except it wasn't. They choose to place the child for adoption.

Me, I was 43 when I had my youngest.