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

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ineedtowomanup · 29/12/2024 10:56

My Grandmother was 44 when she had my youngest uncle, a healthy pregnancy and my uncle is now 47.

What's the oldest you've known someone to conceive and give birth?

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ineedtowomanup · 29/12/2024 18:39

I guess the lesson is still to use contraception until you're in your mid 50s at least?

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ineedtowomanup · 29/12/2024 18:34

Potatoewithawonkyeye · 29/12/2024 12:40

  1. Didn't know it was twins until in labour. So I was definitely an accident suprise!

Gosh!!

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ineedtowomanup · 29/12/2024 18:33

Babaganoush2013 · 29/12/2024 11:11

my grandmother had my dad when she was 52 😳my dad was her 5th and last child.

Wow!

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HagsRule · 29/12/2024 17:35

My friend at the gym, she was 49. Tried for years with her husband. Gave up. Thought it was menopause. Gave birth at 50!

BusyPoster · 29/12/2024 17:34

41

MsCactus · 29/12/2024 17:32

GreenTeaLikesMe · 29/12/2024 15:17

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4389129/#:~:text=MAIN%20RESULTS%20AND%20THE%20ROLE%20OF%20CHANCE&text=The%20cumulative%20curve%20for%20the,100%25%20at%20age%2050%20years.

This makes interesting reading. In “natural fertility” populations, the average upper limit of natural fertility is about 41, but of course it is a bell curve. for some women, the upper age limit will be mid 30s, for a few it will be late 40s.

This is fascinating. I remember reading that for most women 75% of their eggs will have abnormalities (ie result in early miscarriage) by age 40, so 41 as the upper average limit of fertility makes sense.

Of course there'll always be outliers. I know some family members who had healthy babies naturally at 45-46

Readinstead · 29/12/2024 16:56

My Great Grandmother married at 17, first baby at 18. 21st and last at 48 by which time she also had several grandchildren. 16 of her children survived to adulthood.

MaMisled · 29/12/2024 16:50

My grandmother had her youngest at 48 with no issues at all.

pooballs · 29/12/2024 16:48

I know some in their early 40s. You can’t be certain whether a pregnancy happened ‘naturally’ or not though (with the exception of women from many decades ago) I suspect a lot of people who have needed IVF or even help from donors don’t share this information (understandably).

DaringlyPurple · 29/12/2024 16:28

My mother said she felt a bit old having me in her mid-thirties in the 1960s as most of the other mothers were early twenties. She said she felt a lot younger when a 46 year old woman was admitted in full labour - she had thought it was the menopause and she had a 26 year old daughter. It was definitely the mother in labour rather than the daughter though I agree that a lot of earlier miracle pregnancies were probably a cover for an unmarried daughter or other relative.

TwinkleLights24 · 29/12/2024 16:27

A mum from school had a baby at 46. Her toddler is significantly delayed at reaching milestones but whether that’s down to her age I don’t know.

duckduckgooseduckagain · 29/12/2024 16:25

50

StrawberryWater · 29/12/2024 16:23

46 - My grandmother. Her 3rd child (my mum), kind of an oops baby. There's a massive age gap between my mum and her older siblings who were born in the early 1940s and my mum came along in the late 1950s!

strangeandfamiliar · 29/12/2024 16:23

Luisa Dilner had a series of articles about her unexpected late pregnancy in the Guardian back in 2009. She fell pregnant naturally aged 47, when her oldest child was 21. I remember being fascinated by it at the time. Her daughter must be about 15 now.

Seasonsfeastings · 29/12/2024 16:18

48 naturally

Anotherparkingthread · 29/12/2024 16:18

I used to know a lady, she was the mother to one of my school friends. I ran into her after I'd moved back to my home town and asked if it was her little grandson in the push chair when I saw her in the shop with a small child with tons of curly hair, and she said no he's mine! She said she didn't think she could anymore and hasn't even realised she was pregnant til she went into labour (she was a larger lady). Which must have been a massive shock. She was in her early 50s. She seemed thrilled so good for her I guess.

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 29/12/2024 16:17

My mum. She was 44 when I was born. Conceived naturally. She didn’t reach menopause until 60.

FoxInTheForest · 29/12/2024 16:17

unmemorableusername · 29/12/2024 15:10

For most of these you just won't know if it was natural or not. Most people lie and say it was when it wasn't.

You can tell by the time frame with some though, the grandmother at 47 comment for example would have been natural I'd assume given the time frame that must have been in.

Lilyhatesjaz · 29/12/2024 16:14

My great great grandmother had number 11 when she was 50, definitely her child as she was happily raising at least one grandchild as well.

LeticiaMorales · 29/12/2024 16:13

Saschka · 29/12/2024 15:38

Nobody gets pregnant at 60 using their own eggs! Periods or not.

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Exactly. As someone has said, it's possible to check because it's so rare. That person would certainly be in the Guinness Book of Records!

Menopausalsourpuss · 29/12/2024 16:10

Me, 49 surprise pregnancy. All went well.

Fluufer · 29/12/2024 16:08

DHs grandmother had her 14th child at 50ish (her DOB uncertain, but within a year a 2 either way). Almost 40 years between her oldest and her youngest. She's in her 90s now.

Chocolatetoothache · 29/12/2024 16:04

Saschka · 29/12/2024 15:38

Nobody gets pregnant at 60 using their own eggs! Periods or not.

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59 is listed in the Guiness Book of Records as the oldest age for a verified natural birth.

So 60 would be exceptionally rare, but not absolutely impossible I would think?

Frangywangywoowah · 29/12/2024 16:02

My mum had me when she was 44. Natural conception

Legendofthelostkeys · 29/12/2024 15:59

A friend of my aunt had twins at 53. The twins are now in their late 40s