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Do you know anyone who has conceived naturally at 45?

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wibblypig22 · 29/04/2022 11:32

Not looking hopeful I know

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cptartapp · 04/05/2022 20:08

My friend had her second set of twins at 47. Her first set were 17,

Aichek · 04/05/2022 20:06

My nan had her last at 46 (big gap, accident). She wasn't fronting as she only had sons! Menopausal last gasp

FAQs · 04/05/2022 20:00

@wibblypig22 yes 3! One at 46 and two at 48. Non related in anyway just social circle had children older.

LittleDoveLove · 04/05/2022 19:54

@wibblypig22 have you read 'it starts with the egg'. That might help with supplements etc too x

MardyOldGoth · 04/05/2022 15:04

I know one who did at 44.

Attwoodsladyfriend · 04/05/2022 15:04

Is there anything stopping you giving nature a hand?

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wibblypig22 · 04/05/2022 15:01

Thanks @LittleDoveLove that gives me hope too

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LittleDoveLove · 02/05/2022 17:34

Yes I do when she was 46 😊

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wibblypig22 · 02/05/2022 12:34

Wow that gives me hope congratulations @MrsWooster

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Darhon · 01/05/2022 19:47

SylvacSaver · 29/04/2022 22:20

Lots of people saying their granny a child so in late 40s
realistically they may have been fronting for a pregnant child

Pretty well documented that childbirth rates to older women in pre contraception days were fairly high. Lots of women of my great grandmother’s generation had children over a 20 year period. It’s only in the last decade that birth rates in the over 40s have started to return to those levels due to women delaying motherhood.

MrsWooster · 01/05/2022 19:43

Me! Two natural conceptions at 42 and 45, two healthy children. I was incredibly lucky.

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wibblypig22 · 01/05/2022 19:40

Thanks for the comments.. as you say if it's going to happen it will ... otherwise nothing I can do about it ...but it's always nice to hear positive stories

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Mariposista · 29/04/2022 23:20

Yes. A friend of mine who is also a world swimming champion. She married at 40 and was 45 when she had her very healthy baby. 10 days after birth (natural) she was back in the pool, and has swum almost every day throughout her pregnancy. Shows it can be done!

Bosabosa · 29/04/2022 22:42

My friend had her first naturally at 45, took 2 years.

Westair · 29/04/2022 22:34

My grandmother - she thought it was gallstones!

SarahAndQuack · 29/04/2022 22:32

Yes, many (and many of them historical - I research this sort of area). But it's much rarer for it to be a first baby. There are loads of women who have first babies in their teens, 20s or 30s and continue into their 40s, occasionally even their early 50s. It is far less common to hear of someone naturally conceiving a first baby in their mid-40s. I'm not sure how much this is biology and how much has to do with coincidences of social/cultural pressures (eg., I know even in the 70s, a relative of mine married for the first time aged 40, and it was considered extremely shocking she got pregnant, very much 'not the done thing'. If you account for that pressure to avoid pregnancy, of course you will have lower numbers of 40-something women conceiving).

thebabynanny · 29/04/2022 22:28

PlumPearPud · 29/04/2022 22:10

My granny had her last baby at 44.

Two aunties had babies at 46 & 47 respectively (for both it was their last baby after big gap, other children grown up!).

it is much less likely to happen spontaneously/with your own eggs though, and a far higher rate of miscarriage, as I’m sure you know.

Did the aunties by any chance have unmarried late teen/early 20s daughters at the time of the "surprise" last baby's arrival..?

RandomMess · 29/04/2022 22:25

I have triplet DN conceived at that age and not planned Shock

whatisheupto · 29/04/2022 22:23

Yes I know 6 people that had babies aged 45 and over

Pamfiduw · 29/04/2022 22:21

I know someone that had a surprise at 44, now has a healthy girl x

thenightsky · 29/04/2022 22:20

Hasn't Sue Radford had her 22nd child at 44 or 45?

SylvacSaver · 29/04/2022 22:20

Lots of people saying their granny a child so in late 40s
realistically they may have been fronting for a pregnant child

ChanceNorman · 29/04/2022 22:18

Yes, my mum, she was 45 having my youngest sister. She didn't find out until fairly late as she thought she'd started menopause when her periods became patchy.

ijustcouldntthinkofausername · 29/04/2022 22:16

Yes I do, a work colleague of mine had her first last year aged 44 😊 she thought it would never happen then said once she'd come round to accept the fact it wouldn't... there you go. Now he's 1!!

Stay positive OP and don't put too much pressure on yourself 😘 if it's going to happen it will xxx

Dinosauratemydaffodils · 29/04/2022 22:14

One of my great great grandmother's had my great grandfather at 40 and then went on to have three more babies, the last at 47.
One of my great grandmother's had her last at 46. Entirely different branches of the family. Plenty of other babies born in the mid 40s too.