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So Cheryl Cole 39 said she's too old to have another biological baby

309 replies

xKri55yx · 24/01/2023 15:31

Cheryl Cole just said at 39 she's too old to have another biological baby. What's your thoughts?
I'm genuinely curious as someone who's nearly 38 I'm still trying for my first baby.
Can a healthy pregnancy be possible?
At 39 apparently half your eggs would be deemed chromosomally abnormal.
What's your experience on getting pregnant at this age?

OP posts:
amonsteronthehill · 24/01/2023 16:38

2nd at 39, 3rd at 41 ... both perfectly healthy children, not teens eating me out of the house.

She's ridicuous

skippy67 · 24/01/2023 16:37

postwarbulge · 24/01/2023 16:35

Is she the one who spent the cost of a small car having her arse tattooed with roses?

Is Google not working for you?

skippy67 · 24/01/2023 16:36

I think if she's said that she feels that she's too old to have a biological child, that she's talking about herself and not anyone on here.

Galadriel90 · 24/01/2023 16:36

I know loads of people who have had babies in their 40s. It's very common these days.

CornishGem1975 · 24/01/2023 16:35

Had my last at 40. Conceived first month of trying as I did with my other two! Lucky? Maybe.

postwarbulge · 24/01/2023 16:35

Is she the one who spent the cost of a small car having her arse tattooed with roses?

RamsayEaster · 24/01/2023 16:35

There is no right or wrong time to have a baby
Personal choice but I wouldn’t want to be an older mum and at 39/40 I consider this an older mum

leithreas · 24/01/2023 16:35

She is able to say how she feels, she was just talking about her personally. I'm 36 and I feel too old to have another. If others want to that's good for them though.

RudsyFarmer · 24/01/2023 16:34

That was meant to say *going but hoping works too!

RudsyFarmer · 24/01/2023 16:34

Just keep hoping. Forget Cheryl. She’s not even in a relationship so hardly in a position to decide whether or not to try for a baby currently.

AliasGrape · 24/01/2023 16:34

Had my first/ only at 40 - had some bleeds in pregnancy and a lot of anxiety due to that plus the miscarriage stats but aside from that all very easy and straightforward. Birth a shitshow, partly due to accepting an induction which I supposedly needed on account of age - wish I'd declined. Healthy, happy daughter, health, happy mum now.

To be fair - DH and I had started seriously trying when I was 36 and that's how long it took us (with help from clomid) so from a fertility perspective I can see what she means, but I had unsuccessfully ttc in a previous relationship in my late 20s too, so who knows.

I know lots of mums who had babies 39+, far more than younger mums actually but that's anecdotal and obviously self-selecting to some extent - my circle is largely made up of those of a similar age to me!

RuthGalloway · 24/01/2023 16:33

I had my third at 42. I couldn't get anyone in the NHS to even share my concerns that I was too old. Healthy baby, healthy kid, chasing her keeps me healthy. All is well.

anomaly23 · 24/01/2023 16:33

I'm younger than that and wouldn't have more now.

ThomasinaLivesHere · 24/01/2023 16:33

Deadringer · 24/01/2023 15:37

Is she just using her age as an excuse to outsource work that is too difficult and messy for her to deal with? Ie using a surrogate.

Hope not ☹️

Ottil · 24/01/2023 16:32

AttentionAll · 24/01/2023 16:12

I think it is too old. 39 is not too old for a baby. Fifties is too old for teenagers still at school.

It's odd for me to read comments like this - I'm in that exact situation now, and it's fab Grin

It's really normal in my circle - I don't have any close friends or family really who had kids before mid - late 30's. Four friends had at least one baby post-40.

ChiefWiggumsBoy · 24/01/2023 16:32

I had my last baby at 29. So yes, for me, 39 would be 'old'.

My sister had her first at 38. So for her it wouldn't.

poopoopooinyourshoe · 24/01/2023 16:32

I think menopause decides that not Cheryl Cole

Pyewhacket · 24/01/2023 16:32

I was 28 when I had my third and there was no way I was going to go through that again so I chose to be sterilised. But that is just me and Cheryl Cole clearly has her own view.

IWantToBeACat · 24/01/2023 16:32

AttentionAll · 24/01/2023 16:12

I think it is too old. 39 is not too old for a baby. Fifties is too old for teenagers still at school.

Erm.... Why is fifties too old for teenagers at school? I'm in my 50's with a 14 year old. My husband and myself are coping just fine thanks, we aren't quite in our dotage just yet!

DiastasisRectiSucks · 24/01/2023 16:31

CC has also openly spoken in the past about having a very difficult and unhappy pregnancy, followed by a traumatic birth and her partner later left her citing the birth of their child as destroying their relationship…

She’s single at the moment anyway, but it could easily be that she just means she’s a bit older and couldn’t cope with all that shit again 😅💐

Mariposa26 · 24/01/2023 16:30

Why are we commenting on women’s bodies and speculating like this? Gross

MK85 · 24/01/2023 16:29

@WeWereInParis I did read an article this morning about her , she said she was considering using a sperm doner before the coronavirus hit and to quote her she said "I'm a little bit older" and she's now considering adoption ..rather than having her own biological child. I assume that's what op is referring to

Thesearmsofmine · 24/01/2023 16:29

@Warrensrabbit what is insensitive about a woman talking about her own choices? She hasn’t said anywhere that no woman should have a baby at 39, just that it’s not something she wants to do.

LowbrowVictoriana · 24/01/2023 16:28

It's up to CC to decide how old she feels is too old for her to have another baby. She's clearly thought about it carefully and decided what works best for her and her existing child. She hasn't made pronouncements on what anyone else should do.

I had my last DC at 41 with no problems, but can understand it would not be possible or desirable for others.

Twizbe · 24/01/2023 16:28

I'm the same age and I feel I'm too old to have any more children.

Other people might feel differently for themselves.

No harm in what she's said.