to ask how old you were when you had your youngest child?

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hoping for some encouraging tales of successful pregnancies from the over 40s out there

Non yet but love this thread, thanks for giving us all hope

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My gran had my dad at 17 and my youngest auntie at 44!

Three months before I was 41

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Had dc2 at 31, just a month off 32. Had dc1 at 27.

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38 but I have several close friends who were over 40.

DC1 - 27
DC2 - 31
DC3 - 35

Am so done... although if we came into money i'd probably go again!

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My mum had us when she was 18, 21 and then 43. Very easy pregnancy and birth. Vbac too. Though it was a couple of decades since c-section.
Her maternal grandmother (my great grandmother) had my gran when she was 46.
I am hoping late conception runs in the family!

it has been so very heart-warming to read these answers
what a mixed lot we are
I am feeling just a little more hopeful

26 when i had my youngest 18&19for the other two

My Sister inlaw got pregnant at 40 on the pill

39 with no.1
Just under 40 with no.2
Conceived first try both times and trouble free pregnancies.

42. Had a bunch of miscarriages and ivfs and doctors saying it wasn't going to happen. Somehow still managed two children, both natural conceptions. I feel very lucky.

41 - DCs 1 + 2 in my twenties. Although I conceived very quickly with DC3, I had been having reflexology to sort my hormones out because I thought I was perimenopausal and worried that another baby was out of the question. Happy days.

I was 37 when I had my first DC. Same age as both my maternal and paternal great grandmothers when they had their first DCs. Not on purpose...

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43.5 when I had dd2. 40 for dd1

If money instantly became no issue I'd try for another now at nearly 46. But it won't. So I won't.

Late to motherhood but loving it!

you dont want my answer, i was a child bride! but my lovely friend and mummy figure had her boy aged 45.

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