AIBU to think that 35 is too old...

[teeththief]

...have another baby?

I'm 38 and 26 weeks gone with a boy. Feel lucky and pleased. If it's not right for you then fair enough but sometimes life kinda makes you wait.

I had my first at 36 and second at 38.

I had twins at 35 and I certainly don't feel too old.... 50 is pushing it! I honestly know plenty of women in their forties having babies so thirties is a doddle!

I didn't even have my first at 35! It just seems normal now having children into late thirties / early forties.

teeththief Your body, your life, your choice.

If you want one then get on with it:)

And when you do just treasure the greatest gift that a child is:-)

FFS zombie thread! I thought it seemed familiar!

YABU! There are many reasons why a person might have children 35+

I know someone that started trying for a baby aged 27, then only had her first child aged 36 after having multiple rounds of IVF. Are you trying to tell me aged 35 she should have given up?!?

for some it is for others it isn't. really depends on your circumstances etc.

for me it would be too old but I have friends who had happily babies in their early 40ss.

As my username suggests I don't have any...yet! I'm 37 and planning my first when I'm 40. I certainly don't think 35 is too old

There's been a pretty big shift over the last couple of generations as to what is considered "old" for childbirth. Medicine has improved. Jobs are (gradually, slowly) becoming more flexible. Societal attitudes have relaxed. Magic. Unicorns. Love-hearts. Have the baby, enjoy every second, and assuming no medical conditions are in play here, don't give a rat's jacksie what others say. I plan on having more and if they space out as intended (because babies are so good at keeping to our schedules, of course), then the last will be when I'm in my early forties. Three of the women in my dept had babies in their early forties too, the most recent just a few weeks ago. Do what is right for you and your family.

Dammit. Note to self: check thread's pulse first.

I had my first at 34 and have had another 5 since then - the last 9 weeks ago - I will be 48 next week - 35 is young!!!

Why don't mn do something about this.

They have been asked over and over again to put the fricking Zombe RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE WHERE IT CAN'T BE MISSED.

!!!!!!

Too old???
I was 38, 40 and 43!!!

YABU if you are judging somebody else but YANBU if you are thinking of having a baby at 37.

This is an old thread! If it wasn't too old in July 2014 it isn't too old now!

Its all about personal choice.
My personal cutoff was 36 but now at 38 id love another child.

Snap Ludoole.

Age is a very variable thing anyway.

I realised this was a zombie thread as I scrolled through responses and found my own from last year! What really tickled me though was that the friend I talked about, who was sure that she was done having children and 35 was her cut-off, got pregnant a couple of months after this thread was started and had her 5th baby earlier this year (still at 38). She says she is DEFINITELY done now though

It wasn't too old for me. I had my first at 35.

God, it's really not a problem if threads like this get bumped, surely? Someone has come on and searched for a subject they are interested in and wants to get the conversation going again.

If they didn't bump and old thread, most of them would start a new one. And then we'd have multiple threads on this subject just like we have hundreds of threads about smelly washing machines.

And if old threads are never to be bumped THEN WHY THE HELL DOES MUMSNET KEEP THEM ALL? EVERY SINGLE LAST ONE OF THEM, APART FROM CHAT?

Huh? That's what I want to know!

People love a good zombie klaxon though, don't they?

It's watching all those horror films

I think AIBU threads should be 30 days only TBF.

The problem with zombie threads is the OP isn't about to answer all the queries or be offended by people who don't RTFT.

Not too old no.

I had DS at 36 having been told I'd never conceive.

Go for it.

I wonder if she did go for it?