To be worried about being an old mum?!

[ilovevegcrisps]

Tell me I'm being really unreasonable! I feel bloody ancient compared to all the other TTC ladies!

[rosy71]

I had mine at 33 & 36 & felt I was on the old side. However, lots of people I know had their first at 35+ so it's not unusual at all. Several of ds2's friends' mums are older than I am. My grandmother was 44 when she had my dad & my aunt was 46 when she had my cousin, so I was positively youthful in comparison!

Having babies in your late 30s/40s is nothing new. Before contraception, women just carried on having babies until they no longer could.

[Whatthefoxgoingon]

I had mine in my early thirties. If I had my time again, I would have waited till my late thirties and enjoyed my time as a couple more (more travelling, more luxuries, more sleep!). I was one of the first of my friends to have kids.

[MoonriseKingdom]

First at 35, 37 when my second is due. Everyone at my nct and at local baby group is into their 30s and I am certainly not the oldest. Have met a couple of mums recently with grown up children who have just started their second family with a new partner.

It's definitely area dependent. I live in a middle class area of a large Northern town. Round my area most women have careers and have children later. If you go into the town centre or when you go to the hospital you see a lot of younger looking women (early 20s) pregnant/ with a baby. I'd say NCT seems to attract older mums.

[MetalMidget]

I'm 35 and pregnant with our first, I'll be 36 when he makes his appearance in summer! Never really thought of myself as being old - my mom was just over 36 when she had me (32 when she had my brother), and most of my friends and colleagues have been in their mid-late 30s/early 40s when they've had their first.

It did take us two years to conceive though, turns out I have a wonky thyroid and PCOS!