To think I am not fucking 'older'?

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I've just spoken to a nurse on the phone about some medication.

She asked if I could be pregnant. But what she said is, technically you're still of an age so is there any chance you are pregnant? I said no, god no, and laughed.

She said 'hah yes that's what most of my older patients say!'

I AM THIRTY SEVEN!!!

Is this it for me? Am I a shrivelled, dried up old hag rather than the young, vital gorgeous creature I am in my head? I thought I'd have at least a few more years of being 'younger'.

It's bad enough that all the doctors, teachers and police officers round here are teenagers. And now this.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Oh, ps, this is lightfuckinghearted before anyone shouts at me. And I'm almost sure she got off the phone and realised what she said and is cringing herself inside out.

What sort of nurse is she? Depending on her specialty you could be 'older'. I felt old on the maternity ward earlier this year (am 36). But on the orthopaedic ward I was the springiest of spring chickens. I got complimented on my youthful veins

Psych nurse. But the Duty CPN so not one I know.

I'm hoping beyond hope that she's got my DoB down wrong because if 37 is old I am going to cry myself to sleep.

When I said I was worried about being old when I had my dd (I was 36) the midwife pretty much laughed at me - lots of people have babies in their late 30s so no idea why she said you're technically still of an age?!

Yep, time to book a blue rinse & buy some big granny pants!

I know! I have several mates who didn't even start their families until my age.

I reckon the nurse is about 25 and anyone over 30 seems old to her

Sounds like foot in mouth by the nurse OP. I'm a GP (as well as a 39 year-old mother of an 18 month old) and certainly wouldn't count you as beyond the possibility of pregnancy.

Mind you a relative of mine was once asked pre-op if there was any chance of her being pregnant and she was 79 at the time!!

I was referred to as a geriatric mother, aged 35. The horror!

Oh I've been in granny pants for a good ten years so no worries there.

I'm 37. Does that mean I don't have to go to work and can retire if I'm older?!

Um yeah.

If a woman has her first child at 37 years or older, she's referred to as 'elderly primigravida'.

Noooooo!

I'm 42, I'm well and truly over the hill - might buy a shopping trolley & a giant heated slipper, might as well be past it in comfort

As part of my job I supervise medical students taking patient histories. One of them once asked a female patient if she was 'still having sex' - she was 39 YEARS OLD! (and significantly younger than me)

I know someone who had a baby at 46, dread to think what they put on her notes if that's the case!

You're older.

I'm 'elderly' in my notes (had DCs 2 and 3 at 38 and 42).

I got over it... eventually.

'Still having sex?'

Is there an age limit on the shagging? Is that the next thing I have to look forward to? It's bad enough that I can no longer put shoes or socks on without sitting down.

MadameJosephine

nancy I think they might actually call them geriatric mothers or something. Seriously. I've had friends have babies in their 40s and they've heard this. I think it's crazy. And quite dangerous - abortions are quite common among this age group, I think because they are constantly wrongly told they couldn't possibly get pregnant.

Theyre not told they cannot get pregnant but that the chances are lower and the risks associated with it are higher

I took DS for his 8 week check up with the GP a few months back. He must have been very newly qualified as he barely looked old enough to be out without his mum to me . I'm only bloody 36 myself.

Would you like a Werther's Original?

I had ds at 43 and felt like a dinosaur. .

Try being 55, i feel 18 inside but have to cover up all my mirrors like a vampire.

Well, the cut-off age for having a first child, above which you are officially known as an "elderly primagravida", is 35, as I know to my own astonishment at the time!