The oldest you've known someone to get pregnant naturally?

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My Grandmother was 44 when she had my youngest uncle, a healthy pregnancy and my uncle is now 47.

What's the oldest you've known someone to conceive and give birth?

Women can naturally get pregnant up to the age of 55

Omg!!!

My mum’s friend had a surprise baby at 49. That baby would now be in her late 20s.

A school mum friend had twins at 48, but she was very open about the fact that she used donor eggs

Both of my grandmothers had babies into their early 40s.

47, accidental. That was in the nineties. And a relative at 45 (in the sixties). I think those are the only people I've known in my life who conceived naturally after 43/44.

56 wtaf!

52. A lovely story from 30 years ago when I was a midwife, as the lady was infertile due to cancer. She had developed an abdominal mass and had delayed going to GP being convinced and terrified that the cancer had returned. She was pretty much resigned to her fate....it was a healthy 24 week pregnancy

I didn’t know her (died before I was born) but my Great Great Grandmother had 17 children, the first when she was 20 and the last when she was 47.

But that doesn’t make the previous statement untrue?

Not true. Average age at menopause was about 5 years earlier in previous centuries.

a physio working in our maternity unit, two ladies 53 years old. For one it was her first child.

Secondary infertikity is very common. Egg qualify later in life is very different.

My auntie had her last child at 48, with a 22 year gap to her older son. He was a surprise, he's grown up now.

Yes, but it doesn’t affect the majority of women in this age group (mid/late 30s).

Oldest I have personally known of to conceive naturally is 47.

I’m 46 and 7 months pregnant, so myself. Planned, spontaneous pregnancy, DH is two years older.

It’s not my first child/pregnancy and I’m very fertile, I generally get pregnant fast when we decide to TTC. My fertility definitely plummeted after 43 though, due to egg quality. We have been TTC since 2020 and I miscarried nine times before this pregnancy.

54, I delivered her when I was a midwife in 1977. She had been told by the GP to go to A&E with suspected appendicitis. One 8lb 10oz baby boy later….. her husband fainted when he was told!

I had a friend at school whose mum was a couple of weeks away from her 46th birthday when she was born.

There’s a Wikipedia page dedicated to pregnancies over 50 which is quite interesting reading.

Does it not? I’d need to see recent studies.

Are you not worried about the baby though given your egg quality? Your DH’s sperm quality will not be the best either due to his age,

Of the people I know personally, 42 and 43.
The 42 year old sticks out in my mind. Ex colleague, both her and her husband seemed older and had two children in their late teens- one about to start university.

Anecdotally 46, 47 and 50 although don't know if it's completely true.

Yes, you should look it up.

Why should I be worried? There are various prenatal screening tests available and I’ve done them.

Pre-natal tests don't cover ADHD or ASD, having kids with both it's hard work!

I'm sure @CortieTat doesn't want to hear this! I assume she'll cross that bridge if she comes to it