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Help. Pregnant 40 and can't decide if I should keep or not

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Fluff85 · 24/11/2025 11:05

I have just found out I am pregnant at 40, we already have a beautiful 2.5 boy who took a long time to have with many miscarriages. We feel we don't want to roll the dice and risk all the complications possible risks with a second and feel we are lucky and happy with one. Not sure what to do, any advice welcome.

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Zigazigarrr · 27/11/2025 12:33

Sorry the above post was for @TheSwarm

TheSwarm · 27/11/2025 13:01

Zigazigarrr · 27/11/2025 12:17

@Poms Your comment implies that I should just get back in my box. The OP asked for a range of views and I am giving one that takes into consideration the fact that a foetus is, whether you like it or not, a potential human being. A life. A life that has a brain developing from 5 weeks. A life that can send signals between it's ears and brain by 18 weeks and a life that can recognise your voice by 24 weeks.

So, sorry. No. It's silent. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

I'm not saying you don't get to have an opinion, but emotionally blackmailing the OP on a thread like this with dubious comments about cells having thoughts and feelings is not the place to do it.

Zigazigarrr · 27/11/2025 13:20

Emotional blackmail is a specific, harmful dynamic where fear, obligation, and guilt (FOG) are used to manipulate others into doing things, often with threat of "consequences" if they don't. This is just discomfort on your part and that's not my problem.

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