So Cheryl Cole 39 said she's too old to have another biological baby

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Cheryl Cole just said at 39 she's too old to have another biological baby. What's your thoughts?
I'm genuinely curious as someone who's nearly 38 I'm still trying for my first baby.
Can a healthy pregnancy be possible?
At 39 apparently half your eggs would be deemed chromosomally abnormal.
What's your experience on getting pregnant at this age?

Had my first at 41, totally healthy baby.

Maybe for her she is? She might have a low egg reserve and her eggs ran out sooner than others?

I doubt she meant any harm in it (without knowing the full context of the statement).

39 is absolutely pushing it.

www.webmd.com/baby/pregnant-after-35

By the Numbers
You’re at your peak fertility in your 20s. Healthy women that age who are trying to conceive have about a 1 in 4 chance of getting pregnant during a single menstrual cycle. In other words, 25 out of 100 women will succeed per month.

By age 40, an average healthy woman has only a 5% chance of getting pregnant per cycle.

At the same time, the likelihood of miscarriage climbs with your age. A typical 40-year-old has about a 40% chance of losing the pregnancy. That compares to less than 15% for someone in their 20s.

I had a baby at 39. My friend had her final one at 49.
Both perfectly healthy.

Had my second at 39. Conceived in a month no problems. Sleep function didn't work very well though 😀. It's a personal choice though. What's right for one is different for someone else. I'm much older now and I'm very tired facing caring responsibilities to my parents. And teenagers presents its own challenges. If I had a choice I would of loved to have been younger. But it is what it is and I wouldn't change it.

It’s obviously not impossible considering lots of people do it, but it’s not unusual to feel too old for babies when you’re coming up to 40, especially if you’ve had children younger.

Is she just using her age as an excuse to outsource work that is too difficult and messy for her to deal with? Ie using a surrogate.

Perhaps her "39" is really 40-something.

Some vile comments. We have no idea if her medical history, nor should we. She's merely saying in her case she feels too old.

Probably being sensible and self aware

I was 37 when DS was conceived. My mum was 43 when I was conceived.

Obviously it's not impossible, but it's a personal choice and evidently she's decided she's too old. Maybe she doesn't want to be an older mum, maybe she wants to be able to spend her 40's relaxing after a very busy 20's and 30's, maybe she's having some fertility problems. Who knows. Shouldn't influence your decision one jot.

Had my second at 37. Wouldn't have a third now, but most people have less knackered bodies than mine!

We tried for years but at 40 drew the line under it. Yes people do have healthy normal pregnancies in their 40's but it risked both for mum and chances of have healthy baby.

Biologically it is old, that’s just a fact. If you see human fertility as a timeline from 16 to 45 it’s very much towards the end. Still doable however; and most women who try for a baby at that age will have one.

Totally this. Maybe she meant that she wouldn't want to be 40 years older than her children?
My Mum was young when she had me, and I love that fact that she is such an active and healthy grandma, I also love that she will (hopefully) be around to see her grandchildren grow up. I was much less young when I had my DC and I really wish I had been younger!

But the latter stunningly rare.

Me thinks this also

I'm 38 and have friends similar ages having perfectly healthy and happy first babies.

However - my DC are 18 and 14 and I personally feel too old to start again and have another baby. Personal health issues aside I'm not sure I would have the energy! I like my sleep too much!

I think maybe it's different if you already have DC?

I had my first at 39 and second at 41, very luckily with no issues.

Do you mean this quote from her?

"I was so hell bent on having another before because Bear was at that perfect age. I think if you have that couple year age gap, you can still do things with them together where they're both engaged and both interested.
Now that the pandemic happened in the in the meantime, and there's such an age gap, and I'm a bit older. I'm not so sure, honestly."

It's not as if she's said 39 is too old for people to have children. She's mentioned it as one factor in her decision making.

I think it's biologically fine and absolutely perfect for some people, but everyone is different and for example, I felt that 30 would be the cut off for me (I'm 28 now with 3 DC & am very much done), my best friend however is 30 and only just starting to think about kids.

Well if course it’s biologically possible for some people but for many it isn’t.

Perhaps she has gone through an early menopause ? ( I was 38 )

For me PERSONALLY, I would think of myself as too old at 39 (42 now) but I had my 3rd and final baby at 29 and knew I was done so in a different position to you.