Do people get pg after age 50?

[MirandaGoshawk]

I'm 52 & still having periods, regular as clockwork. The menopause guff says that you have to use contraception until you've been period-free for two years.

But, do you ever hear of anyone getting pg after the ago of about 46? You're supposed to be at your most fertile at age 16 or whatever, so what's the risk of getting pg at my age? I'm fed up with contracetion!

sorry, keyboard is crapola

you should use contraception still if you do not want a pregnancy. been ttc for No. 2 for over 6 years and know a fair bit on the subject....been told MANY times by various fertility gyni's etc that women (quote) can still get pg up to the age of meno' if still getting af's, especially if yours are still regular. i live by this rule, it gives me hope as i am 46 and would dearly love a second child, as we speak my period is HUGELY late but noway am i doing a test as i cannot face anymore of those disappointments when it comes up neg & the tests ain't exactly cheap, i am 46.........i'll test in a week if still not come on :0) best of luck to you

The oldest recorded PG age UK is 56.

This is THE RULE:

Under the age of 50 you need 2 period-free years before you can give up contraception.

After the age of 50 you need one period free year.

If you have a period after 11 months, or justunder the 2 years, you start counting all over again.

My grandma had a neighbour who had twins at 50. This would have been in the 1950s. In Bexleyheath, as it happens.

Thomas Cromwell's mother was apparently 53. But I'm not sure if that's verified...

Yes, my HV told me she was visiting a 52 yr old mum with new born twins. Bit of a shock!

Oh golly! I've got dtws already and another set now would turn me into a gibbering wreck.

The thing about (non-identical) twins is that the body is turfing out the eggs as it gets nearer to the menopause (so I was told when I had mine) & so you're more likely to get two released instead of one later in life.

bicback, best of luck!

Thanks for the info, everyone.

My grandmother gave birth to her 6th child at 47. She'd had her first at 16.

Yes, and twins are more likely (with all the risks that go with that), MC is much more likely, Downs is more likely and pg complications are more likely. Contraception becomes more important rather than less.

thanks mirandagoshawk x

My sister had her children at aged 47 and 51. . .IVF of course, but she had them....I call her 'the oldest mum in Britain !' !!!!!!