OMG my MOTHER is PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LadyTambaOfTambaTown]

wow!! My mum is 48 and I can't imagine her pregnant again, but great news!!!!

Tamba, I have 2 dd's 24 years apart

peachyClair - my step-FIL was in his sixties when he had his children (He's now a sprightly 92).

Cam - how do your kids get on with such a big age gap? I am wondering if i will see this child more like a neice or nephew than a brother or sister?

Still think my mom is mad though

My sister knows now and was as shocked as me.

just the distraction you need Tamba ;)

I have a brother who is 20 years younger than me, mum had him when she was 44.

tamba - is your mum from these parts. I was just wondering if I maybe went to school with her???

WOW!

And Wow Cam!

Tamba, obviously my 2 girls are a whole generation apart, so their relationship is more like aunt/niece. Particularly as my dd1 has 2 children of her own who are essentially the same generation as my dd2.

However dd2 loves having a grown-up sister, she thinks its pretty cool.

there s oethign you dont often read on mn

Congrats to your Mum

Tamba, don't you also have a sibling who is about 5 years old ? So surely your relationship with this new baby will not be all that differnt to your relationship with your other young sibling ?

Congraulations to your mum and hopefully things will be just fine but I would ditto what was said earlier re the length of the pregnancy. Once you reach 40 the rate of things going wrong in the first 12 weeks is very high. I know being 41 and having had two early miscarriages myself.

on re-reading that I realise it probably sounds too negative - I am happy to know it can still happen at that age so congratulations again to your mum.

congrats to your mum tamba! In this day and age this seems to be becoming the norm, I'd say.

I have a brother 22 years younger than me from my dad's remarriage. His wife is only 9 years older than me.

Are you being bitchy Cod?

congrats to your mum

weird to think i am closer in age to her than you though!

Oh Lou there's lots of women on m/net who are closer to Tamba's mum's age than Tamba's - and some of us are even older than Tamba's mum

ummm congrats to your mum.... I can imagine that it must be slightly wierd for you (im 24 and my mum is going to be 44 in july)....

But.... there's lots of women the same age as your mothers on m/net, surely we all know that women can p/g at any age before the menopause, why is it so strange?

It is strange for me, I am trying to stop thoughts that my mother has a sex life from entering my head

I do have a sex year old brother who is more like a nephew to me than a sibling.

bubblez - i totally misjudged your age

Another reason she is mad is that she had very severe spd last time and my youngest brother was nearly 10lb!

i know cam, but it just felt strange

This is lovely news:)

I (psycho that is) have a brother who is the same age as my eldest child. they are both 12....I was 21 at the time. Strange feelings went thro me tho.......was thrilled for them both, but also felt so odd at my dad also being a 'new' dad. and, my stepmum is only 9yrs older than me too, so I am actually closer in age to her than my dad is!

hope all this goes well for her:)

It is strange to think that anyone's mother has a sex life Tamba, best not to think about it

Due to second marriages etc nowadays there are lots of mixed-up generations in families, its fun in a way though.