anyone had a baby at the age of 49+?

[WeWishUAMerryXmasNANappyNewYr]

i have just found out i am pregnant at the age of 49!! oh btw i should mention this is not nappyaddict, it is her mum before you all get confused.

is anyone else out there my age. i feel shocked to say the least. maybe dgs came along to prepare me for my own lo!! (my dd is here now making sure i use all the appropiate abbreviations lol!)

congratulations theres something in the air tonight i hope its catching
No experiance but i'm sure there lots of older mums on here.

Oh, congratulations!

wow, congratulations!

How many weeks are you?

Congratulations!! I was 41 when I had DD - I'm sure that there are other MNs who had babies in their 40s. Once again - many congratulations.

I hope things go well - but a word of caution - you have at least a 50% chance of spontaneous miscarriage in the first tremester. (That's the figure for someone aged 44 so I guess it must be even higher for you.)
The oldest people I know who've had a succesful pregnancy were all 43 or 44 - I know of three. But maybe that's just because the chance of conceiving in the first place is so low - apparently 1 in 10 at age 43. I also know one person who got pregnant accidentally at 43 but had a termination because of foetal abnormalities.
There are cases of very old women having successful pregnancies following artificial insemination - if you are fit and healthy then if you make it past 13 weeks I'm sure there's no reason why you shouldn't have a lovely healthy baby.
Good luck! [smle]

well this is the thing i am prone to miscarriages. i have had 2 before and the last child i fell pregnant with the doctor advised an abortion cos i would probably miscarry or could even die during childbirth i think about the babies i lost all the time but especially the last one cos rather than it sort of being meant to be that the baby never arrived i chose it to happen iyswim. anyway i'm sort of babbling. not sure how far gone - about 6 weeks or so, but when i went to the doctors he said i might not be pregnant after all and it could be a change in hormones caused by going through menopause. so now i am very confused!

gosh.,well, i guess you need to find out for sure if you are pregnant ! and if so , congratulations x

My great grandmother had three children after the age of 50!!! One set of twins at 50 and a dd at 52 but she had 12 altogether and that was holy catholic ireland where contraception was unheard of.

congrats!!! - I was 41 when I had ds - now 16 weeks old and a delight. I have dd who will be 9 next week.

congrats - i had ds , now 6months, at 44.
no real probs. as our bodies are still capable. its only nowadays that we have the choices previous generations didnt have re when to stop.

My grandm had my auntie when she was 46, and that was 40 years ago. I am firmly convinced you will be fine.

Did you have a positive pg test then , na's mum?

yes she did but when she went to the doctors they said it could be cos she was going through the menopause. so i'm not sure how they work out if she actually is - a scan i presume?

WeWishUAMerryXmasNANappyNewYr - presume a scan or maybe a blood test? You can go for foetal neuchal screening at 11 weeks - I did with ds2 and by that time he looked like a fully formed baby. The consultant doing the scan even 'guessed' that it was a boy! So in another few weeks if you haven't had a period you would be able to find out for sure.
What a confusing mix of feelings - especially if you had an abortion last time.
Did you watch that series recently 'A child against all odds'? There was one programme in the series about elderly mothers - I think one woman was about 64?
If you've had miscarriages before then sadly it will be likely to happen again. Hope things work out as you hope

you only get positive pg tests with pregnancy.

menopause does not cause them

if the test was positive - your mum is pregnant

I don't see how the menopause would give you a positive pregnancy test as preg tests detect levels of hCG which is only produced when an egg is fertilised.

Cross posted with not an otter. I'm a very slow typist!

Wonder what her GP is going on about then?

not sure about menapause giving +pg test, but I do know my friend always has +pg tests, due to her hormones. she has numnerous things wrong with her mainly through her spina bifida.. She has to have blood tests to confirm when she thought she was pg last time..

How wonderful.
Cherie Blair was 46 and then she had another I think that miscarried when older than that.

How lovely! Hope all goes well for you. Are you terribly excited?

yeh they said it could be cos of hormonal imbalace which occurs from menopause.

Yes, after the menopause the amount of naturally occurring hCG (pregnancy hormone) increases. Very sensitive tests can interpret this as a positive result. However most will not be sensitive enough - I think the only one on the market is First Response. Basically anything with a sensitivity of more than 25mIU/ml (should be listed in the instructions) should be OK. Also beware of evaporation lines - you can get a faint line if you read the test after 10 minutes (I have had this happen!)

Having said all that, I really hope this works out for you. Fingers crossed for a healthy pregnancy!

so what is the sensitivity of first response?