am I more likely to give birth prematurely as I am older?

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that's it basically. What would be considered premature? Is it anything before 38 weeks or before 40 weeks?

premature is before 37 weeks, I had DD2 at 37 weeks and she is considered at term on the released paper from hospital. Being older too, older first timer are usually late. If you already had a lot of children then you can be early, but I am not sure age does really matters... May be someone else have more infos

Older mothers are more likely to give birth prematurely or go significantly over their due dates.

But it really does depend on the woman.

Older mothers are more likely to give birth prematurely or go significantly over their due dates.

But it really does depend on the woman.

I had a baby at 24 that was 33 wks 2 days, and weighed 7lbs and 4 oz.
I had another at 39 born at 39 wks weighing 6lbs.
So not in my case

hmmm, how weird that it can go either way. Much like any other pregnancy then?

Over the age of about 35 statistically the risks for everything increase, ie. there will be fewer problemless births, but this doesn't mean to say the risks will happen to you.