Who had children later in life...

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Hi all,

I have a few worries about having children later in life.

Can you please all share your stories. Anyone here had children post 34/35? Do you have a partner who was 35 plus and had children with him?

How old were you when you met your partner? How old were you when you had your children?

Thanks in advance.

Met DP when I was 39 and he 36. Unplanned pregnancy and DD at 40, DS born at 44. I had amnio with DS, because based on age alone, the risk of Down's was 1:25. All was fine, both dc and me fit and well.

ha! Well I had mine at 35 and 40. My husband is 14 years older than me.
Now they are 8 and 13 and he will retire in 5 years, So he will be a good taxi service! He is in great health and a fantastic dad. Will he see his daughters marry? Who knows? His priority is to save for them. He has been saving since birth to pay for university. I am a good earner and will be able to support us when he retires. So it's ok for us. This is just how life worked out....!

Trouble with Mumsnet lately is you think you're responding helpfully or empathically to a genuine request for advice or opinion, the next minute you see your very personal and sometimes identifying story of abuse, pain or emotional trauma splashed over a trash mag pages where they've quoted you a,one with your username.

Yy highly

Met: me 32, he 36
Married: 33 / 37
I had a miscarriage at 34 with my first pregnancy (I was 14 weeks gone).
DC1: 35/38
DC2: 37/40
All conceived on the first go.
It is tiring! And I only had 15 weeks maternity leave with DS1, which was hell. But DH was and still is a trouper, and a very involved Dad.

33 with the first (DH was 41) and 36 (mid 50s) with our second. We are richer but definitely much much more tired!

DH and I got married in our late 20s, but waited until our 40s before having dcs. Both conceived first or second month, straightforward pregnancies and births, and healthy babies. I'm glad we waited, our financial situation makes things much easier than it would have been 10 years earlier.

I'm tired, but no more so than friends in their 20s who had 2 under 2 at the same time.