How old were you when you had your last baby?

[soverytiredofthis]

Hi

We are living in limbo land. DD has epilepsy and other probs that may or may not be genetic. We are currently waiting for genetic counsellor to do some more gene testing for Rett Syndrome and other conditions related.

We have always wanted 3 children, this changed when DD was 4 months old and diagnosed with epilepsy. We went down to 2 children and now we are not sure with recent diagnosis of Microcephaly as to whether we will have anymore.

Long winded explanation but I am 33 this year and was wondering how old you were when you had last baby NT or with special needs??

[bigbluebus]

30 - DD deletion 4p-

32 - DS HF ASD

[Cathwyn]

Hiya

I was 32 when I had Liam (ASD)
and 37 when I had Zach (only 3 1/2 months old so too early to tell).

No family history on either side so just luck of the draw for us :-)

I would like more but hubby says NO. :-(

They are both the best little boys ever xx

[PoshCat]

39. DD has developmental and speech delay.

[glimmer]

35 NT - 37 (rare chromosome disorder) - 39 NT.
I really wanted a third one and thought it would be good for all my children in the long term (less responsibility on the first). They are now 5, 3 and 1 and
it is hard at times... However, I continue to think it was the right thing.
Now, I am not the ones to ask, but I'd say you have plenty of time to think about this. Maybe wait a year or two and then revisit? Or do you want them closely spaced? Has advantages and disadvantages (can't remember the year in I had a full night of sleep :-) ).

[theDudesmummy]

45 when I had the one and only DS (ASD)

[thereonthestair]

35 miscarried
36 had ds CP caused by placental abruption

[auntevil]

Stillborn at 20
DS1 dyspraxia SPD Eds at 37
DS2 EDs at 39
DS3 EDs and being assessed for dyspraxia SPD at 42
We didn't know about the EDs when we had any of them

[autumnsmum]

Hello as well as last child at 36 I have dd 14 when I was 25 and ds 8 high functioning autism

[shazian]

DS1 nt @ 29, DS2 @ 31 severe autism, GDD, Low muscle tone, pica, SPD then DS3 nt @ 32. 3 boys middle child severe problems, other 2 NT. No asd in either families before now and mines is big family x

[NoHaudinMaWheest]

Ds HF ASD OCD dyslexia hypermobile joints at 37
DD dyslexia at 40 nearly 41

Did think about no 3 but eventually decided not mainly because of my health problems. We didn't even suspect DS had ASD until he was about 8 diagnosed at 10.

At 33 you do have time to wait especially if there is still uncertainty about DD's treatment and diagnosis.

[twinkle2947]

23 DS1 NT
26 DS2 NT
28 DS3 NT
30 DS4 NT
33 DS5 ASD (unofficially, officially diagnosis on Weds)

[Davros]

Boo hoo, I thought I would get top prize but thedudesmummy has won so far.
I was 35 when I had DS who has severe ASD and 43 when I had DD who is dyslexic
Lots of AS and ASD in my family I now realise. Reason for big gap and only having two is my health with long term immune system illness.
I found having a baby at 43 quite easy but having a 5 year old at 48 was another matter! Especially with DS to manage as well but at least he was well settled at school and had clubs and holiday schemes sorted

[Awomansworth]

44 - twin sons... after 10 years of trying through multiple cycles of IVF

1 ASD
1 NT

I had quite a demanding career, and even taking into account ds1's ASD, I have more energy now than when I worked 60 plus hours a week.

[Pebbles69]

18 DD1 Dyslexia
22 DS1 NT
30 DD2 NT
35 DS2 ASD
38 DD3 NT

[theDudesmummy]

Know what you mean Davros! Having a baby at 45 was a piece of cake, but having a 3 year old non-verbal autistic toddler at nearly 50 is something else! And I still have the demanding career too! But I seem to find the energy somewhere (in DS's lovely giggle maybe!)

[Goodtalkingtoo]

17 NT
24 Dcd, aspergers
28 nt
34 nt

[Spyrofan]

21 ASD
22 NT

[WaftyCrank]

20 - DS1, ASD, pica and SPD
21 - DD1, NT
23 - DS2, NTish (Quite a few traits but he's only 22 months)
25 - DD2, 3 months so not sure yet but so far so good.

[TaggieCampbellBlack]

21 - DD1 nt
23 - DD2 as

Would have liked a couple more but ectopic and knackered tubes put paid to that idea.

[marchduck]

DS - 32 (NT)
DD - 34 (ASD)
DH & I have been together since I was 18 and married realtively young. We had more or less resigned ourselves to being on our own, but then our wee miracles came along!
One of my friends has just had her first baby, aged 40 - they are both doing the best.

[ArbitraryUsername]

I had DS1 at 19. He's dyspraxic and probably dyslexic. Ds2 is NT. I had him at 28.

[HecateWhoopass]

erm, 26 I think. I can never remember how old I was when I had the kids. That's really bad, isn't it? I have to get a bit of paper and work it out.

Mid 20s anyway, for both of them. They were born 15 months apart. Both have autism and younger also ADHD.

We were going to have 3, but once we had DX x 2, we decided to not have any more.

[float62]

39 DS-ASD

[Pagwatch]

30 with DS1 . NT

33 with DS2 . Asd

40 with DD . NT and absoloutely a fabulous decision