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I met my husband when I was 37, married at 38, conceived naturally and had our first kid at 39, conceived naturally again and had our second kid at 41. Easy pregnancies. He wants to keep going but I am done, by choice.
This is similar to us.
-Met my husband at 35.
-Married on my 37th birthday.
-Had our son at 38 (natural conception, took 2 months).
-Conceived our second child four months before my 4th birthday, due in 3 months (natural conception, took three months; pretty quick for a breastfeeding mom of a not quite one-year old).
When this thread started, I was 38 and pregnant with my first. Now I'm forty and about to enter my third trimester with my second. Pregnancy has been easy and healthy and low risk enough that I'm wrapping up a two-week vacation overseas, currently, at the end of the second trimester.
We planned for/hoped to have two, and shot for a roughly two-year age difference, so that's worked out according to plan. My son will be 21 months old when he gets a sibling. We'd have rolled with multiples (two of my siblings have twins), but two is our ideal.
I'm 38 year old. I just broke up with my boyfriend of eight years because I wanted to get married and have children. He said he wasn't ready....after eight years really. I really want a baby. I want to have through child birth. It's a desire of mines that hasn't really left and I know for a fac my ex thought that desire would die but it hasn't it's gotten stronger the older I become.
I'm 38 year old. I just broke up with my boyfriend of eight years because I wanted to get married and have children. He said he wasn't ready....after eight years really. I really want a baby. I want to have through child birth. It's a desire of mines that hasn't really left and I know for a fac my ex thought that desire would die but it hasn't it's gotten stronger the older I become.
You dated a guy for eight years and it took you THAT LONG to figure out that he wasn't ready for marriage or children. Wow...
I find it so odd that women will often date these guy for long times, never discussing such issues, and then blame the guy for such issues. If you never inquired or weren't emotionally mature, then I don't see how it's the guys fault.
As a woman approaches and passes 38 she faces significantly elevated risks for several birth defects especially if it’s her first. Genetic and chromosomal defects become much much much more prevalent.
Northing against parents who raise their children with these issues but it’s highly advisable to avoid starting a new relationship and introducing these issues with children right away.
As a woman approaches and passes 38 she faces significantly elevated risks for several birth defects especially if it’s her first. Genetic and chromosomal defects become much much much more prevalent.
Northing against parents who raise their children with these issues but it’s highly advisable to avoid starting a new relationship and introducing these issues with children right away.
I don't agree. I think it's fine to marry someone past a certain age if you are really in love. If concerned about the possibility of children being born with chromosomal abnormalities, then use donor eggs or adopt. However, I know lots of women past 40 having perfectly normal children.
I also know a couple of women who had children in their 20s, born with Down Syndrome. There are no guarantees, no matter what.
My mom had me at 39, no help needed. I was healthy enough to endure 7 years of Active Army service.
My exwife had my son at 35, completely healthy and natural but, the first 2 tries she miscarried.
Mileage may vary but, in much the same way some cars ...can... last 300,000 miles, they usually don't. So for women wanting their own natural babies, they really wanna do so before their 40th birthday.
Also, as a dad, I love my son. I maintain that the most important reason to create another existence is so that they feel loved and provided for.
I am 54 years old and two beautiful girls 3 and 4 year old, seeking a child less woman .
Good luck with that. Most women your age see men in their mid-50s, with kids THAT young, are deal breakers...as the mid-50s empty nesters have kids grown and have their own kids.
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