Posted on 12/08/2016 4:27:03 PM PST by Vision
34, 35, and almost 40 when my last was born. All amazing, healthy, smart kids.
Oh MY.
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>> “ I’ve seen some of these women struggle with infertility,” <<
My daughter in law did. She was a distance runner, which did much damage to her reproductive organs. They married at 35, and went through about $100,000 in fertility clinics, and she finally had twins, in vitro, at 40.
The kids are great, but she is falling apart by the numbers.
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That’s very impressive. Rajo Devi was 20 years past menopause when she conceived (which she did with the help of modern science).
I don’t thimk I would trust an answer from here, but the lower limit is 6 or 7.
In 1955, at the age of 43, my mother gave birth to her 9th child. Mother died just 6 weeks shy of her 95th birthday.
One of my sisters gave birth to twins, her 5th and 6th children when she was 44. Sister will be 75 in March, and she is doing great.
Abraham’s wife Sarah was 90.
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Yuk!
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Yes, I agree. Have your children as young as possible.
Even a generation or two ago, women were married at 20 and had children all through their 20’s and into the early 30’s. That is nature’s time to do this.
Women today have the stress and need (real or imagined) to postpone marriage and babies until the 30’s and 40’s due to schooling and careers. This causes a whole new set of problems. Fertility is decreased as well as health and stamina of the mother, among other things.
There are many exceptions for either case, but the 20’s are the optimal child bearing years. To those fortunate enough to have the opportunity and circumstances to have children at a young age, I also say do it now. We never know what health issue can hit us in the future and it is a gamble to wait....even for a few years.
New research is actually showing that the man and his health has more to do with the health of the baby then the age of the woman.
The risks of Down Syndrome increase dramatically after age 40. Having said that, I was a surprise change of life baby to my mom and dad: My mom was 48, and my Dad was 52 when I was born. The doctor was anticipating a Down’s baby (the odds of me being chromosomally abnormal were one in 10).
Yes, women married in their early twenties but they didn’t stop having children in their twenties or early thirties.
Do some genealogical research. You’ll see many women having 10 and 12 babies into their 40’s and beyond. Those were the lucky ones. The unlucky ones died during their first labor and delivery. Thousands of them.
I married at 29 and had 3 miscarriages before my first child.
The chance for miscarriages goes up with age as does the chance of fraternal twins.
What’s funny is that I had twins, but they are identical which does not go up with age.
Congrats Rajo. Let no woman die when she can be saved.
My parents had 3 grown sons and 7 grandchildren when I was born. My brothers were 29, 27, and 25. I got to not only be the baby, but the only girl:)
My youngest was born when I was 45. The oldest woman to have naturally conceived and delivered a baby was, iirc, 57.
You got that right
That is standard advice.
Everything was fine for me and my son...I was 38 having him. Plus he was my only. So, no greased skids for this old mama.
My grandmother had my father (last of 8) at 42. I DO wonder if his epilepsy has anything to do with that (plus he has some other physical anamolies compared to his many brothers). But his next up would’ve had grandma at about 39, etc. Still several in the “old” range.
I’ve also heard after 40 is that much more risk. I gather it’s kind of an exponential curve for the risks.
That’s 3%. Still tinier than my risk of getting Barrett’s Esophagus due to major reflux.
I don’t know but a girl in my high school class is having her fourth and she is 47. She will be 48 when the baby is born. I also had a girl in my class give birth at 45....when she first found out, she was pissed.....afterall the other 3 were in college or soon going. After the birth, good grief you would think this was our Savior. lol. Yes I went to a Catholic School and I guess as a class we were prolific. 209 of us graduated so I would guess we have around 827 between us all. Yes my wife and I have 4. Many of our friends have 4 as well. I guess 4 is the new 2.
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