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Hey, dcmichelle.

I agree with you!!!

threeboneg:

Hey, dcmichelle.

I agree with you!!!

As I do too, says the 40 year old pregnant lady.

I would have loved to have had a bunch of kids much youger, but my first husband and I divorced when my DS was young. I remarried an AMAZING man in June 07. He already has a DD from a previous marriage. His dream in life is to have a boy. I would love another boy too.

I pray we get him. This is our last shot.  

 I was 28 when my youngest was born.  Never reallly thought about a cut off age.  Me, personally, by having kids in my twenties I was fairly able to keep up with them

I thought I wanted to be done at 38- people make plans and God laughs....... My second, as many of you know, has a rare genetic disease, we went and continue to go through so much with him that we weren't sure if we would ever have another one.  Finally, after he became alot more medically stable, we decided we wanted to give our first a "typical" sibling so we went for it and I had #3 at 39.  I never predicted that I would be hit with such a painful case of GD so now as my 40th b day quickly approaches, I'm considering one more.  The funny thing is when I had my first at 32- I really didn't feel ready yet and would have loved another year or two to enjoy my dh, our freedom, the fact that we were starting to make money etc... (he's a dentist, I have a Ph.D. so we were both in school for a LONG time).  Anyway- I went ahead before I was really ready and got pg on the 1st try- but I did it b/c I didn't want to get too cocky, wait too long and then wind up with fertility problems or an unhealthy child because of my age.  Meanwhile, I wound up with a very unhealthy child that I had at 34, and am now thinking of using fertility treatments to have another at the old age of 40-41.......go figure!

I wish you the best, wantpinkbad!

For me it's not so much about age. I am 37 now & that feels ok to be having a baby but I have been pg /having babies since I was 21. I just think it is time for me & dh to move on in our life. I don't know whether this baby will cure my broodiness but if she doesn't I need to find another way to get over it!!

Helen

I said I wanted to be done by 30 - but I had Evan just over 1 week before I turned 35 - and hope to have 1 more. 

 well I had planned ( when I was 20) that I would have 2 boys and 2 girls.

but since we had 4 girls were keeping the baby factory going till we get our son or I get too old to concieve!.lol

I never had a set age that I would stop having babys. 

I would say 40, I'm 37 now and been ttc for over a year.  I have 4 boys, had the first one when I was 17.  My oldest boys make great babysitters.

I'd say 40 too, but I'd like to stop a lot earlier than that. I just would never go beyond that I don't think. Ideally before 35.

Interesting question.  I'm weird in that my START for having children was once planned for when I would be 35. But my husband pleaded to knock a few years off that since he's 5 years older than me, and so we decided to start now. Absolute oldest I'd want to be when I got pregnant is 40.

Thank you ladies for all your input!  It's very interesting to me to see what age people would feel comfortable having a child until and why.  I may try to squeeze in one more after this one but I would probably be 40 at the time.  The thought is a little scary to me to be 40 and having a child, but I know a lot of people do it.  I don't feel my age at all.  I'm not much heavier than when I left high school and I'm very active so it's not that!  I just remember always thinking that if I had a "good amount" of children before 40 why would I have one in my 40's???

threeboneg:

Thank you ladies for all your input!  It's very interesting to me to see what age people would feel comfortable having a child until and why.  I may try to squeeze in one more after this one but I would probably be 40 at the time.  The thought is a little scary to me to be 40 and having a child, but I know a lot of people do it.  I don't feel my age at all.  I'm not much heavier than when I left high school and I'm very active so it's not that!  I just remember always thinking that if I had a "good amount" of children before 40 why would I have one in my 40's???

There are different kind of 40 year olds.   I am also the same size that I was in highschool. My husband is 38 and is at the gym every morning at 5:00 AM working out. He plays softball every Sunday. We are both very active and in very good shape. I can run circles around many 20 year olds, so I say, bring this baby on. I am so ready.

threeboneg:

I just remember always thinking that if I had a "good amount" of children before 40 why would I have one in my 40's???

Sometimes the best answer for "why?" is "Why not??"

cat:

[Sometimes the best answer for "why?" is "Why not??"