What age is considered old to have a baby in DC?

[Anonymous]

Average for sure

[Anonymous]

40

[Anonymous]

65

[Anonymous]

I had my first miracle baby at 34

Had planned to have my first between 28-30 but life doesn’t always work according to our plans, I believe in God and that He gave my husband and I our miracle at His perfect timing and not ours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find this type of question to be so bizarre.

First of all, do you think there is a DC "book" where that type of rule is codified??

Second of all, WHO CARES?

Please tell me that you are not deciding when you have your child based upon whether DCUM posters think it is the right time for you to do so???

I think she's just asking. Chill.

OP is asking for the approval of strangers in her having a baby. “Would I be too old?” That’s truly weird.

[Anonymous]

Isn’t 35 and over considered a geriatric pregnancy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has this thread turned into a contest on who's the oldest first time mom? Because that's not a game I'd want to win.

+1. I would not want to have to be dealing with diapers and toddlers at 45.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t 35 and over considered a geriatric pregnancy?

Yes!

[Anonymous]

No such thing really as a rigid time line so in the spirit of arbitrary age rules

50-55 for IVF moms and adoptive moms (only because age starts to kick your but in your 50s and you need a lot of of energy/ emotional reserves to handle teens.
45-50 for biological moms because statistically it is rare after 45 to have a natural baby … not impossible though, my lovely doctor was born when her mom was 48.

You are on the young to average side in DC.

[Anonymous]

I'd say 45 is older, but know many natural pregnancies in the area where moms were around that age and babies are healthy.

[Anonymous]

Tried for years starting at 34- multiple miscarriages. Healthy baby at 41. Best friends kids started college and are in High school. I have a first grader. It’s the way God planned and our lives worked out. Everyone gets some challenges- mine was finding my husband and my baby. Now I’m happily married and others are getting divorced. The world is so much bigger than us. An old friend who had 2 babies born sleeping has a newborn. We are all 48 - different paths different lives.

[Anonymous]

DW was 28 when she had our first and I made the comment that she looked like a teen mom in our DC childbirth class. I think the high end of the range here is 40-45.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DW was 28 when she had our first and I made the comment that she looked like a teen mom in our DC childbirth class. I think the high end of the range here is 40-45.

Agree. (I was 26 and people thought I must be Mormon or something.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will I be an "older" mom at 34?

Seriously? No. In our circle of friends who are parents (~8 families) no one had their first child before 33, and most were 35-38 when they had their first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DW was 28 when she had our first and I made the comment that she looked like a teen mom in our DC childbirth class. I think the high end of the range here is 40-45.

Agree. (I was 26 and people thought I must be Mormon or something.)

Same, especially in our umc urban neighborhood and circle of friends, I was the youngest by at least 3-4 years. Most of our friends from college etc had their first 3-4 years after us.