I was 33 for my first and 43 for my second. Second pregnancy was a lot easier than the first with a lot less complications. I was in much better shape for my second than my first.

43, no issues. C-section due to "advanced maternal age". Love being a mom!

22, 26, 28, 31. DH was even younger than me. Still managed for both of us to get through grad school. We ended up retiring early and enjoying life with grandkids when we were still in our early 50s.

42, easy to get pregnant, scheduled csection due to maternal age at 39 weeks, normal recovery. no issues.

Anonymous wrote:44. Getting pregnant was hard (emerging IVF testing identified the problem that led to eventual pregnancy). The pregnancy and delivery were uncomplicated; the recovery was easy but I had no expectations of a perfect body- just to get back to pre-pregnancy weight. DD is keeping me young and I am so glad we persevered.

Very similar to PP: 45, hard to get pregnant, elective CS, easy recovery, no complications.

32. Scheduled c-section one week early for a huge baby. Recovery was much easier than I was anticipating based on stories I heard.

38. Emergency CSection (pre-eclampsia). Typical CS recovery. 6 weeks later felt amazing.

30 c section due to breech baby (failed attempts to flip). I don't react well to opioids so the surgery meds made me super out of it the first week, but after that it was okay.

39 (barely)- I turned 40 a couple of days later. Had an epidural and a super fast delivery- some tearing (second degree?). The hardest part? I was sooo constipated- by day 3 pp I was in tears. I’d walked, drank lots of fluids, fiber , Colace you name it. Finally tried Mill of Magnesia and that did the trick! lol

Second, at 42. Was induced, no testing - super easy. Was released 24 hours later and doing daycare pickup that evening

34 challenging during Covid without enough help