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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: elysee24 on April 28, 2011, 06:00:52 pm
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Just curious.
When will you consider it's too late to have a baby?!
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I think after 35 would be too late but only because of the risk of down syndrome in the child. I will most likely never have children :'(
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My mom was type 1 diabetes, and had her tubes tied after she had me. Three years later (at the age of 44) she found out she was pregnant (7 months pregnant, and she hadn't know). The baby turned out totally normal (and that was 21 years ago, much better medical care now). So I'd just talk to a doctor. I think people think it is more risky than it is. Good luck.
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When nature says your body can't have any.
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I think after 40 depending on if you have health risk maybe younger than that.
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I think after 35 would be too late but only because of the risk of down syndrome in the child. I will most likely never have children :'(
Same here. No matter how much I would like to have one, most likely I will never have one!!! :'(
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its to late for me when you dont have the enegry to keep up with them in a few years cause once they get to be 2 and up they take off and want to do everything, im in my 30's and can barley keep up
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i think may be after 35, i set myself before i turn 30 to have a baby as now iam 28
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I think it depends on your health because I saw on the Oprah show last week that a woman in her 60s had a baby for her daughter who couldn't conceive.
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I think as long as the baby won't harm the health of the mother and she can keep up with a toddler, I say it doesn't really matter.
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this is such a personal decision -- i will be done after this baby is born this fall, but thats the decision my husband and i made
I think health risks as well as the energy thing are significant factors to consider
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Adoption is always an option once you are old enough to cause risks to a baby during pregnancy. But I don't think you should adopt at too late of an age also. You'll want to be able to keep up with your kids, play with them, relate to them etc.
You want to change their diapers, not have them change yours.
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I think after 35 years of age, but I know a lady that had a baby at 45 years old and she had a very healthy cute baby boy as a matter of fact he's my brother in law he's 5 years old and she's 50 now... So I think whatever God wanna bless you with then go for it because it's life Doctors say what they think would happen but King Jesus knows exactly what's gonna happen and I believe he'll bless you with a healthy child even after age 35
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I have been trying for almost 3 years and I think I will stop around 32 or 33...I think before age 35 is the best time to stop.
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Obviously its never too late to have a baby. There were those women some years back who were in their 60's having babies. I am not sure what the health of the babies are, but supposedly they gave birth.
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If you don't have any kids already then it's never too late.
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I would agree with most people here - around 35. And I think adoption is a great alternative.
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i think it depends more on the woman's health rather than her age.
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When a woman hits menopause? :dontknow:
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I'm 28 and I definitely want to have one before hitting the big 30. But most likely I won't get my wish until this hubby of mine decides when. You believe that. A man having to decide when we're going to have a baby. Uuuugggh! I can't stand waiting anymore. He needs to hurry up.
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I think that it depends on the each person. I know that we tried for almost 10 years to have a baby. If you have the good health and the energy to track after the child then I think go for it but remember that things change everyday in life so you cant always plan on them working out the way that we want. So you cant plan on what is going to happen so as long as you are health and want a child I think that if the risk is low for the child having problems that go for it.
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I agree that the answer is when nature says you can't have any. I was on hormones/infertility drugs before I had kids so that I could have them. I would prefer to never mess with that again. So, if I was older, I wouldn't do the hormone thing to have more kids. You wouldn't want me around if I chose to force it because I'm horrible to be around when I do infertility drugs.
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I think this is a personal decision everyone has to make. It's becoming more common for women to have babies later in life after establishing careers or just waiting until they've experienced more of life. And that stability and experience can certainly be of value to a child. But as women get older, they have to weight the health risks more to themselves and the child and they have to consider realisitically how much time they'll have to be a part of that child's life. I personally wouldn't want to have a child unless, all things being equal, I thought I could live to see that child be 18 so that I could protect that child.
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i keep dreaming about having a baby. i think its my body's way of telling me it's time.