Thanks, J. Given that I am not really traditional it is one thing I would like to do the old fashioned way. Meet a boy, make love like crazy, shack up and have us some babies : D
I understand. I've spent a lot of time trying to find someone that I could perfect the art of bumping uglies with! AND that would be a good life partner and father. I know tis not vital to everyone and that's ok, but it's always been the way I want it to happen too.
I understand. I've spent a lot of time trying to find someone that I could perfect the art of bumping uglies with! AND that would be a good life partner and father. I know tis not vital to everyone and that's ok, but it's always been the way I want it to happen too.
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I read recently that the healthiest age for the woman to have a baby is368 and the healthiest age for the baby is 34...don't remember who did that study so I don't know how credible the stats are...but seems as though lots of women are having babies in their mid to late 30's without too many problems.
I read recently that the healthiest age for the woman to have a baby is368 and the healthiest age for the baby is 34...don't remember who did that study so I don't know how credible the stats are...but seems as though lots of women are having babies in their mid to late 30's without too many problems.
hmmm....anyone else thinks that 368 might just be a tiny bit old to be birthin' a baby?
the chances of getting knocked up do start to decline around age 27 (unless of course you're my mother or my sister or my cousin)
My mum had me at 40. I was an accident, but I wish she was younger so we could have more yeaars together etc because I love her to death.
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I know several people who in the last year gave birth to beautiful very healthy babies.....and were all over the age of 40. They are women who are in great shape and most had careers first, family second. They all have tons of money, so can give their kids the best.
I am very happy that all mine were born by the time I was 34....I'm so tired now!
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I know several people who in the last year gave birth to beautiful very healthy babies.....and were all over the age of 40. They are women who are in great shape and most had careers first, family second. They all have tons of money, so can give their kids the best.
I am very happy that all mine were born by the time I was 34....I'm so tired now!
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Birth Complications as well as birth defects go up quite a bit after 35 (which is classified as Advanced Maternal Age). And these rates go up even more after age 40.....there's something like a 1 in 4 chance of Downs Syndrome after age 40.
It's also statistically better to have your first child by age 30 as well.
Birth Complications as well as birth defects go up quite a bit after 35 (which is classified as Advanced Maternal Age). And these rates go up even more after age 40.....there's something like a 1 in 4 chance of Downs Syndrome after age 40.
Birth Complications as well as birth defects go up quite a bit after 35 (which is classified as Advanced Maternal Age). And these rates go up even more after age 40.....there's something like a 1 in 4 chance of Downs Syndrome after age 40.
It's also statistically better to have your first child by age 30 as well.
I posted this earlier in the thread:
For instance, the odds of having Down syndrome [approximately]:
- 1 in a 1200 at age 20
- 1 in 700 at 30
- 1 in 300 at 35
- 1 in 100 at 40
- 1 in 30 at 45
Also, the older you are, the more likely there are to be problems during the pregnancy, including a higher risk of miscarriage and stillbirth, and the higher the likelihood of requiring a c-section.
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I mean, I just figure it's game over at 35 unless you can afford really good health care. That number is like doomsday.
No, no, no! I'm almost 40, and I think I can have kids if I'm in a position to have them. I think it's a fallacy that people are less healthy as they age. I'm definitely more healthy the older i get. Also, if I ever get pregnant I plan on giving birth in a bathtub or outside. You don't need tubes, medications, or even doctors unless you have an ongoing medical issue. I am considered "high risk" for complications according to the medical community, and I disagree. OOOOOOH, I just get so mad the amount of fear the medical community and the "biological clock" bullshit community has passed on to women over the past 20 years.
Menopause would stop the ability to have a child, but not much else.
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No, no, no! I'm almost 40, and I think I can have kids if I'm in a position to have them. I think it's a fallacy that people are less healthy as they age. I'm definitely more healthy the older i get. Also, if I ever get pregnant I plan on giving birth in a bathtub or outside. You don't need tubes, medications, or even doctors unless you have an ongoing medical issue. I am considered "high risk" for complications according to the medical community, and I disagree. OOOOOOH, I just get so mad the amount of fear the medical community and the "biological clock" bullshit community has passed on to women over the past 20 years.
Menopause would stop the ability to have a child, but not much else.
:rolleyes: it's not about how healthy you are, its about the age or your uterus!
No, no, no! I'm almost 40, and I think I can have kids if I'm in a position to have them. I think it's a fallacy that people are less healthy as they age. I'm definitely more healthy the older i get. Also, if I ever get pregnant I plan on giving birth in a bathtub or outside. You don't need tubes, medications, or even doctors unless you have an ongoing medical issue. I am considered "high risk" for complications according to the medical community, and I disagree. OOOOOOH, I just get so mad the amount of fear the medical community and the "biological clock" bullshit community has passed on to women over the past 20 years.
Menopause would stop the ability to have a child, but not much else.
i so agree. i had my first child at 21 and it was without doubt the single worse hospital experience of my life. i had my youngest child at 34 and it was a breeze. and such a contrast. no drugs. just walking around at home watching dawson's creek and buffy until i thought it necessary to go to hospital. before i knew it i had the perfect little girl. again. the older i get, the wiser i get when it comes to my body and what it is capable of. heck the next time i have a child im having it at home.
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i so agree. i had my first child at 21 and it was without doubt the single worse hospital experience of my life. i had my youngest child at 34 and it was a breeze. and such a contrast. no drugs. just walking around at home watching dawson's creek and buffy until i thought it necessary to go to hospital. before i knew it i had the perfect little girl. again. the older i get, the wiser i get when it comes to my body and what it is capable of. heck the next time i have a child im having it at home.
the child you had at 34 was healthy thanks to the child you had when you were 21.
:rolleyes: it's not about how healthy you are, its about the age or your uterus!
It's about health. A young person can have an unhealthy uterus, and older person can have a healthy uterus. It's health, not age.
Also, I really find statistics on age and pregnancy to be suspect. They don't make sense to me . . . You're more likely to have a baby with downs syndrome the older you are . . . That doesn't make sense.
Why? Both of my sisters who are moms had healthy pregnancies/children in their 30s. Those age-based statistics need to be evaulated. Particulary who pays for the studies.
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I rarely say this to people, but you are flat out wrong.
What is she wrong about?
A young person (like myself, for example) can have a high risk pregnancy. An older person (like my mother at the time she had me, for example) can have one free of complications.
the child you had at 34 was healthy thanks to the child you had when you were 21.
You're a scientist focused on the age of women's reproductive organs? If you are, who pays your salary? Proctor & Gamble? Merck?
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I rarely say this to people, but you are flat out wrong.
You're going to say it more and more, and be wrong more and more, as older women have healthy babies. Those age-based statistics are OLD. They were used to scare women, and were probably not paid for by the medical community. Go back to your precious statistics, and tell me who paid for those fucked-up tests.
How can you say health isn't a factor in ability to have a child? That's funny hahahahahahahahahaha.
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A young person (like myself, for example) can have a high risk pregnancy. An older person (like my mother at the time she had me, for example) can have one free of complications.
She's statistically wrong. If you had 100 perfectly healthy 25 year old women, and 100 perfectly healthy 40 year old women....and they all became pregnant. There are gonna be MANY more birth defects and complications with the older group.
She's statistically wrong. If you had 100 perfectly healthy 25 year old women, and 100 perfectly healthy 40 year old women....and they all became pregnant. There are gonna be MANY more birth defects and complications with the older group.
But one can't rely on statistics alone.
She very well may be in the "no birth defects/complications" category, like my mother did.
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hmmm....anyone else thinks that 368 might just be a tiny bit old to be birthin' a baby?
the chances of getting knocked up do start to decline around age 27 (unless of course you're my mother or my sister or my cousin)
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i had my first child at 31 and my second at 43. both were w/o complications. i depends on the health of the mother, not only her age.
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I am very happy that all mine were born by the time I was 34....I'm so tired now!
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It's also statistically better to have your first child by age 30 as well.
Not quite that high...
http://pregnancy.about.com/cs/downsyndrome/l/bldownssyn.htm
I posted this earlier in the thread:
For instance, the odds of having Down syndrome [approximately]:
- 1 in a 1200 at age 20
- 1 in 700 at 30
- 1 in 300 at 35
- 1 in 100 at 40
- 1 in 30 at 45
Also, the older you are, the more likely there are to be problems during the pregnancy, including a higher risk of miscarriage and stillbirth, and the higher the likelihood of requiring a c-section.
Menopause would stop the ability to have a child, but not much else.
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Where's the background info on that study? my wifey says those stats are too low.
:rolleyes: it's not about how healthy you are, its about the age or your uterus!
I don't know. I'm not a medical researcher, and don't have time to become one today.
But I found the same stats over and over when I did a quick google search.
i so agree. i had my first child at 21 and it was without doubt the single worse hospital experience of my life. i had my youngest child at 34 and it was a breeze. and such a contrast. no drugs. just walking around at home watching dawson's creek and buffy until i thought it necessary to go to hospital. before i knew it i had the perfect little girl. again.
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the child you had at 34 was healthy thanks to the child you had when you were 21.
Also, I really find statistics on age and pregnancy to be suspect. They don't make sense to me . . . You're more likely to have a baby with downs syndrome the older you are . . . That doesn't make sense.
Why? Both of my sisters who are moms had healthy pregnancies/children in their 30s. Those age-based statistics need to be evaulated. Particulary who pays for the studies.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I rarely say this to people, but you are flat out wrong.
then i guess we best include the child i had at 23 and again the one i had at 32.
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What is she wrong about?
A young person (like myself, for example) can have a high risk pregnancy. An older person (like my mother at the time she had me, for example) can have one free of complications.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
How can you say health isn't a factor in ability to have a child? That's funny hahahahahahahahahaha.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
She's statistically wrong. If you had 100 perfectly healthy 25 year old women, and 100 perfectly healthy 40 year old women....and they all became pregnant. There are gonna be MANY more birth defects and complications with the older group.
But one can't rely on statistics alone.
She very well may be in the "no birth defects/complications" category, like my mother did.