will you have a baby when you are 40?

Perhaps I will not have another baby when I am 40. As I think it will be difficult for me at that time as I am not sure whether I will be healthy during the pregnancy. It will be different than when I was young. Besides, after the baby is born. I have to take good care of it and I am not sure whether I will have such kind of energy. I have one child and I think it's alright. This is my opinion. In fact my friend is pregnant now and her baby will be born by the end of March. She is 33 years old. I love China

howdy, well.. me.. i gave birth to my fifth child in 2003, when i was 34 years old... and i dont really to have any more children after this... but.. my cousin gave birth when she was 40 years old.. it was her fifth child.. and there was almost 8 years difference between her fifth and her fourth children.. i dont recall any complications.. just that my cousin was very, very nervous because she said she had 'forgotten' how painful labour pains are after 8 years.. i heard before that - if as long as it is not your first pregnancy / delivery when you're 40 years old.. there is not much to worry about.. doctors are normally very cautious and worried if it is a first pregnancy / delivery.. still... i think advise from the doctors.. would be a lot better... cheers !!... and TAKE CARE !

Congratulations for the new mom. It would really be hard to conceive after 40 for I have heard that there might be complications with the pregnancy but then again that really depends on God for He has plans for all of us even before we were born. So I believe if He wants to give us children after 40 He will surely keep us safe and healthy to carry along the baby for the next 9 months. Hope I will conceive my baby this year too. I am 32 as well and If I do this will be my first as well. God bless.

If god will give me another baby when I am forty years old, why not?! Well, we are all aware that there are lots of complications having a baby by that age, and it's hard to take care of a young one by that age as well. But if that is a godd given plan I will continue, I will be aware and I will regularly go on a regular check up. I'm just 24 and not yet marriend to my boyfriend. I wanted to have a baby too when we are married, but I guess by the time I will turned forty, I may have 2-3 children already and I will undergo on a ligation or just prevent having another baby but if it was given then I will accept it and be happy for it. It's a blessing!

Nice question, for me i'm already 40 years because i married very late but i wish i have baby even one, i had miscarriage last 2006 because there was a swell in the head of the baby, we love kids but we will accept if we don't have and i know God had a reason why we don't have. Still we'll waiting for the right time.Happy mylotting...and congrats in advance.

firstly, congratuations to you. as for me, i want to marry before age 28, and be pregnant before 30. it is very risky to have baby when we are too old. also the gaps betweem children and parents will become large. aboved it is just my ideas. i know some people like to have a baby later because young parents want to enjoy life by themselves and do not want to other person disturb them.

No, I would not. Though we cant foresee the future, I really want to space out my life. Hubby and me are same age and we had our one and only child when we were 26. Expectedly, by the time we are 50, our child will be 24 and good enough to take care of himself. Most of our responsibilities and expenses like family, old parents, education etc will be more or less taken care of by then. However, we will still have about 8yrs of service left (we both work) and our income too. So, hopefully, we will have enough time to earn and spend some money and time on ourselves and do things which we want to do now, but cannot for various reasons. Having a baby late can create not only physical but mental problems and unnecessary stress in the family. Considering the fact that hiring help is becoming both expensive and unreliable, our body is the only thing we can fall back on…so its better to complete raising the family while the body is still strong and willing.

Why not? If I have my own family and haven't pregnant since we got married until the age 40 age comes. Why should I not accept to have baby w/ my loved ones. Baby is a blessings for every family, if that is God's will then I'll accept it to have baby even I'm already 40.

hi spoiled..i get married late and get pregnant..after 8 months and the next pregnancy was a twins but they were gone after 4 months, so from that time i never have a chance to be pregnant again .. i was thingking that i will have only 1 but ater my gallbladder sugery i never expect another pregnancy..it takes 4 months before i noticed that im pregnant at that time im almost 40..so being 40 is not a hindrance of having a baby..i have friend delivered her 1st baby at 43

congratulations on your first baby!!ü i just wanna say that my mother was forty when she gave birth to me =) i should also have a younger brother but she had a miscarriage when I was 2yrs. old..everything happens in God's will and time but yes, we women still have a biological clock to watch out =) take care!! Godblez...Ü

Well its God's gift in giving a baby at any age , well i have read in many news papers that a lady gave birth to a child at the age of 60. well having a baby at 40 is not a problem i think at that age also your body will be healthy and supportive so i dont think its a problem.

First of all many-many congratulations to would be mom and dad.May little princess fill your lives with happiness and prosperity.Well i was 29 years old when i had my son.There are many things which are up in my priority list before planning for another baby and i wonder if all my priorities will settle within 3-4 years because biological clock is ticking and i already have had too much of physical and mental pain at the time of my son. So i will plan my next baby may be at 33-34 years of age and not later than that.

I am 26 years old and am pregnant with my first baby. I think 40 years is a bit too late but I know few people who had their first baby at that age. Life is life and it depends from each situation. Some people at their 40ties are in a good shape. Good luck with your pregnancy!

It depends on your health. But it is better not to have a child after 40. Mostly there will be no problem for having a baby after 40. But taking into consideration the difficulties and worries that may occur for a 40+ year old, it is better to avoid getting pregnant after 40. When you have time to get once again pregnant you don't want to think about this. You finish all before 40. That will be better.

Yeah you are right about that when you reach 35th they say poregnancy is already considered high risk depending on the condition of your body. So if you are plannign to have another one just stay in shape avoid getting sick as these are the factor that could make you body lessen the capability to have one soon. The ideal is supposed to be 3 years after the first one to fully prepare you for another one but I guess your ob can determine if you are ready to do it.

i had my kids around the same time as you. i got married just after i turned 26 and we waited 5 years til i had my first and then waited for almost 4 years (with a miscarriage in between) to have our youngest daughter. now they are 11 and 15 (and i am 47).

I did the same as you and had my first at 35 and my second at 37. Even though to me it was still later than I'd like but sometimes things don't work out exactly how you plan. I suppose it is the norm these days to give birth in the 40's, but even if its the easiest pregnancy in the world, I think older moms don't have as much energy to devote to growing kids as someone a bit younger might have. Good luck to you and I wish you a healthy, happy pregnancy and delivery.

The riskof complications are higher yes, but it doesn't mean they're for sure. If you want another child then you should go for it and good luck with it! It's not ideal, but then again what is? People frown upon you if you have babies in your early twenties as you're supposedly too young, and people frown on you once you pass 35. Life is for living and creating new life.. it's great that you want to do that. Good luck with this pregnancy :)!

well all i know is that theyre are more complications when your older but if your body can handle it then there shouldnt be problems and im not saying you im like saying in general. cause i know someone who had her baby at 34 and the baby had downsyndrom and i know someone who had a baby at 38 and the baby was healthy..so maybe its all up to god to decide

When I think about having a baby at 40 I never really think about what could go wrong, I always think about how I can barely get up early in the morning to get my child ready for school, let alone waking up several times in the night for feeding! I think I would be a physical wreck if I had to do the nursing/up at nights thing all over again!