i'm 40 old..and i would like to have a new child..but i'm afraid I'm too old

Italy
November 16, 2011 5:10am CST
I'm 40 old. I had marriage when I was 37 and actually I have two wonderful daughters:My husband and I would like to have another child but I'm afraid to be too old. My last daughter was born this year (february) and made us happier that we weren't. We love a lot our family. What do you think about the experience to have a child when you're more than 35 old? My doctor said it would be very dangerous. I'd like to know your experiences and thoughts.
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@shaggin (72234)
• United States
16 Nov 11
I dont want to tell you that you shouldnt have more children. You should probably go to a doctor and get their opinion by having an exam done and a health review etc. I do know the older you are when you have children it raises your risk of them having down syndrome and mental retardation. But I know lots of people who have had babies at 40 and the kids turned out perfectly fine.
• Netherlands
17 Nov 11
Women all over the world are having children, the mothers have all kind of ages don't even care about age since age is not important but your personal state/health. There is a reason why women have their menstruation for so many years. You never wonder why their are so many handicapped children in the western world and you see them seldom elsewhere? Is our medical care really that great as we pretend it is? How come everywhere in the world women give labour without hospitals and the kids have no infections/viruses at all but they do if they get born in hospital? And do you also know that if it comes to more risks of a handicapped kid this has not only to do with the age of the mother? A very young mother with an old father have exactly the same risk of down syndrome etc. BTW to my opinion 35 is not old at all. Our grannies or grand grannies were way older as they got kids and they are not the group who all raised kids with down syndrome at all!
@aravocal (54)
• Philippines
22 Jan 13
my mother in law have a youngest child when she was more than 40 years old, and some other women have their baby even if they are more than 40, then i think some of baby have a problem when their mother was too old when they born.and the result was some child became abnormal
@umabharti (3972)
• India
17 Nov 11
yes there are women who give birth at their fifty's and even 60s as there are news ,however we can not say that see ing one or two we can give assurity for every women. It depends on you and your health condition,and gods grace always.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
17 Nov 11
Very dangerous? What a nonsense. Dangerous is to start with children if you have a bad health, are not able to take care of them. Women of all kind of ages, all over the world do get children and there is nothing wrong with them They even give birth alone, without help of any doctor. You really think some doctor knows better as all these women who prove you the opposite? Also it's not up to your doctor to scare you or give bad advices which are not even proved at all. My granny had her latest kids as she was 56 and it's perfect normal and intelligent and far of handicapped. Over here we see enough mothers who have their 1st kid when they are 40 years or older. Why? Because government want them to be educated first, make carreer etc. There is a time for everything. If your body tells you you can be pregnant it will and you are the right one to be a mother. My eldest daughter is 27 years (I was 17) old my youngest just became 6 years old (so I was 40 years old). So I been a teenager mom and an "older" mother. My kids are all healthy (I can't say that about myself) very intelligent, happy, creative. It's not the doctor who decideds if you can have a kid but your body which is nature! It's normal to get children from the moment on you have your menstruation. We women don't menstruate for over 20 years just to have one kid at the moment the doctor or society decides it's the right time. According to me this is exactly the reason why so many women don't get children, why so many need medical help to get pregnant. Getting pregnant is a thing of the female body and normal. Women give birth from the very first start they exist. It's just men who invented time. If your body is able to, it has to be that way and there is no reason not to do it. So my advice: if you want a baby go for it. I am sure you will give that child everything it needs. Nature doesn't care about age/time invented by human beings.
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
17 Nov 11
A friend of mine got married when she's 39 and delivered that baby when she's 40. That's her first baby. In your case you're having doubts I guess it is better to consult your doctor. I also heard about the danger it brings, and if you already consulted your doctor about it I guess you should just obey him.