Over 35 and first pregnancy?

[SaucySac38]

Hello all!

We are 38 and expecting our first baby (have 2 step-daughters) by the time we both turn 39!

 

[Borboleta]

I am getting excited, nervous, stressed, happy ... All these feelings coming to me at once. 9 more weeks to go and my little Thiago Lucca will be here.

How are you ladies been feeling? I am doing well. Just a little more tired than usual and having lots of heartburn!!! I love pep acid!!! I am still teaching my zumba and weight classes although it is getting a little harder I got say. Found out about 3 weeks ago that I got gestational diabetes which I am not happy about that , but I can deal with the lack of sugar for 2 more months I guess .

I am going to have my last ultrasound in 2 weeks to see the size of the baby and how he is doing. My last one was at 18 weeks during my amnio so I am really excited to see how big he got!

My belly is getting bigger but not huge yet. Everyone tells me that I am all belly. I gained about 15 1/2 pounds until now. My goal was to be around 20 pounds so I might be a little over that by the time he comes .

I love this thread! I feel right a home with you ladies. Wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy 2012 with our healthy babies in our arms.

 

[SaucySac38]

Happy Holidays to you as well! So exciting to be so close to the finish line!

 

[bunda]

hello ladies,

gosh, you lot sound like a lovely bunch. I'm 35 (a mere spring chicken compared to some on here, I know) and am due in August.

It's amazing to see so many lovely mums who are brave enough to sport a bump when the medical community likes to pretend we're the geriatrics of the maternity ward. I say, our bodies at our age have never been fitter. We're in better shape at 40 today than a 25 year old was a century ago.

 

[SaucySac38]

Hello club. This first time thing is a harrowing ride. Hope you all are doing well today!

 

[teresapk]

hey ladies! i'm 37 and this is my first, i just got my BFP today, how's that for a happy new year!

 

[Nrs2772]

Congrats to all the new Moms, A Happy and Healthy 9 Months!

 

[SaucySac38]

My tenure here was short. Good luck on the journey ladies. Hopefully, I will be in this club again.

 

[RNTTC2011]

My tenure here was short. Good luck on the journey ladies. Hopefully, I will be in this club again.

I'm so sorry for your loss!

 

[CeeDee]

Welcome to all the new ladies!

Sorry for your loss SaucySAc.

 

[dawno]

I'm 41 and pregnant for the very first time!

 

[firsttimer21]

So glad to see this is more common than I thought. I'm 35 and PG with my first, but I'll be 36 when I deliver. I know I should jump ahead but we'd like to have a second and then I'll be probably 37/38. Sounds so old b/c my mom had me at 16 so she is only 52 right now! 52 with a 35 year old! When I'm 50 my baby will only be 14!

 

[bunda]

don't worry about that. The important thing is you're in this adventure RIGHT NOW and you'll be as young as you'll ever be whatever your child's age.

Even if you were only 16 years older than your kid, they'd STILL roll their eyes and call you old fashioned when they're a teenager. That's just how it is.

What an adventure. I'll turn 36 when my August beanie turns 4 months old. I hope I'll have the energy and capacity to squeeze out a second or third before my ovaries wind down. Twins would be quite cool with me (I think) but I have a scan next Wednesday, so I'll find out then.

 

[spikey doodle]

Is anyone else in here that is over 35 and this is your first pregnancy? I am 39 and this is my first pregnancy. I am just wondering if anyone else is in the
"same boat" so to speak.

Oh my gosh. Is that your first? Its hard to get pregnant in that age and they said that it's hard to deliver.

Yes, this is my first and as far as being "hard to get pregnant in that age" I wouldn't know as I was not trying to get pregnant. And I have yet to hear any delivery story, no matter the age, where I thought,"Now that sounds easy."

Lol! I know that feeling, after reading all the doom & gloom literature, and I got pregnant on my first & only attempt at 37. We're not all old moos!

Not to mention, I have so much more to offer a child now, than I ever did 15 years ago!

 

[spikey doodle]

hello ladies,

It's amazing to see so many lovely mums who are brave enough to sport a bump when the medical community likes to pretend we're the geriatrics of the maternity ward. I say, our bodies at our age have never been fitter. We're in better shape at 40 today than a 25 year old was a century ago.

Hello Bunda:wave:

Well yunno, I find it quite ironic. Most 20-something year olds these days don't strike me as particularly healthy, between boozing, smoking and fast food junkies...

Just the other day, when I bought my pregnancy test, another young woman (couldn't be older than 20) bought one too. She was seriously overweight, smoking and had a trolley full of junk food.

I may be older, but I am healthy, I think that goes a long way.

 

[DueSeptember]

Hi :wave: Ladies...I am 29 just saying Hi when I try to have another Baby it might be closer to 35

 

[milesaway1113]

hi ladies. im 35 and pregnant the first time too. im due in April....

 

[laylabird]

Hi everyone! I am 40 and pregnant with my first, due in June. Found out yesterday we're expecting a little girl!

 

[spikey doodle]

Congrats Laylabird and Milesaway!

 

[ame704]

I'm 35 and 8 weeks pregnant with our first and maybe only. LOL. I am a nervous wreak. I will be 36 yrs old when he/she will be born. IS anyone nervous about the NT scan and being 35 and older?