Well I am not a mother yet - but I just got my positive result yesterday. My husband is 42, I'm 39 and we only started trying in June after getting married in May! I can't help but cast admiring glances at his crotch and occasionally pat him on the back!
We had a whirlwind romance after getting together about two and a half years ago; neither of us had ever wanted children, but that began to change when we got together. We had a long talk last summer and decided to chuck out the pills "at some point". The day after we got married Andy brought up the subject and that was the last pill I took.
We've very much been "NTNP" - no ovulation tests or calendar keeping - just a good amount of fun! This month, AF tried to come on her due date, but went away in 24 hours, leaving a very odd feeling. I said about a week ago that I thought I was pregnant, but thought there was no way it could happen so soon. Finally I couldn't bear it any more, whipped out the First Response - and there was the second line! Gobsmacked is not the word!
Of course we're a LONG way from having a healthy baby at home, and part of me worries that it was "too easy", and I'm in for trouble. But hey, at least it's a start. 35 is just a number, there's such a lot of nonsense spouted about fertility - my advice for older women TTC is to close the papers, chuck out the test strips and get in bed with that hot man of yours!