Those who have been pregnant at a young age and 35+

[kerrie24]

Oh says we are done but I keep it in the back of my mind that we still have time if our circumstances change I would love another baby.I had my babies at 17,21 and 26.I will be thirty in february.If you have been pregnant at an early age would you say it was easier or harder doing it over 35 or the same? Thanks in advance.

 

[reba523]

I was 19 when I had my first, 41 when I had my last, and will be 45 with these little ones. You definitely feel everything a little more intensely (ligament stretching, etc.). I love seeing the differences in how I felt towards parenthood at 19 vs over 40 though. Enjoying it so much more now!

 

[Girlwaiting]

I was 19 when I had my first, 41 when I had my last, and will be 45 with these little ones. You definitely feel everything a little more intensely (ligament stretching, etc.). I love seeing the differences in how I felt towards parenthood at 19 vs over 40 though. Enjoying it so much more now!

Hi there, I am 9 weeks and days pregnant with fourth, I had my others at 23,24, and 28. This time is definately making me so much more tired and sick. This could just be this pregnancy or that I am now 35. The reward of a beautiful new baby will be worth it.

 

[reba523]

Hi there, I am 9 weeks and days pregnant with fourth, I had my others at 23,24, and 28. This time is definately making me so much more tired and sick. This could just be this pregnancy or that I am now 35. The reward of a beautiful new baby will be worth it.

I was WAY more tired with my 2 yr old and all I want to do this time is sleep. You will feel everything a lot more intensely this time around. Those wonderful baby kicks when I was younger felt like the kid was trying to bust out as an older mom, lol

I am now 9 weeks, 3 days with natural TWINS and am terrified that this one is going to be rough! I'm 44 and will be 45 in May, definitely not young anymore, lol. Other than already not being able to button my pants, puking my guts up for about 3 solid weeks, and now just REALLY tired, things are going smooth. My OB is still amazed that we were able to get pregnant so easily, hubby had his vasectomy reversed 4/28/10, son was born 2/20/11 and we tried for 2 months this time before a positive result!

Would love to have an older pregnancy buddy though

 

[TicToc]

It's hard to say physically because when I was younger I was obese and had some yet to be identified health issues, sometimes I feel like it must be harder this time around and other times I think this time is easier.

Mentally though it is kind is weird, when I was younger I don't think I worried as much about all the potential things that could go wrong and about the future. I have some guilt because this child will have such a big age gap with her siblings. And it is weird because most people we know either started their families young or later. For us we did both and although I am really happy to have another daughter on the way, it's exhausting to think about!

 

[~Brandy~]

My daughter is 21 and my son is 18. When I got pregnant with these twins I thought for sure it was going to be rough but it really hasnt.

I didn't have any MS at all not even once, I haven't gained but 4lbs, and I havent had any pelvic pains like I had with my first 2.

However, I was cruising along until 16w and found that my cervix had some funneling and they had to place a cerclage in my cervix to hold the babies in. I attribute that though to having the weight of twins in there. Other than that I haven't had any issues and no pregnancy symptoms other than a growing belly.

 

[Tryinfor4th]

I was 19 when I had my first and 21 with my second, both were easy breezy, no ligament pain, sickness aches pains, my third I was 32 developed spd so was a little harder, this time I'm 36 and the pregnancy is kicking my arse!!
I'm exhausted, no energy, in bed by 8, round ligament pain for the first time, when I get up, sickness, pains everywhere, spd starting already, can't stand for too long the back pain kicks in, so glad this is the last, sure my bodies saying " enough woman"

 

[kerrie24]

Thanks for all the experiences ladies,good to know!
I had spd from around 30 weeks with no 2,but much earlier with no 3 and more severe so I would expect to be pretty much bed bound if I had another

 

[ALISON69]

Had my first baby at 20 and will be having my last one at 44

 

[rn2011]

I had my first baby at 17. My last baby was born a couple weeks before I turned 42. This baby will be born right before I turn 44. These last two have been WAAAAY harder.

 

[Teamistress]

Had my first at 17, 3 in my 20's and this last one now at 44. Having unprotected sex once. So far all I want to do is sleep. Sometimes 12 hours. Totally unexpected as I didn't even think I was ovulating anymore.

 

[kerrie24]

Wow teamistress,that must have been a shock!

 

[~Brandy~]

Had my first at 17, 3 in my 20's and this last one now at 44. Having unprotected sex once. So far all I want to do is sleep. Sometimes 12 hours. Totally unexpected as I didn't even think I was ovulating anymore.

Welcome and congrats. I slept almost 12 hours a day up till about 14 weeks.

 

[Luvspnk31]

I had my first at 24, now I'm 36 and having # 5. The fatigue has hit me harder, and I worry more about what could go wrong. I'm only 5+3 though. Will have to see how it goes from here!

 

[Teamistress]

Wow teamistress,that must have been a shock!

Total shock, still in shock actually. I am a single mom (two at home) and running a successful business. I was just entering a phase of my life where I was looking forward to pursuing my dreams. It freaks me out a bit the thought of starting all over again. Another 18 years. Guess I was destined to be a mom.

 

[KirinM]

I had my son when I was 18, he's now 17, and I'm now 5 weeks pregnant. I've completely forgotten everything about small children and pregnancy and it feels like it's all brand new. I'm sure physically it'll be harder this time as I'm 35 now.

 

[~Brandy~]

Yes, it's been so long since I have done this it literally feels like I am about to be a FTM ... again.

If that makes sense.

 

[Luvspnk31]

Brandy, I think it's completely normal. My youngest is only 3, but in my mind, we had already moved on to the next stage in our lives. I even told friends that I didn't want to babysit because I'm trying to get my business going. While I'm not as shell shocked as I'm sure you are, it's still been a struggle. I know this sounds horrible, but I'm really struggling to be happy with this right now. We are so stressed over finances, and while I know we'll love this baby, it's hard to be excited. Is anyone else feeling this way?? Hope I'm not stepping on toes.....

 

[Princesa7]

I had my 1st when I was 26 and 2nd and 36.....both were pretty much the same lots of severe morning sickness...both were born early 1st around 29wks and 2nd at 35wks via C-section. With my 2nd I developed gestational diabetes (never had it with my 1st)

 

[eris]

I had my first at 18 and second at 20 and now 9 weeks pregnant. My SO is much younger than me at 27 and his first child. So this is an experience for all of us. I was just thinking about all the testing and ultrasound they do now that I didn't have done when I was younger. Of course like someone else said, I didn't worry about things back then like I do now. I will say that being my age now and having more information available to me I can safely say I will be making much better choices this time around.