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Originally Posted by Kizzy

https://www.nhs.uk/news/pregnancy-an...r-older-women/

I'd say it was a risk.
At 47 admitting to myself I've moved on from fertile maiden to crone is hard... blessed be

There's a more of a risk during the actual pregnancy of course but I was talking about after the baby is born, it's not too old imo

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

There's a more of a risk during the actual pregnancy of course but I was talking about after the baby is born, it's not too old imo

I would normally say yes to that, but given the Dads age it is a no no for me, she knows she will be on her own with the child in 10 years or less

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Originally Posted by Cherie

I would normally say yes to that, but given the Dads age it is a no no for me, she knows she will be on her own with the child in 10 years or less

Yes, on her own with all the help she can buy tbf

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Bernie is a nasty little ****, so if he is not around it's probably a good thing

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yes, on her own with all the help she can buy tbf

That wont be any use to the child if something happens to her though

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Originally Posted by Cherie

That wont be any use to the child if something happens to her though

Oh I know, but she's 44, it's not that likely that anything will happen to her. Hopefully she has close family as well who would step up in that case

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

Oh I know, but she's 44, it's not that likely that anything will happen to her. Hopefully she has close family as well who would step up in that case

That's the point though, she will have to ask someone to take the child on should something happen to her, its not unknown for people to die in their 40s Niamh! I wouldn't want to be put in that position no matter how close a family I have

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Originally Posted by Cherie

That's the point though, she will have to ask someone to take the child on should something happen to her, its not unknown for people to die in their 40s Niamh! I wouldn't want to be put in that position no matter how close a family I have

It's not unknown for people to die at ANY age.

If you're fearing dropping down and dying before you reach a ripe old age you'd never have kids.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

There's a more of a risk during the actual pregnancy of course but I was talking about after the baby is born, it's not too old imo

I'm not talking about the health of the mother or her life expectancy. I'm talking about the risk to the child that increases as the mother and/or father ages. Risks like Downs syndrome and Autism.

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Originally Posted by Kizzy

I'm not talking about the health of the mother or her life expectancy. I'm talking about the risk to the child that increases as the mother and/or father ages. Risks like Downs syndrome and Autism.

I know, that's why I said that I know the risk is higher during pregnancy (of losing the baby or of the baby having health issues/disabilities) but I mean assuming the baby is born healthy then I don't think 44 is too old to start raising a child