Is 37 too old to start having kids?

In the past I might have thought so.

But after having my 3rd child at 40 :) now I think it is not too old. It was a nice easy pregnancy, he was a due date baby, and a very healthy one.  I am so much more patient with him than I ever was with my older children that I had in my early 20s ;)

I didn't plan it this way... but my son sure is one of the best things that's happened to me on this decade as well as my WLS, which I did for him! :)

Good luck

I had my first at 34 and my second at 37. The second one I actually had an easier pregnancy and labor and delivery. I'm happy with my choice not to have children until my 30s. I had enough to worry about just taking care of myself in my 20s that I really can't imagine being as good a mother then as I know I am now. Just how things worked out for me.

My mom had me when she was 38.

I have three children, 19, 20 and 2 (almost three)  I raised the older two myself, I worked fulltime, owned my home, did all the sports, PTA's, shopping, everything was me me me.....Then before I knew it, my kids were grown.  It passed right before my eyes.  Then I met my current husband (2nd marriage) who had no kids.  I told him we would put it in God's hands.....next thing yanno, Im preggo! 

I was 38 when I had him, one month early-9.9 oz.!!!  My William has been such a blessing to my whole family.  My patience level is great, I enjoy him and have time now to watch and see him grow.  My older kids adore him to pieces!  Most people think he is my grandson lol...GRRRR lol.  I had congestive heart fai;ure when I had him tho and due to this my heart doctor advised me to not have any more.  BUT, had my heart not given me problems, I would have wanted at least one, maybe two more.

Have a great day!
Pixie

I didn't get married until I was 27 and didn't become pregnant until I was 32.  My second son was born when I was 35.  I didn't find the pregnancies particularly difficult, but both babies were c-sections.  The first time was because the baby was  presenting sideways, the second was on doctor's advise.

The biggest drawbacks (IMO):  feeling like the doctor had slapped me in the face when she said, "after all you're not a kid anymore".  (Referring to my age at the second pregnancy).

Being mistaken for my youngest child's grandmother, especially on bad hair, no makeup days.

Otherwise, having children was what my husband and I wanted.  Everything else comes with the territory no matter how old you are.  Sometimes I think that an older parent's experience and wisdom help us get through the parenting experience.

Such an individual thing!  I was 35 and 3 days when my son was born, lol.  Then my daughter was born less than a month before my 37th birthday.  I don't feel "too old".  But we intentionally waited until we had been married a long time (14 years) before having kids.  We wanted to have a house, be settled, etc.  My husband is a stay at home dad and I work from home and we have a nice family life because we are together a LOT. 

I have this "line" in my head where after about 42-43 it might be getting pretty late.  But I say a healthy person in their early 40's should be fine.  Obviously they need to be aware of the higher risks of "advanced maternal age" (such a nice term).  We had a false positive for Down's with our daughter and it was not a fun time.  She does not have Down's but it remains to be seen whether she catches up to her age group developmentally - there is no medical reason for her to be behind, but she does have slight delays in several areas.  The love I feel for her fills my heart no matter what ends up happening, though. 

In our case, life was not complete without our kids.

It is a virtual impossibility for a 69-year-old woman to have a baby by any means.  She has gone through menopause, & her uterus has atrophied.  Someone is feeding you a line of bull on this one.

LOL...I'm 40 and expecting so count me in as saying that I don't think this is too old. Just wasn't married before last year and we are Catholic so even if I found out the baby had downs or some other defect, we wouldn't have aborted. Torrie

I had my second child at 41. She survived and so did I. In fact, it was a much easier pregnancy than my 1st.

I don't think I would have ended up with WLS if it wasn't for her, either. I want to be around to see her have kids and I didn't think that would happen MO.

Now that I'm 51, though, I'd be very, very upset to find out I was pregnant. Unfortunately, all my plumbing still works -- it works better than it did in my 30s, in fact -- and it's looking like it will keep working for a long, long time. I'm not happy about this.