I was 40 when I had my first. I’ll turn 59 in a month :0 !

I had my child at 38 years of age and all has gone well, but if I had my time over again I would have preferred to start a family at a younger age.

I’m 37, turning 38 this year and I have a two year old and a one year old.
I’d honestly love two more but I just don’t know that my body can handle it!
I find myself being super forgetful all the time and the lack of sleep is killing me.
I work 3 days a week and the other two days are kids activities like dancing and swimming so I find my weekends are filled with washing and cleaning which never seem to end.
I’m wondering whether I can really handle two more, especially if i have to work and keep up with the housework…
My kids are super clingy and I feel like I can’t get 5 minutes to myself.

Yep! I started later than you. I’m 45 and have a 5 yo and 4 yo. I was the second oldest in my mothers group, but the others were no more than 7 years younger.

Yes Im in my 40s and have a toddler and 2 school kids. I havent really noticed any difference other than having the NIPT test. I dont feel any tireder than what I had my other 2. A lot of my friends also were similar ages with their kids due to only meeting their partner later in life.

I was 23 and 26 when I had my babies. My mum was 36 when I was born and 39 when my sister was born

I had my daughter when I was in my late 30’s. I think being an older parent was beneficial mentally and emotionally, but physically I think it’s been harder.

I will be 53 this year and my husband is 48. We have a 12 year old daughter, a nearly 11 old son, 2 sisters in permanent foster care age 6 and 2, and a girl in temporary care age 5. They keep me young, lol

I am 48 and have a 19 year old daughter and a 15 year old boy. I enjoy giving advice out of my personal experiences and hope I can help others as well as learning from other parents. This has been great and lucky to even win a prize which will be a nice surprise one .Thank you MoM 🙂

Wow it is lovely to hear of these older Mums!
My Mum would have loved to be an older Mum but unfortunately had to have a hysterectomy.
I think it’s wonderful that you’re not letting age restrict you & wish all of you all the best!
I’m sure every day is a new adventure with your little ones 🙂

I had my last son at 40, I have a 25 yrs old son a 12 yr old son and a 2 yr old son. Im a tired mum but I don’t get much help.

Congratulations Mom GOULDIE! Fantastic for you and your family! 🙂

Lovely to have a wide range of ages in your family! 🙂

We had our first, and probably only baby, last year after years of hoping. I’m 44 and hubby turned 45.

I’m not that old I guess…39…but I have a 3 year old, a 15yr old and a 21yr old. I gotta tell ya though I find it much harder having a 3 year old now than I did at 20. Lol. 😉

hi im a mum of 63 i have 7 kids and 16 grandkids i had the last 2 at age 40 and 41 when they started school i used to get asked are you their nanna ,many women are having families later in life ,if any one has questions to older mums im glad to help answer

That’s so special! Your life is surely very exciting!

I am 53 hubby 56 and we have 6 children. The older 3 are 28, 30 and 32 we thought this was it and was happy. Later came along a darling girl and we welcomed here she is 13, but then just over 2 years ago thought I was going menopausal turned out to be twins. So my youngest are toddlers. So with the help of the older boys and our daughter we are coping with them. I do worry that we will not be around for the twins where they are older. My oldest can not have children so he has promised to look after them and helps out a lot with them now. Early nights are the standard here and I feel that we are more settled with the younger ones then we were with the older ones. Just had more energy with the older ones. Have a 5 month old grand child so the twins can play with her, otherwise they entertain themselves.

I am 47 and my hubby is 48, we have two boys 8 & 11. We are thankful that we are still very active. Being a later in life parent, I can be a part-time worker and be there for my boys before and after school. we find that we have already done our couple partying and holidays before children, so now we plan everything around them, including fun packed family holidays (which we get to be kids as well). I guess we are still growing up with our kids, we only have them for a short time so our couple holidays etc can wait until they are older and independent. It is quite funny being the older mum at school, they expect you to have older children and these are from your second marriage or something, but no….I love it keeps us both young, but don’t get my wrong we crash as night after the boys are in bed.

I’m 59 hubby is 54 and we have a 13 year old son plus a 38 yr old 31 yr old and 29 yr old! we find we get tired easy but our son doesn’t mind we do activities that we all like and we just accept it is what it is. The older we are the more experienced we are and wiser.