What's your upper limit?

itsmevkb

I always had 42 in my mind as my upper limit for pregnancy but now, with this pregnancy I will be 41 when I deliver and I think I'd like at least a year and a half break before using our frozen embryo.  So, if that works, I would be 43 when I had my last child.  That doesn't seem unreasonable but I'm tired ladies and I don't see that getting much better anytime soon!

Do you have an upper limit?

winofairy

I'm thinking 43.  When I was 35 I told my DH I didn't want to be 40 trying to get pg and here I am almost 41.  If this pg isn't successful I think we will stop at or around my 43rd b-day.

MAtoNC

43 and a half. I had my first son at 40. We thought we were "one and done". Then last summer, we changed our minds. Removed IUD and started trying in September (I was 42). Two losses later (including an ectopic, which put us on the bench for 3 months), we are still not pregnant. If we are not pregnant by October, we will officially be done trying. 

mama2many

36 was my cut off, then 40 - obviously, THAT didn't happen (I'll be 41 next month). I'm fairly sure this is our last one, but we're both solid Jesus-followers, so we believe that it's ultimately God's decision. So, if we feel led/called to have another one, we would.

angibr

I am 42 now and will be when this LO is born. I would love to think we will have one more but I think that is pushing reality a little. I do work full time and we'd have to start trying again fairly quickly. Not sure that physically I can put myself through working full time, caring for an infant and being pregnant with the exhaustion that comes with it.  I don't think I would consider past age 43 and I will turn 43 just two months after this one is born.

benoitfan

Yep, this is my upper limit.  I had my first child when I was 38 and will be 41 when this lo arrives.  This is our last.  Physically, I just don't think my body can take it after this. 

I wish I could have started sooner, but I didn't even meet DH til I was 36.  We were engaged 9m after we started dating and married 10 months after that.  We got pg within 3 months of getting married, so we couldn't really have done it any faster.

ukmisgirl

43 here, there's no more after this little guy. He'll make it one of each for which I feel really blessed and content.

3rdat40

I never had an age limit, but I thought I was done at age 33 when I had my second child. Apparently, God decided that I should have another at age 40, much to my surprise! This is definitely my limit, though, not because of age, but because I am already going to have one more child than I planned on. I told DH to get a vasectomy or else, LOL!

jennypasadena

I don't think I'd want to go past 41.  I'll be 37 when this one is born, and we'd probably like to have one more (maybe), but I also don't want to be a 60 year old mom when my child is graduating from high school.

MJMommy410

I thought I was done when I had my little girl at almost 33. I had one of each and was completely content...then I got divorced and this year married again. My husband doesn't have his own children and while he is amazing with mine, he really wanted one of his own. I am 39 now and will be when this LO is born but that's it for me. I told him I would have one baby but didn't want more...not just because of age though. We have nowhere to put them!

danieleandwayne

I'll be 38 when this one is born. At the moment, I'm thinking that my upper limit will be 40 or 41. I really want 2 kids, but don't relish the idea of having 2 under 2...

We'll see though-- it's not always up to me!

stever

I'm 38 and we're done after this one, but I guess 40, 41, 42 would be my limit.

leffe1

I will have this baby when I turn 41. I cannot imagine going through this again to be honest. It is much harder almost 3 years later!

mswood1977

I will be 37 when this LO comes and DH and I have decided that we only want 1 child, so my cut off is 37.

When I was younger and in my first marriage I use to say that my cut off was 35. So who knows we may change our mind, but I really don't want to be in my 40's and pregnant.  I know a lot of people do it, but I am just not sure I could handle it. 

This has been a hard pregnancy for me.  I have anemia, GD and High BP. I am taking prenatals, Iron Pills, extra Vitamin D, Insulin 4 times a day and BP meds twice a day and eating a diabetc diet (which is no fun when you have cravings for all things carb).  I have to see my OB weekly and my MFM weekly (yes 2 appointments per week).

I love that I have been blessed with getting pregnant and having this baby, and I will do anything to make sure he stays healthy.  I am just not sure I would want to do it a second time.

mama2many

leffe1:

I will have this baby when I turn 41. I cannot imagine going through this again to be honest. It is much harder almost 3 years later!

Honestly, this is how I'm starting to feel. Believe it or not, I've had years of trying to get pregnant - 6 yrs of IF testing, treatment, surgery, etc to get my first; 4 more years to get my 2nd. Then, apparently I was a late bloomer cause I have had 5 more fairly easy to achieve pregnancies (1 loss) in 9 years. I am SO much more tired than at 37 & even 39. 

Mslsews

Goodness, I never thought I'd have children after 30!  Of course I had 3 miscarriages before 30 and then my oldest was born when I was 31 (he was my first miracle baby, born at 30 weeks).  And then we tried for 4 years before being told it was going to be impossible (5% of conceiving, less chance of holding the pregnancy to term) to do it without lots of medical interventions so we decided one would be fine.  My daughter was born a year later when I was 36.  Uhm... We were really done then.  Dh even got a vasectomy.  Yep.  I'll be 39 when this last miracle baby is born.  I'm sort of hoping God is done blessing me.  I am so tired.