Pregnant after 35
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I feel old
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There's a girl on the August '12 board whose 28th birthday is today.
I turned 10 years older than that in October 
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Re: I feel old
You got it, sister!!
It's funny when my husband and I were digesting the news that I am in fact pregnant - he said "pregnant at 40!" and I groaned a little. He said "now how can that make you feel old??" Well, lots of ways actually - but in all seriousness I got his point and it did make me feel better. 
Thanks guys. I know I'm not that old and that we're not all some weird, freaky anomaly, it just really bugged that that girl is by no means a particularly young mom and she's still more than 10 years younger than me.
And what's crazy is I wouldn't trade places with her! I wasn't ready for kids at 28. I wasn't even ready for kids at 30.
Blerg, just venting.
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this ... i'll be 43 in march ... i only feel old when kids in their 20's don't get my seinfeld references.
We get better with age, ladies. We're older, wiser and better prepared to handle life's ups and downs than any 20-something!!!
I am 40 and on my 2nd. Do I feel old...hell ya! So many people I went to high school with sending their kids to college this year.
I just go with the flow and realize I cannot change my age. Also, I wouldn't change anything about my life!
Right there with you! I'll be having #2 six weeks before my 40th. You know what? I feel proud of that!! I took the time in my 20's to figure myself out and THANK GOD didn't marry the jacka$$ I dated all through law school. I didn't meet DH until I was almost 33, got married at 35, had our first at 37. Things are going the way they are supposed to
If you ever feel "old" just remember that you have life experiences that are priceless that you can teach your kids about. Those young 'uns might have more energy, but I'll take the wisdom, thank you very much 
I have one in college and I'm having another (7th). I also have one in diapers still, two in elementary, and two in middle school. This is what I do. I make people. Oh, and I'm 38. That's an after thought for me. If I pondered it too much I might not get out of bed
j/k!
I'll be 40 in a few weeks and there are times when I feel old. The whole being "40" gets me at times. I take care of myself to look healthy and fit , and I don't look over 35, but I am.
But chin up! I'm so happy that I'll be a mom and that happy feeling makes me feel younger!
Lets remeber that Attitude can add or subtract years, so keep a positive one and smile .
I'm 36 (will be 37 when I deliver) and this is my first baby. I didn't want children in my 20s or early 30s - and even though when I do the math in my head for future milestones, i.e., high school/ college gradutation, I think *whoa - seriously?* - I wouldn't change where I am in my life or my relationship with my husband for anything, including a 10 year age reduction.
I completely agree with the pps, i.e., attitude is everything! And I can't think of a better (or more rewarding) way to stay young at heart (and in body and mind, too) than to have a child.
I'm 35 and expecting my first any day now and I feel the same way. Although it was hard in many ways to delay having kids (societal and family pressure), I really wouldn't trade it for anything. I'm so much more financially secure and emotionally prepared for having kids now. I think that I have so much more to offer my baby because of my age. I've done what I wanted to do without kids so there are no regrets!
So, I teach immigrant students at high school, and one of my students is dropping out because she's pregnant - 19 years old. That does make me feel like a dinosaur at 37 waiting for baby #1. . .