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Might be my first post here...

tinarayetinaraye
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I had my first baby at the age of 40. I'm 41 now and she's 8 months old. I wanted to introduce myself... I'm Tina and DD is Ruby.

Here is the question - Where are all of the new mamas my age and how do I find them?! All of the women that I meet in my town who have little babies are so much younger than I am! Suggestions on where to meet more mature mamas? 

I don't live in an urban area. I'm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, which is sort of an isolated region.

Thanks! 

tinaraye
Ruby Mirabelle born July 9 at 10:56pm!
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Married 05/30/09 & TTC ever since Clomid only for 5 cycles IUI #1: 06/07/10 BFN IUI#2: 08/19/10 BFN IVF #1 started 10/07/10, ER 10/17/10 6 retrieved/6 fertilized, ET on day 5 10/22/10... Beta #1 on 11/5/10: 680!!!, Beta #2 on 11/8/10: 2337!!!, U/S 11/18/10 Got to see the tiny beating heart! What a blessing! 12/2/10 U/S HB 176 & I'm released! Anniversary
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  • rsrn02rsrn02

    Sorry I don't have suggestions I'm on the west coast.  But maybe meetup.com or your local mops group. 

    Welcome this is a talented well mannered non snarky (most of the time) group.  Glad to have you and your little one is a cutie pie 

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  • vanverthvanverth

    Welcome Tina.  I wish I could see your LO (stupid office computer).  I hope that we will hear more from you

    And the only time we are snarky is at SPAM and other snarky invaders.

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  • LauraLynneCLauraLynneC member

    Welcome - Ruby is precious indeed!

    You'll have to settle for online friendship from this west-coast mama... :)

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  • ateytelbateytelb

    Welcome, and I love Ruby's picture!

    I am 42 and have been a mother most of my life.

    I suggest you contact your local chapter of Mothers&More. They should have some older new mothers - our chapter does.

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  • CheezeFaceCheezeFace member

    Welcome!

    This is a pretty amazing bunch of ladies. 

    I'm in a couple mommy groups from meetup.com and am also in a remote area (I'm in Alaska) and have found lots of older mommies. 

    ~Married 11/08~
    ~TTC since 01/09~
    ~SA & B/W - 06/09 - Normal~
    ~Encouraged by OB to "just keep trying" 06/09 - 06/10 (oh, the wasted time)~
    ~HSG - 08/10 - Clear/Normal~
    ~Lapo - 01/11 - Normal~
    ~Clomid 50mg, Trigger shot, Prometrium - 01/11, 02/11, 03/11~
    ~BFN - 02/11~
    ~IUI #1 03/15/11~
    BFP 3/28/2011
    Diagnosed with GD at 28 weeks. Controlled through diet and exercise. No insulin.
    Diagnosed with Cholestasis of pregnancy @ 36 weeks.
    Delivered via C-section @ 36 weeks on 11/9/11.

    TTC#2 for a few months naturally (ha!)
    ~IUI#1, Clomid, Trigger,  10/13 - BFN
    ~IUI#2, Femera, Ovidrel, 11/13




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  • NewMrs07NewMrs07 member
    Wecome! I'm 41. I've met a couple of older moms in local mom groups but I have the same problem as you. Most of the moms in San Antonio are in their 20s and early 30s.
    Me: 44 DH: 42. DS born healthy at 40 weeks 8/24/09. TTC since then with no luck or ART. Surprise BFP 8/6/14... MMC @ 8 weeks 4 days... Miss you everyday sweet baby angel.
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  • steverstever member
    I have no idea. I have one friend who's a year older than me who has a kid DS's age and everyone I've met at Gymboree or whatever seems at least several years younger than me.

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  • jlw2505jlw2505 member

    Welcome - I can't really help with the meeting more Mom's close to your age, I think I just got really lucky.  I am now 41 and my girls are 4 and 5.  I happened to find a group of mom's that my kids became friends with at daycare that were all older moms but a lot of our friends also had kids later in life so we all have kids close in age, granted I am older than my DH so our friends are all 3-4 years younger than I am.  My HS friends and friends from college/HS are in a different state and I have friends that have kids in HS and those that are like me with little ones.  I have found that the older moms and I just tend to find each other at school events/temple, etc.

    Jenni Mom to DD#1 - 6-16-06 DD#2 - 3-13-08 
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