When are you too old.

I'm not really sure these days. I think a person could be too old if they do not have good health to care for their children. There is also alot of new technology out there to make it safe for women to have children too. I do not recall anyone personally who had a child in their 40's.

My neighbor just had a child at the age of 40. The baby was born full term and perfectly healthy, no issues at all. She wasn't trying to concieve, it just happened accidentally, she has 4 older children as well. Although I personally think 40 is a little too old. I was raised by a woman already in her early 40's when I was born. By the time I hit my teenage years, she lived the life of an old person. She'd be in bed before 8am and I wasn't allowed phone calls after that point. She'd also nap on the weekends and I needed to be perfectly silent while she napped because she was a light sleeper. She also wouldn't drive in the dark, so I didn't get much of a social life because of that. I never had friends over, it just wasn't a good life for your typical teenager. I ended up angry and rebellious. Now I'm 28 and have 5 kids, but the woman who raised me has passed away. She didn't get to see my kids grow up, she actually didn't even get to meet my youngest as he was concieved after she passed. It's very sad my kids will never know what a wonderful person she was. I think people should stick to having kids at a rather young age, so they can be around to watch their kids grow up and watch their grandkids grow up as well.

Hi suegt31,my mum just gave birth with our youngest siblings and she is 43 and baby is healthy. I think 40's is too old to have a baby,there's a risk on baby's health and mother's health but my mum is lucky enough not to have those complications in her pregnancy.Any paroblem facing of a woman having baby at 40's is her health and struggles in raising and looking after the baby coz by the time that her baby is started to go to school she's old enough to provide care. Happy posting and myloting.