DIFFICULTY GETTING PREGNANT OVER 40 EXAGGERATED

Is it really that hard to get pregnant over 40?

It seems like every time I turn around, I am reading about how wome over 40 need to "run, not walk" to the nearest fertility clinic.  The media likes to jump on the bandwagon and write stories of how hard it will be to get pregnant.  However, the fact is that the unexpected rate of pregnancy in women over 40 is second only to teenagers!  Before the days of birth control, having a baby over 40 was fairly routine.  Granted, it may have been the last child of a large family, but the fact remains that women over 40, assuming they are still ovulating can be very fertile.

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Having A Baby Over 40

Have A Baby Over 40, Not Uncommon

Here is an article about having a baby over 40.
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It gives some of the pros and cons, but it points out that it's not that uncommon. Read more:

So what are the differences between motherhood in your 40s and motherhood in your 20s?

Julia admits she is tired a lot of the time and she does worry about being an older mum when Rose grows up.

But she also believes she has more patience now and is in a better emotional and psychological position to give Rose the best possible upbringing.

"When you are older you've lived a lot, you've done your socialising and had your exotic holidays so you're more accepting of the responsibility having children brings.

"And Rose was wanted and planned so we were both ready."

Now Peter has given up his job in engineering to be a full-time dad to Rose so Julia can go back to work.

And he's loving the experience although Rose, like most three year-olds, can be a bit of a handful.

"Having a child completely changes your life and I don't know about other people but now Rose comes first in everything we do."
 from: coventrytelegraph.net

Dr. Phil: Having A Baby Later In Life Advice

Dr. Phil Talks About Having A Baby When Older

Having a baby at an older age always seems to be an item of discussion.
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  I've certainly had no problems raising my daughter.  Yes, all parents are tired most of the time...the young ones and the old ones!
I don't always have a lot of time to watch daytime TV, but for you Dr. Phil fans, here is an article from drphil.com about having a baby later in life:

If you decide to get pregnant later in life, Dr. Phil has advice:

Think ahead to what the future will be like. "Age is not just a state of mind," says Dr. Phil. "It makes a good story, but it's not. It is a state of body, it is a state of organs, and the mortality risk goes up as you get older." The difference in your body between 40 and 55 is not the same as the difference in your body between 55 and 70 because the aging curve accelerates. You're going to deteriorate more per year between 55 and 70 than you did between 40 and 55. Consider what age you'll be when your child becomes a teenager. How will your parenting abilities be? Imagine being 70 years old during that high demand time. Will you have the energy? Will you have the physical presence and health?

Work closely with medical personnel that are skilled in older-age pregnancies.

Make a conscious decision to take the best possible care of yourself by not smoking, not exposing yourself to any toxins, not allowing yourself to get overweight, out of shape, run down or overworked. You truly have to take care of your children's mother, because you know that some of the high demand years are some of the years that you are going to have to be at your absolute best in order to cope and companion them through those times. Put yourself at the top of the list.

Prepare your child for the eventuality of your death. As morbid as it sounds, you have to take your death into consideration because your chance of death between 55 and 70 is a whole lot higher than it is between 40 and 55. How will your child get along without you? Will there be a legal guardian? Will your child have financial support? If you have a support system of friends and family, the transition may be a little easier on your child. As soon as your child is old enough, start talking about the fact that you're older than a lot of moms. Of course, any of us can be gone in the blink of an eye, whether we're 22 or 72, but you want to take particular care to prepare your children to have a really good foundation about who they are mentally, emotionally and spiritually so they don't feel devastatingly alone if they lose you during their teen years. By making sure there are significant others in their life, a spiritual foundation, things to fall back on, you can really mitigate the impact should something happen. 
from: 
 (www.drphil.com)