40 things no one told us about having a baby

40 things no one told us about having a baby (by real mums)

33."You can be one of the most confident people in the world and nothing will make you second (and third) guess yourself more than having a baby ...

What's one thing no one told you about having a baby? Let's start a ...

189 votes, 726 comments. What's one thing no one tells you about actually having the baby? Let's start a thread. Someone close to me is due ...

What is something nobody tells you about having babies in your 40s?

I'm a pro at this - what could possibly be different? For me, I was extremely tired throughout my entire pregnancy. Then she was born, and what ...

What No One Tells You About Having A Baby After 40 - Kimmy Bean

How your kids perceive you being an older parent: Diane: “My son was embarrassed. He said to me 'everyone in my family is old.' And it's true, ...

8 Things Nobody Tells You About Having A Baby - The Everymom

Let me start this by saying: I've been there – I'm actually here right now. I'm mum to Ethan, a little nugget who forever changed my life a ...

40-Something Pregnancies Are No Longer Unusual - SavvyMom

I already gave birth to my beautiful son, Holt, one month after I turned forty. One doctor said these forty-something pregnancy trends are ...

Have you known anyone who gave birth to a child in their ... - Quora

What's it like to have your first baby at age 40? ... I will tell you what my Ob/Gyn told me ... I have no idea what my parents would have done ...

I Had A Baby At 40, And It Was Awesome - HuffPost

“My mother, who had six daughters of her own, once told me, “You should have kids when you're too young to know better.” I now understand what ...

Parenting 101: Things No One Told You Before Having Kids

As children grow older, parents sacrifice work in order to care for sick children, brain power as they constantly deal with sibling chaos and ...

Lonely over 40 - 40plus and pregnant | Forums | What to Expect

I'm not sure which one was worse . Like Love ... tell me about it! I just feel so awkward ... no longer having babies. In fact their ...

Fortyhood: Why You're Too Old to Have a Baby After 40 | HuffPost Life

This led me to three natural pregnancies, three miscarriages and one ... what would happen once the baby arrived. My ... No one really tells you ...

Thinking About Having a Baby in Your Late 30s or 40s ... - ACOG

Thinking About Having a Baby in Your Late 30s or 40s? Here's What I Tell My Patients. An ob-gyn talks age, fertility, and having healthy pregnancies later in ...

Tell me about new, big things you've achieved post 40! I need to be ...

I know it's silly, but I can't help but think that if I was going to achieve this particular new exciting work thing (a change of career ...

I'm about to turn 40, and people say I'll regret being child-free. I won't.

It taught me how much work I needed to do before getting into another one. This has led me to be single by choice and not invested in ...

Stupid Things People Ask When You're Pregnant Over 40

My intention was not to have a baby ... being, especially one made not on their timeline. ... Third, just tell me I am pretty and also very smart.

9 things no one tells you about being childfree in your 40s

In my 20s, I lost count of how many times people told me, “You'll regret not having kids when you're older.”.

OVERWHELMED - Medically impossible pregnancy at age 40

Why am I not feeling grateful? Part of me is afraid to come to grips in case things are seriously wrong with this baby - old sperm, old eggs, no ...

Moms: 'What I wish I'd known about having a baby in my 40s'

... has helped me as a parent. And although one of my greatest fears was realized when I gave birth to a Down syndrome child this year, I have ...

have any of you had a child in your 40's? - Parenting - ThirdHour

Is 40 something too old to have another baby? Especially with all of the young LDS moms I wonder how out of place I would feel? No, not if your ...

18 Things No One Told Me About Having A Baby That I Had ... - Yahoo

I've always wanted to have kids, but I wouldn't say I was one of those women who felt *destined* to be a mother.View Entire Post ›