Pregnant Over 40?

Old, middle age, one foot in the grave, half dead, over the hill and pregnant...How could a woman my age; in my right mind possibly have a baby? Sure it can happen. It happens all the time. After all, I'm not menopausal.

I can imagine when my daughter or son graduates from High School. Once the ceremony is over, I will nudge my husband from his "old man's nap" and get up (hopefully without falling) to make it over to our child. I will lean over my walker and give my child a big hug. Everyone who comes up to us will say, "Are these your grandparents?" Oh...yes! I can't wait.

See "Advertisers Know I'm Pregnant" below on the products I have been getting. Since I first wrote this, more baby formula had arrived and other baby products.

(Created on 4/27/2009)

View All Baby Furniture on Amazon Here

From left to right:

Geena Davis, actress - Twins at 48

Cherie Booth QC, wife of British Prime Minister, Tony Blair - Baby at 45

Beverly D'Angelo, actress - Twins at 49

When the advertisers thought I was pregnant, my wacky imagination took over with what people would think if they saw me with a baby. I am sure many would think I was the grandma and not the mother.

Speaking of old age, I know that my mind is not as sharp as it use to be. What if I would misplace the baby?

Along with the celebrity women who have been pregnant pass the age of forty, included here are those wacky quoted shirts for the baby and the mommy!

These shirts are found within these two categories within the clickable buttons on the Sandyspider Gifts store page on Zazzle. "Baby" and "All In The Way You Say It" under Clothing.

Check out my Zazzle Gallery Here to View These Shirts

Anyone who has read any of my articles knows that I had a college student. She is our only child. She always wanted a brother or sister. It is not that I hadn’t thought about another child. The cost of day care, the expense of raising a child and wanting to establish my career, kept me away from this. Not to mention the fact that I had morning sickness pretty much throughout the entire pregnancy. Top it off with migraines almost every day and in labor for three weeks before giving birth.

The first nine months of my daughter’s life she had chronic colic, where she would not cry, but SCREAM for hours night and day. She had a biblical hernia, which eventually healed itself. Once the colic ended, she had nine months of continuous ear infections. As soon as one infection cleared up, another one would begin again. We finally took her to a specialist, where he put tubes in her ears. We should have taken her to him earlier, but our primary physician wasn’t one for this type of surgery. Though after the surgery, she was a happy child. Given all of this, no wonder we didn’t have another child.

But soon...??? See "Advertisers Know I'm Pregnant"

From left to right:

Susan Sarandon, actress - Baby at 46

Cheryl Tiegs, actress - Twins at 52

Annette Bening, actress - Baby at 41

See "Advertisers Know I'm Pregnant" below on the products I have been getting. Since I first wrote this, more baby formula had arrived. And in 2015 I started to get Parent's Magazine again.

The record is held by a 70-year-old Indian woman giving birth to twins on July 4th 2008.

"If I am the world's oldest mother it means nothing to me," Omkari Panwar said after the arrival of the babies, a boy and girl born a month premature and weighing just two pounds each. "I just want to see my new babies and care for them while I am still able."

The babies' father, a 77 years old retired farmer Charan Singh Panwar, who sold off his buffalo, and burned through his life savings just to pay for the in vitro fertilization treatments to help his wife to become pregnant. "The treatment cost me a fortune but the birth of a son makes it all worthwhile. I can die a happy man and a proud father," after doctors said it was likely that both babies were strong enough to survive.

"My daughters' have got a little brother, my husband and I have got an heir - that is all we ever wanted."

This is India, where there is a different cultural value placed females.

The previous recorded oldest woman to give birth was then-66-year-old Romanian Adriana Iliescu, who welcomed a daughter in 2005. That official record may stand, since Panwar doesn't have a birth certificate and estimates her age by claiming she was nine years old when the British left India in 1947.

From left to right:

Helen Hunt, actress, - Baby at 40

Brooke Shields, actress - Baby at 40

Halle Berry, actress - Baby at 41

Isn't nice how money can make anyone look good at any age. I suppose good genes do have a roll in this. Make sure you see some of the products that I have been getting with the advertisers in "Advertisers Know I'm Pregnant" below.

Many women have had success births with healthy babies after 40. But you should be aware of the possible risk.

Some of the risk include miscarriage, fetal distress, low birth weight (of the baby), Down syndrome in your child, and high blood pressure throughout the pregnancy. There is a risk of pregnancy diabetes, stillbirth and cesarean birth for those over 40. Make sure that you take your prenatal vitamins, eat a healthy diet, exercise appropriately and get plenty of rest.

Pregnancy Books in all formats for everyone age woman here!

See the the clickable buttons on the Sandyspider Gifts store page on Zazzle. "Baby" and "All In The Way You Say It" under Clothing to find these shirt for baby and mother.

Check out my Zazzle Gallery Here to View These Shirts

For months I had been getting a free subscription to “American Baby” and “nourishing dreams” magazines. Along with countless coupons and information mailed to me on parenting for my new baby. I had diaper samples and formula. I just couldn't wait at the time to see what else I would receive from all these advertisers.

Obliviously the advertisers knew something that I didn’t know. After all they could not possibly send out all of this to a person who was not pregnant.

At the time I had just finished done writing a weight loss diary article, which was later renamed healthy living. My Quest for Healthy Living Diary This article should have came first if I was indeed pregnant. This would have explained some of the weight gain if I was pregnant. (Note: Do not diet when you are pregnant.)

My niece, who had announced her pregnancy at that time and ended up getting all my gifts.

(Since I first wrote this that day in 2009, my niece had given birth to a cute baby boy with a full head of hair. She had since thanked me for all the gifts.)

Q: Does pregnancy affect a woman's memory?

A: Most of the ladies I asked don't remember.

Q: Q: My wife is 5 months pregnant and so moody that she's borderline irrational.

A: So what's your question?

Q: When does a woman's biological clock start ticking?

A: Right after she looks in the mirror and thinks, "On my God, crow's feet!"

Q: What is the most common pregnancy craving?

A: For men to be the ones who get pregnant.

Q: Should I have a baby after 35?

A. No, 35 children is way too many already.

Q: I'm two months pregnant now. When will my baby move?

A: With any luck, right after he finishes college.

Q: How will I know if my vomiting is morning sickness or the flu?

A: If it's the flu, you'll get better.

Q: The more pregnant I get, the more often strangers smile at me. Why?

A: Cause you're fatter then they are.

Q: My childbirth instructor says it's not pain I'll feel during labor, but pressure. Is she right?

A: Yes, in the same way that a tornado might be called an air current.

Q: When is the best time to get an epidural?

A: Right after you find out you're pregnant.

Q: Is there a reason I have to be in the delivery room while my wife is in labor?

A: Not unless the word "alimony" is a concern for you.

Q: I'm modest. Once I start to deliver, who will see me in that delicate position?

A: Authorized hospital personnel only -- doctors, nurses, orderlies, photographers, florists, cleaning crews, journalists, etc.

From left to right:

Jennifer Beals, actress, - Baby at 41

Jane Kaczmarek, actress - Babies at 41, 43 and 46

Holly Hunter, actress - - Twins at 47

Not pictured, Yoko Ono at age 42

You have to admire these women!

Have you ever had food cravings? (Pregnant or not or if you are a man)

Since I first wrote this the advertisers had send me magazines and samples two more times in 2012 and 2015. Though the samples did not come like they had before the first time around, they thought I was pregnant. We did have a lot of formula and some nice samples the first time.

Each time "Parent's Magazine" had been delivered to our door with the cute baby photos on the covers. I had wondered if all these free samples would start up all over again.

After all "Advertisers Know I'm Pregnant".