Sick of seeing ads like this ….

I think the NHS is absolutely shocking when it comes to things like this, especially the whole idea of a geriatric pregnancy. A pregnancy is a pregnancy, age alone shouldn’t define how you’re treated. Women of all ages experience complications, so singling people out based on age feels unfair and outdated. On top of that, maternity care is often appalling. You rarely hear about women having straightforward, natural labours without intervention anymore, which really makes you question what’s going on.

I had my daughter when I was 40. I know there many are age related concerns to keep in mind, and we gave them a lot of thought, but there are also a lot of positives that we could offer now we're older that we couldn't offer before (higher earnings means we can financially plan better than before, we now finally own a house and have a garden, she gets her own bedroom straight away, we are more calm under pressure and mature in our attitude than we used to be, etc). I hope that as motherhood over 35 (or even 40) becomes more the norm, there will be less need to single it out for comment.

I'm pregnant right now with my first and will be 43 by the time I give birth. I have honestly only had positive reactions. People are like, "Wow, well done!" I think it's important to separate what's said online with what's said in real life. When reading comments online, everyone seems to be hateful about everything and everyone. I just don't care about it.

In my eyes a baby is a blessing at any age, personally I couldn’t have been a young mum I never wanted to be either as I was young and immature and went out and partied a lot, I always said I wanted a baby at 30 when I met the right guy. I met my forever husband at 26 and fell pregnant at 27 with our first born. My husband is 10yrs older than me, so he was never thinking about another child, but we fell pregnant and are now expecting our daughter and I’m 36yrs old now, and I’m so happy. We are stable, we are married, we have a lovely family dynamic we rarely go “partying” so to speak and she is so welcome. But every other article I see online is just negative and in bad taste - especially when it’s “netmums” I am not sure what that picture is trying to say either ?!? Like we all look miserable when that’s not the case. I literally argued with a woman on the post as I put a positive comment on and she said “the happiness will fade once “its” born sorry you had to go through it twice”

Meaning both my pregnancies and I just thought what the hell???? What is wrong with these horrible people!!!!!!!