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Young mum/old granny

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SirChenjin Sun 26-May-19 16:59:30

I’m not a granny yet and hopefully at 50 I’ll have a good few years to finish working and enjoy lots of years of no grandkids before they appear - there’s so much DH and I want to do before we get into babysitting etc! I had our first 2 at 28 and 30, and then our third at 38. Many of the women I got to know through that pregnancy were also in the late thirties or early forties, which meant their parents were older grandparents. It will become more common as you say and it’s not such a bad thing - it means that everyone has had a chance to enjoy their freedom before children and grandchildren appear.

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Silverlining47 Sun 26-May-19 16:35:57

I always considered myself quite a young mum. I was 24 when I had my son and 29 my daughter. My elder sister was 40 when she had her first child so the comparison was always there.
Now my daughter is having her first child at 42 and I am 72 this year! I feel like an 'old' granny! Many of my friends have grandchildren at university or are already great grandparents.
My neice (my sister's daughter) is leaving having a baby till she is 40 too.....making my sister over 80 then.
I'm thrilled for my daughter but I am retired and happy and living in France now and this has caused quite a stir in my emotions.
With the trend to start a family later this must be an issue for many of us.

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