The 41 year old new Mom MAY 07, 2015 When I found out that I was pregnant shortly after my 40th birthday (by shortly I mean 2 days) I was in total shock.  My poor husband nearly passed out, no joke!  We already had a 15 year old boy and a 20 year old girl who has special needs.  We have just started a business 18 months ago that it was imperative that I be able to work at to keep costs of labor down.  It was a terrifying experience at first.  What are the older kids going to say?  How long am I going to be able to work? Laying sod, which is what we do, is hard work!  Would the baby be healthy?  Would i hold up OK during the pregnancy?  I was a little "old" to be pregnant after all.. As it happened, everything turned out great  The other kids were angels about it, the pregnancy went wonderfully and I worked up until my seventh month.  Baby girl is now a healthy and happy 8 month old.  But....I am now 41.  Age and pregnancy individually do not so nice things to your body.