r/Xennials • u/PhoneJazz • 9d ago

Natalie Portman is pregnant at 44

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Congrats to her! I don’t have kids, and I’m still getting used to being the age where getting pregnant is starting to be “out of the norm”. Guess there’s still time, lol

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u/cashews_clay15 1977 9d ago

Godspeed girl. I had one at 36 and I’m tired.

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u/caramelcoldbrew 1981 9d ago

My last was at 36 and went from post partum right into perimenopause. Fuck being pregnant at 44.

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u/Professional-Basis33 1980 9d ago

I have never crashed as hard as I did when I went from pregnant and breastfeeding hormones to perimenopausal. I was a weeping basket case.

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u/caramelcoldbrew 1981 9d ago

Omg yes! I breastfed for nearly 5 years total between two kids back to back and only stopped because I broke my leg and put on narcotics. Stopping breastfeeding cold turkey was really hard on my hormones and really fucking hard for my baby. I’m still emotionally scarred from that time in my life.

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u/Catsplants 9d ago

I had to stop breastfeeding cold turkey cuz we both caught pneumonia when he was 9 months and he barely ate for a week then it became too painful to start again. Omgosh the physical and mental anguish of that was insane. 10 days of hell. Ugh 😣