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Hi Karen - thanks for the kind words. When are you due? So you spotted too? Was it every day or just occasionally? I have spotted for 10 days now. It is only there when I wipe and is very diluted but I am so worried. I guess I will find out tomorrow. Everything else seems okay but spotting all the time doesn't seem okay.

to the karen's everything i am sure will be fine. i, also was spotting in the beginning of my pregnancy. i am 39 and i just gave birth on jan 3 to a healthy 10lbs and 12 ounces baby girl. also, i was spotting and bleeding again in october at seven months, and the doctor's do not really know why. i am 39 years old.

I am due in 2 weeks.. so, yes, everything was okay with the bleeding. I had BRIGHT red spotting for 3 days around week 6 of my pregnancy. I really wasn't all that positive about getting out of my first trimester because I had a m/c 2 months prior to getting pregnant at 13 weeks. It was a long pregnancy to say the least... I have several friends, like mother777, that bleed off / on throughout their entire pregnancy and their babies were perfectly healthy. ~ Good luck.. I know it is stressful. I had a very easy first pregnancy and I look back thinking, "gosh, ignorance was bliss..." because if you have bleeding... it is a very long pregnancy!! ~ Keep us posted and good luck telling your daughter.

Mother777 - wow.. you go girl, that is one big baby!! :) Congrats on your new arrival.

I'm 35 and pregnant with our first. My friend is 38 just delivered her first. My husband and I have been together since our early twenties and had other priorities then such as education, traveling, starting new careers and enjoying our freedom. We now feel financially and emotionally secure and see the world differently than we did when we were in our twenties. My 38 year old friend was busy with medical school for many years and then worked in a busy pediatric ER. Everyone has different priorities in life. Many women are having children later for various reasons. I don't think your mother is trying to compete with you. I don't see my pregnancy as a way of getting extra attention or being in a spotlight. I feel completely blessed. I'm in awe of the miracle taking place inside me. I'm happy for you and your mother as well. This is a special time for both of you and you have the benefit of having someone with more knowledge at your fingertips. Try to be happy and take advantage of that unique expierience.

to dana....excellent way of looking at it! i'm very envious...congratulations! and congratulations to karen too. i had spotting with my first and she's 21 now with 2 kids of her own. i'll say a prayer for you.

My husbands mother tried for 16 years to get pregnant. She was told that she never would have kids so she adopted 2... my husband and his brother Darren, then she gave birth to a boy of her own. She was 42... was she wrong? Of course she wasn't. I am 36 and pregnant for the first time. Loads of first time mothers are in their late 30's. I don't see anything wrong with it.

to all you ladies who are pregnant...CONGRATULATIONS no matter your age!!!! :}

Well, just think your child will be close to his or her Aunt or Uncle. You will laugh about this someday. Enjoy it. I always wished I could be pregnant at the same time with someone I was close to or loved very much. I'm sure your mom did not do this to upset you. It can be fun, just make the best of it.

noelle, are you for real?! your mum has her life to live too. why do you resent her? i'm sure she didn't do it just to annoy you! 38 isn't too old to have a baby, obviously and you are an adult if you're having your own baby, so you don't need her to look after you. i wish you both the best of luck. i think that if you're in any way close to your mum, this would be a great time for you to share lots of pregnancy experiences together and have an even better relationship with her in the future.

Hello. I am the product of a mother who had a baby at 42. My sister was pregnant at the same time. I know my sister felt hostility towards my mother, at the time, like you are feeling now. HOWEVER, I had an older, cool sister to always look up to as well as a nephew that was basically my age. My mother and sister became very close due to this in the long run....so though you always have the right to feel the way you do..maybe it'll turn out positive...like my situation! My mom is now 77 and my sister is 51 and we have a very close family!

Noelle, I understand what you are saying. It must be hard you want your mother to be your mother now and a grandmother not a "friend" going through the same thing hang in there.