{"id":6414,"date":"2020-07-07T03:06:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T03:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/?p=6414"},"modified":"2021-01-13T00:28:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T06:28:11","slug":"pregnancy-after-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/pregnancy-after-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking About Having a Baby after 35? Here’s What You Need to Know."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I had my first child at 23 going on 24, and in my friend circle, I was the only one with a child. I may as well have been a teenage mom. My classmates are breastfeeding babies and chasing toddlers, and me – my oldest child is 21. Women are told to “hurry up” and “do something” by the time we reach 30, so how are these women having babies well into their forties and doing well?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: An Intimate Conversation about Fertility with Dr. Cindy Duke<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the SocaMom summit, I talked with Danielle-Smiley Daniel, an award-winning public health nutritionist concentrating on maternal and child health and owner of NutriDS, about how she managed to be physically AND mentally fit so that she could have her first child at forty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: 200+ Popular Caribbean Baby Names<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Carnival superfan and nutritionist, Danielle shared how she got ready for her baby while remaining ready for the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By now you must be like BUT HOW?? You have to watch the whole session. It is really an amazing story.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this short clip, Danielle Smiley-Daniel<\/a> discusses her experience with a doctor that didn’t want to listen to her or acknowledge her wishes during the birth of her child, which unfortunately isn’t unusual for a Black woman. She talked about having a birth plan and advocating for herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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