The later-in-life pregnancy thing is definitely rare but it has actually happened in my family twice. My grandmother was 48 when she had my mother and my great-aunt gave birth to one of her kids when she was 50.

Which is why, after my last kid at age 35, I told the OB/GYN to tie my tubes immediately. She did make me wait a month, but I was in no shape for sex after yet another episiotomy, so it wasn’t so bad. My mother had me at age 44 and I got pregnant while I was still nursing the first kid, so I had a very real fear of…

I reproduce by releasing spores into the air, you’re right to be wary.

I’m 30, my mom is 71, and my dad is turning 80 (I’m adopted). Try not to think about it. It does get to me sometimes, but ... yeah, it’s hard. Try not to think about it.

One of my favorite “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant” episodes had a voiceover where the woman described her surprise childbirth by uttering the words, “I looked down and there was a baby in my pants.”

“...she knew she was gaining weight, but she thought it was due to menopause.”

My mom got pregnant with my little sister at 43. She realized she might be pregnant when she threw up after having a few beers at an Oktoberfest celebration. Doing the math, I just realized that might have even been before she missed a period.

I am almost 46 with three kids and I would hurl myself off a cliff in short order if I found out I were pregnant again.

Ah nothing like meeting surprise middle aged fatherhood in a minion tee. Jokes aside though, all the best to them. That's a big change at any age.

It’s been years... Years... Oh sweet mother of sin so many long years since any farm hand has plowed my fields. A lean tan farm hand whose just passing through for the summer. He asks me for lemonade one afternoon when everyone else is working and his shirt sticking to his chest and abs... What? What are we talking…

Nope, this is reasonable. I’m 25 and my dad is 75. I don’t have a strong drive to have children, but I do freak out about wanting to decide sooner rather than later. A lot of people don’t think about this if they didn’t have older parents.

Yea same thing happened to a parent of one of my preschool students. I kept looking at her and wondering if she was pregnant. Turned out she was 5 months and had no idea. She just chalked it up to menopause. She'd had I think 3 kids so it must have been different for her to not be able to tell.

I didn't get my period for 6 months during which I was in the middle of a year long dick free spell. And I just assumed the whole time I was pregnant. Cause that's how you react to a late or missing period.

I can’t get past the previously child-free adult male wearing a goddamn Minions t-shirt.

This one’s a lot more understandable than the usual “didn’t know I was pregnant” story. Woman at a common age for menopause, had never been pregnant before, likely had multiple reasons for thinking she was infertile.

This is the ULTIMATE I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant episode!

When you are 47, you can assume that no periods mean peri/menopause, and not that you are pregnant. It is so rare to be able to naturally conceive at that age.

Alright, maybe this is terrible of me, but I feel bad for the kid in that her parents are as old as they are. My dad was just a bit younger when I was born, and now he’s over 70 when I’m only 26 and I worry about how much longer he’ll be around. :(

I have had actual nightmares about this.

My mother’s good friend found out she was pregnant at 45. She thought it was menopause. Of course, she knew at about 15 weeks which gave her slightly more time to prepare, heh. This would make me want to die. I already have three kids, though. I guess if it was a first after thinking I never could I would be…