Have you ever heard of this term? It was on my post visit summary yesterday so I Googled it when I got home.
Elderly Primigravida- a woman who becomes pregnant for the first time after the age of 34.
I guess it was on my paperwork in error since my first was born when I was 32? Or maybe it still applies to me since I am pregnant at 35? Sounds terrible!
pomegranate / 3533 posts
@autumnlove: Sounds like it was incorrectly applied to you (not your first!). I am hopefully dodging that term by a month or so!
honeydew / 7303 posts
Hahaha! Omg. I can't believe they use the word ederly. That is just ridiculous!
nectarine / 2173 posts
It's the old medical term for "advanced maternal age." Multigravida is the word for having given birth previously.
pomegranate / 3533 posts
@sapphire: I was wondering why I hadn't heard it before... Do you happen to know how "old" it is (as in, when it fell out of common use)?
nectarine / 2173 posts
@FliegepilzHut: sorry not sure on how old. No one really says it anymore, but it's still in the diagnostic codes so you'll see it on paperwork.
pear / 1558 posts
Lol!! I learned the term ~10y ago when a coworker was expecting her 1st over 35. I knew I'd be a late-in-life mama, so I expected it, but was pleasantly surprised to ONLY be called "advanced maternal age". 
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
I was an elderly primip. You are not because this is your third. You are still elderly (haha) but not a primip. A more customary designation is AMA, which you are probably more familiar with.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
@Mrs. Jacks: ah, thanks for the clarification! 
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
@autumnlove: we can be elderly together in our rocking chairs on the porch with our hearing aids as we enjoy our twilight years with our newborns 
eggplant / 11287 posts
I have a walker with tennis balls on the bottom if you need to borrow it, ya old fart.
persimmon / 1420 posts
I'm not sure which is worse, the use of elderly, or what they called my aunt- a "geriatric pregnancy".
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
@lemondrop: hahaha
@autumnlove: I hope I look as good when I'm elderly!
coconut / 8861 posts
I looked at some paperwork from my recent doctor's appointment. I'm listed as "elderly multigravida." I just turned 35 years old last week.
pineapple / 12053 posts
@meganmp: @sunny: geriatric?! REALLY?! at 35+? that's out of control.
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
Just bumping this because I looked at my paperwork from the OB today which said my reason for appointment was ammenorhea (uh, I'm pregnant....) and I was listed as "Supervision of high-risk pregnancy of elderly multigravida". Boo. I am elderly. and high risk. Well
pear / 1558 posts
@travellingbee: Ha! I was annoyed to look at my paperwork that listed high risk *twice* every time. "Yeah, I got it... I'm a walking corpse at the feeble old age of 41!". 
Whatever... I had a perfect baby with no complications, so put that in your 'medical miracles' files. Lol!
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