My mum was 38 when my youngest brother was born and she remembered attracting some attention on the maternity ward. She was as old as some of the other women’s mothers !
She was advised to get sterilised, which she did, as five pregnancies (four to term) had contributed to very bad varicose veins (some of them deep) in her legs. The doctors were worried that the consequent phlebitis might be a threat to her life.