Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

Geriatric Pregnant? Let's End Toxic Maternity Terms! #shorts

4 Aug 2026 · 0 min

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In this YouTube short, the speaker shares personal experiences of being labeled "geriatric pregnant" and later "advanced maternal age" during fertility treatments, describing those terms as insulting and toxic. She declares a mission to eliminate such language, arguing that it plants harmful narratives for women undergoing fertility journeys. Highlighting the demographic shift that more women are now having children in their forties rather than their twenties, she calls for a change in how pregnancy at older ages is discussed, urging a shift toward respectful, non‑ageist terminology.

I was called geriatric pregnant. I remember them saying, we're doing this extra blood work cuz you're geriatric. These words, my like mission in this fertility journey is to abolish these words. To your point, it's toxic seeds that we're planting in. Yeah. It doesn't help them. And yes, I was told that then on my second pregnancy, they thought it was better to be called me advanced maternal age. It's just as insulting. And the reality is more women are now having babies in their forties than their twenties. It's time for us to shift the narrative. Yeah, I could see.