

In the medical world, a geriatric pregnancy is an old term that was used to describe a pregnancy in a person over the age of 35. Nowadays, doctors use the term advanced maternal age (AMA) instead.
The pregnancy was called geriatric, not the woman. What you describe is not normal. Every women over 60 I personally know, sleeps less and is less tired than you seem to be. You may not be infected with something, but this is not normal, and if you are annoyed by it, you should do something about it.


My wife’s ADHD got diagnosed in her late thirties because she hadn’t shown clear symptoms before. She had very good coping mechanisms, but to small children rendered those useless, because she had no energy left to compensate. Living with undiagnosed ADHD can build up a burden in the first quarter of your life, that you suddenly start to feel in your thirties. You wouldn’t be the first one. ADHD in women oftentimes doesn’t look like the cliché. (That’s why women are underdiagnosed) If you should try Adderall and it makes you feel awake, present and focused, but not pumped up and buzzing with energy, that would be another hint.