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Intro / First baby at 39 after several losses!

lmchurleylmchurley member
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Hello!  I'm 39 and officially pregnant!  I've always felt like a strange "case," but maybe my situation isn't all that abnormal.  Ten years ago I experienced a suspected ectopic pregnancy - this was my first pregnancy and was such a horrible experience!  Hcg levels wouldn't rise, etc, and I was administered methotrexate.  I was married at that time and became divorced less than a year later.  Last February I experienced a second suspected ectopic pregnancy with current DH.  Again, methotrexate was administered.  How tough on the body that med can be!  With two ectopics, I was sent to have my fallopian tubes tested for blockages, yet no blockage was found.  My OB directed me to an infertility specialist, where regular appointments, tracking, "date nights," and injections became the norm... yet all felt so strange and unnatural.  We were excited to discover we were pregnant last October, however a natural miscarriage in November followed.  Could this really all be happening?  Maybe it just wasn't meant to be.  We decided to discontinue receiving direction from the fertility specialists, as we didn't feel that "drugs" were the answer.  I didn't have any issue becoming pregnant, just maintaining it!  After the miscarriage in November, I was dreading my monthly cycle in December.  It came, stayed a while, was painful, but ended.  I had the same anxiety and anticipation in January....except....it never came....  Guess what?  Yep - pregnant again, and now 18 weeks along...  what a strange and mysterious journey its been, and I imagine, it will only continue to be...
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    stephzrnstephzrn member
    Congratulations!
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    springbeduk2springbeduk2 member
    Congratulations!!   18 weeks already - almost half-baked!
    Me: 39  DH: 44  together since 2000 married 9/2004 TTC #1 since 2/2012
    BFP #1 6/5/2012  m/c 6/15/2012 about 5w3d   BFP #2 6/?/2013 m/c 7/1/2013 5w 3d
    BFP #3 8/25/2013  EDD 5/7/2014    DD A. born 5/8/2014!!  Love!!!!
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    QOTRQOTR member
    I'm sorry for your previous losses.  Welcome to the group and congratulations!
    Me-41, Hubby-40.
    1st BFP-8/17/12!  Missed Miscarriage discovered @ 8 week US.  D&C.
    2nd BFP-2/13/13!  Blighted Ovum discovered @ 8 week US. Natural miscarriage.
    3rd BFP-5/22/13!  By early June, progesterone plummeting.  Another loss.
    August 2013 - started Donor Egg process, but surprise BFP with my own eggs.
    Dear Son born 5/28/14
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    ConversationFearConversationFear member
    How very exciting! Good luck to you! :)

     

     

     

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    Princesssunny7Princesssunny7 member
    Congrats, I'm new to the site "The Bump" Today, newly pregnant at 39, it was a birthday present. :)  So happy for you!  I don't know how to attach pics yet.
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    2redtulips2redtulips member
    Congrats and welcome! 

    I am also 39 and pregnant after a loss. Sending you lots of good thoughts for a healthy baby and pregnancy!

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    MrsL2BMrsL2B member
    Congratulations!
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    lmchurleylmchurley member
    Thanks for all of the congrats and well-wishes.  Monday we find out the gender, and are very excited. Hard not to be nervous, haven't had a soon in a while.  In the beginning we had a soon once a week, so we knew how things were progressing in real time.  To those that are also expecting, positive thoughts are with you.
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    path75path75 member
    Congrats! Your halfway there. :)


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    JilliansMomaJilliansMoma member
    Awesome story (except for the losses) so glad you are doing well. Congrats!!

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    lmchurleylmchurley member
    And... it's a girl!  
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    darby17darby17 member
    Thank you for sharing your story. I am sorry for all you went through. It just shows us that the doctors don't know everything. Congrats on your baby girl :)

    Me:38 - TTC for 3+years - Multiple failed IUIs (w/clomid, femara,injectibles - all BFNs) IVF #1 - Jan 2012, CP -IVF#2 March 2012, CP - Went back to IUIs all summer. Multi-Cycle Egg banking for FET. Egg retrieval #1 October, 2 frosties. Retrieval#2 January 2013. 6 eggs banked - waiting to be fertilized in March, FET March! Zero eggs survived thaw process - FET Cancelled. New RE - Now banking Embryos for PGS - July ER- 3 eggs retrieved, 3 fertilized, 1 genetically normal embryo! FET - Feb. 2014, BFP - Mar. 2014, EDD 11/6/14 It's a GIRL!

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    danieleandwaynedanieleandwayne member
    Congratulations! Enjoy the ride and have a H&H rest of your pregnancy!
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                               Me:39  MH:39 
    DD born 6/1/2013 after 15 months of TTC with one loss.    
    TTC #2: BFP 4/22 but stalled growth and no HB at 9w3d on 5/30        

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    ZooCrewMomZooCrewMom member
    Many congratulations! I'm so excited for you! What a joyous time!
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    Excited and delighted to welcome the 3rd member of the ZooCrew in 2015! We can't wait to meet you Matthew Henry!
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    iheartscrapsiheartscraps member

    @lmchurley  COngrats!!!!   I'm so happy for you, praying for a sticky one!   i WENT THROUGH MANY LOSSES SO IF YOU EVER NEED TO TALK i'M HERE!   (ps, WHY IS MY TEXT SOOO BIG?)  sORRY FOR THAT!


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    iheartscrapsiheartscraps member
    The font is so strange,apologies everyone I don't know how that happened, it looks like i'm yelling,I'mtruly truly sorry!
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    lmchurleylmchurley member
    Thank you again for the well-wishes.  So far so good, waiting to know what I'm feeling are actually kicks and movement.  Placenta in front, so you know, its acting like a buffer...  So many sonogram pics in the first half that it'll be difficult to keep calm during the second half with next to none!  Her name has been chosen...Harper Addison D.
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    lmchurleylmchurley member
    And if anyone can tell me how to get my ticker on the bottom of my posts, please help!  Can't seem to figure that one out, lol.


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