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Just saying Hi! 38 and first pregnancy, due 8/31/15 don't give up hope ❤️

IndyMom317IndyMom317 member
edited January 2015 in Pregnant after 35
Hi Everyone ~ I will try to keep this short... I never wanted children... Or so I thought... Until I thought the right to choose children was taken away from me... I never thought I would get married either... I am late bloomer, an independent woman... I find a good guy and get married in my 30's, then I realize how great it would be to raise a family with such a great guy.... Once we got married, we never prevented... But nothing was happening... And after 3 years, we started some fertility testing... Hubby has a low count, low motility and low morphology... RE said we would never get pregnant on our own... All of my lab work came back fine, my cycles were always 28 days, I was "normal"... We began IUI's, the first two non medicated, then next three medicated... I responded well to the meds and produced lots of follicles, but nothing :( My Dr wanted to do one more round, I was not comfortable with this... I requested a scope, we all agreed... Low and behold, endometriosis, lesions, scar tissue wrapped around my left ovary and Fallopian tube, he said I never released an egg from the said... I never knew I had all of this, my periods have always been heavy and painful, but I sucked it up... How am I supposed to know when you don't have a "normal" period to compare it too? Anyways, he said I must be a very strong woman, and with fixing all of my issues, he thought we could get prego on our own in 12 months..... Well December was 12 months exactly!! And on Dec 23, I got a BFP!! I was cramping for over a week, and I was super moody... We had really lost hope and convinced ourselves this just wasn't meant to be!!! What an amazing Christmas present! My hubby's birthday is Christmas Eve, what a gift to give to him! I am 6 weeks... We saw and heard the heartbeat on Monday, my fertility Dr wants to see me again in 2 weeks, then will release me as they say miscarriage rate drops below 5%... Don't lose hope and never say never!!!
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Re: Just saying Hi! 38 and first pregnancy, due 8/31/15 don't give up hope ❤️

  • NeonNoonNeonNoon member
    Congratulations and welcome to the board :)  Glad you figured out the endometriosis.
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  • niknak1208niknak1208 member
    Congrats and welcome!!! I was always 'normal' too until I came off BCP and my once normal cycles were the same for three mo and then disappeared! PCOS. Never knew. Never ended up with actual procedures to get pregnant but lots of testing and ovulation stimulation. I was almost 30. I wanted to be more settled in my career and have a couple years of marriage under our belts. Never thought in a million years that I would have issues.

    Good luck to you both and congrats!
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  • mandyreadsmandyreads member
    Congrats and welcome!
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  • GuennieGuennie member
    Congratulations, a lot of us here met the right person late in life and were slow to start a family. I had my daughter at 40 and at almost 42 I'm pregnant with #2, also a Christmas surprise. :)
    Me:41, DH:41 Positive for MTHFR mutations- one copy C677T, one copy A1298C. One daughter born on Thanksgiving in 2013. Six losses.
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  • tlc35tlc35 member
    Congrats!
    Me: 37                                               
    DH: 45
    BFP #1 3/19/14  EDD 11/29/14 MMC D&C 4/24/14
    BFP #2  12/4/14 Beta #1 218 at 12dpo Beta #2 1055 at 16dpo
    Saw heartbeat 12/29.  Please be a rainbow.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
    Congratulations you give me hope. I'm also 38 and recently had an IUI. Thank you for your success story.
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    Congrats and welcome!
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  • ewennerewenner member
    Congratulations, and thanks for sharing your story!  
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  • RadiantlyRadiantly member
    Congrats! Welcome! I didn't have as many bumps on my journey but I did have (do have) a blocked tube and possible endo. And I tried for a year and got my BFP on dec 17 so we are very close! Actually it was over a year but was one full year of actual timing and lotsa sex. Anyway hi!
    TTC#1 since Aug 2013, I'm 37, DH 41.  
    Maya Arvigo Abdominal massage (daily self care), plus TTC meditations.
    I'm very sensitive to diet (gluten, avoid processed foods) and environment. Have a history of inflammation and tendinitis before going off gluten in 2009.  
    July 2014 - RE Visit #1: Eggs look good, Endometrioma on R ovary, HSG showed blocked R tube close to ovary. DH SA normal 
    DX: Endometriosis probably the IF cause and gunking up tubes.  Since egg reserve is high, RE says I can wait a couple months and then get laproscopic surgery to remove endo & clear tube.  If that doesn't help then move to IVF. 
    Dec 2014 - Saw new RE - does not recommend surgery on tube as it isn't likely to help.  Doubts I have endometriosis.  My endometrioma shrunk to neglible size (yay!) 
    Seriously considering IVF in March/April
    12/17/14 - Natural BFP! 
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  • IndyMom317IndyMom317 member
    Thanks for all the warm welcomes ❤️
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  • anonymousmotleyanonymousmotley member
    Congrats and welcome!!
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    9/1998 - Ectopic :: 4/2001 - M/C :: 8/2006 - Ectopic :: 4/2007 - M/C :: 8/2008 - Ectopic
    4/2010 - DD
    4/2012 - M/C
    6/2014 - Surprise Pregnancy at 42 yrs old! EDD 2/16/2015
    6/9 +HPT :: 6/10 hCG 383 :: 6/12 hCG 1190 :: 6/17 hCG 8224, Prog 26.4
    6/24 U/S #1 showing 6w2d CRL .43cm w/HB! :: 7/7 U/S #2 CRL 1.73cm w/strong HB!!
    7/31 NT Scan U/S #3 CRL 49mm, HB160 | MaterniT21 - Negative!!     TEAM PINK
    9/2 - AFP Panel - Negative | U/S #4 HB150
    10/1 Anatomy U/S #5 | HB 134 | CPCs found, Trisomy 18 ruled out w/Mat21 on 7/31 | all other development normal!
    11/24 - Glucose was normal at 94
    12/23 - BPP U/S #6 HB 138 :: 12/30 - BPP U/S #7 HB 159 :: 1/5 - BPP U/S #8 HB 154
    1/12 BPP/Growth U/S #9 HB 129, weighs 5lb 12oz already w/ 4 weeks to go!!
    1/20 BPP/Growth U/S#10 HB 155, weight 6lb 9oz :: 1/26 BPP U/S#11 HB153 :: 2/2 BPP U/S #12 HB 137 :: 2/9 BPP U/S #13 HB 150
    :::::::::: 2/12 - INDUCTION DAY!! ::::::::::
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