Family history (just curious)

danieleandwayne · September 2012

I was talking to my M?m? today, and she told me that she had a hard time conceiving my mom-- just over a year, she said. And she was young (she's 96 and has been married to my P?p? for over 75 years). My aunt (her daughter) had to take Clomid to have her 3 kids. And my Great Aunt Sadie (my P?p?'s older sister-- she's 102 and still grooving) didn't get pregnant until she was 45.

On my dad's side, his mother had a hard time carrying babies to term-- she miscarried a couple of times between her 3 kids. My dad is 4 years older than my middle aunt and 12 years older than his youngest sister.

I'm just curious how much of if this sort of thing run in families-- neither my grandmothers or my aunt had PCOS...

amg51077 · September 2012

My Maternal Great Grandmother had 18 kids

My Maternal Grandmother had 7 (1 set of twins, she had my uncle when she was 39) no m/c

My Mother has 5 (no m/c)

My Paternal Grandmother had 14 (few m/c)

Lots of fertile woman, I got the shaft!! LOL

10-4LilBuddy · September 2012

Maternal grandmother had 7 kids.

Paternal grandmother had 4 kids. I think she had my dad very late - maybe in her late 30's.

My mom had me at 28 and it took 2 years. We're all 4 years apart and took 2 years to conceive each one of us. My mom had my brother at 38 and they were just about to give up.

I'd like to think that my body just doesn't know it's supposed to get pregnant. That's all I can come up with my dumb "Unexplained Infertility" label. Angry

emjo03 · September 2012

No one has had the experience that I have, but people have had weird things.

My Dad's family - I have no idea. They never talked about stuff like this, they are nuts, my Dad is dead so we never have to talk to them again.

My Mom's family is huge - she is one of 10 so consider that when I start naming people.

My Mom - 4 kids - believes she had a very early miscarriage before getting pregnant with my sister, then had me, then took about 2 years to conceive my brother -she had given up when she suddenly got pregnant. Then at 37 (seven years after she requested a tubal ligation but at the time drs wouldn't do it because she was "too young") she and my Dad got the surprise of my youngest brother. (Then she did have her tubes tied.)

My aunt had one child then it took about 4 years to get pregnant with the next. I have no idea if she had any losses.

Another aunt - had a child at about 28 weeks in the early 60s. Today he would be alive. Back then they couldn't really do anything and he died to to premature lungs. She then went on to have 5 kids. I know the last was a surprise. There is a 7 year gap between #3 and #4 and I am not sure if she was a surprise or if it just took that long!

1 cousin - early miscarriage

Another cousin - partial molar and PCOS

Sister - early loss (about 5-6 weeks), PCOS, her DS was born at 26 weeks after PROM at 21 weeks - then had DD who was full term - no issues

Me - DD with no issues, took more than a year to get pregnant with DS - diagnosed with PCOS. Now I can get pregnant by looking at DH, apparently, but can't stay pregnant.

jb2rn · September 2012

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I used to think about this - my nana had her first at 32, last at 40.

My mom had me at 24, sister at 28, sister at 33.

So I thought I was good, lots of fertility.

Then I had high FSH at age 34. So...while a hx of fertility issues could mean something, not necessarily.

tfkre8ive · September 2012

My mom had 3, but all at young ages 15, 17 and 22 (yikes!).

Maternal grandmother had 5, the last one at age 35.

Paternal grandmother had 6, the last at age 29.

Sister got pregnant at 29 while on the pill, has 1 child.

I have had 2 miscarriages, PCOS and presumably, endometriosis. I seem to be the only one with fertility probs. Yay me.

ShellBear+ · September 2012

I really don't know how much fertility runs in families. I come from a very fertile family but most of them had babies in their twenties. My mom did have her last at 36 and couple m/c before that. She never had trouble getting pg so I guess we are similar in that way. These things aren't discussed much at least in my family so maybe there are more issues that I don't even know about.

rissa06 · September 2012

My mom had a tough time conceiving, with late term miscarriage and rumors.

Dh is adopted, so we don't know.

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