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VelvetEleganceVelvetElegance member
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Hi Ladies,

I am super excited to be back here. DS is a little over one and I just got my BFP this morning for #2. I will be 38 when I deliver and I have found that parenting at my age is extremely rewarding and I think I can appreciate it in a way that I probably couldn't have in my 20s.


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  • gscovillegscoville member
    Welcome and congrats!  I totally hear you on the older mom appreciation thing, and I can actually compare - I had my daughter when I was 21, she's 18 now and I'll be just a couple weeks shy of 40 when this one is duw.  With DD, I was juggling a minimum wage job, school/finishing my degree, new marriage, and such and although I enjoyed her, I know I was terribly busy and stressed and really just wasn't in as great a place then as I am now.  Now I have a fantastic job, a house, financial stability, and a bit more maturity to really appreciate everything about this pregnancy and what's to come.  :)


         

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    Married August 2012. Me: 41  DH: 42 
    Daughter from previous marriage: 20

    BFP 12/19/12: Ectopic discovered at 8 weeks, right tube removed 01/18/13
    June 2013 Testing Results: Progesterone: 31.7, LH: 5, FSH: 5, Estradiol: 161
    Clomid cycles Nov. 2013 and Jan, Feb, and March 2014

    TTC journey over as of the end of October 2014

    TTCAL BLOG

    All ALers welcome!

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  • kerivpkerivp member
    Congrats and welcome! 
    BabyFruit Ticker TTC #2 since March 2010. 2 LOSSES ... c/p - Dec 2010. Ectopic - March 2011. Me: 35; DH: 34 DX: DOR, egg quality issues ; DH - all normal FSH 10.1, Estradiol 21.8, AMH 0.49 IVF #1 (Oct/Nov 2011) (Antagonist with BCP's)- 5R, 0 eggs to transfer CD3 b/w by same RE 1/2012: FSH 6, AMH 1.4...wtf?? IVF #2 (Apr 2012) EPP/Antagonist with ICSI - 10R, 7M, 6 ICSI'd, 2F. 3DT = BFN AMH tested by new RE 6/2012 - 2! Saving money for IVF #3. Started a ton of supplements in May 2012 and hoping for a miracle! SURPRISE BFP!! (October 2012)
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  • Country Girl in the CityCountry Girl in the City
    Welcome!  I am 38 too.  I would have gladly taken a baby at 25 but that did not work out as planned.  Now that I am "older" I think that I will be a better parent.  I am now established in my career so I have more time to spend with LO than if I was just starting out.  I also think that I will appreciate this baby more since it was such a struggle to get her.  Now I am just worried that she will end up being spoiled.
    BFP on IVF #2 6/29/2012. Beta #1 7/3 = 522; Beta #2 = 1180; Beta #3 = 6491 image BabyFruit Ticker
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  • danuli8danuli8 member
    Velvet, welcome and congrats! I agree that being an older parent is full of special joys that younger moms may not appreciate as much. I will be 42 when I deliver and I am genuinely thrilled and excited to have a child at last. My DH is also well established at his office and is hoping to work out a deal to work from home 3 days a week for the first 6 months. He would not have had the leverage for such a deal 8-10 years ago.
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    Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.
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  • MT-HeadMT-Head member
    Hi there!  I am having my second (will be 39 when he is born) and DH and I just never really felt "ready" to have kids in our 20s or early 30s.  Heck, we still didn't feel ready when we started trying just before I turned 36.  I totally think he and I are much more suited to be parents at this age than we would have been 10 or 15 years ago. 
    Son #1 is already 2! Not too much longer until Son No.2 arrives! Lilypie Maternity tickers
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