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Pregnant after 35
3sthecharm
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For those who achieved pregnancy after 40.
3sthecharm
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How long did it take to conceive? Did it require fertility treat ments for you?
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Re: For those who achieved pregnancy after 40.
I'm 42 and will be 43 when I deliver. Once we figured out "when to have sex" I got pregant on the first try. Unfortunately, I had a miscarriage in July at 8 weeks. I conceived again in October.
I did have a blood test to make sure I wasn't peri-menupausal but I never received any treatment nor did I take any meds.
I was 39 when I conceived, 40 when I had our daughter.
We decided to cease using contraceptives in late December of 2010. I conceived in late May/early June of 2011. Looking back, it is highly likely that I had a very, very early miscarriage in February of 2011 as I had an extremely odd period that month (two weeks late, bled for three days, stopped for a week, bled for another week, was very emotionally up and down the whole time).
We go to any lengths to conceive, we did not even schedule things to try to increase our chances.
Me 41 DH 46 Not actively ttc, surprise BFP on 1/6/11! 4/1/11 m/c our sunshine at 16wks after complications from CVS test. TTC #2 **5th cycle 12/6/11 BFP! Missed m/c at 9 weeks 1/21/12, trisomy 14. Two Chemical PG 3/12&7/12
** BFP 8/16/12 beta #1 148! beta#2 407 beta #3 4000 u/s 9.10 1 lovely hb 126, Baby Boy is due 04/28/13!!
When we decided to try our luck I was 40. Got pregnant after about 6 months and miscarried before 8 weeks. Took another year to get pregnant again. Miscarried again before I reached 8 weeks. I am a fairly newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic and decided at that point that this was really too much for my poor old body to take and starting talking with my OB about getting the old tubes tied. Shortly after that talk, and a month after the 2nd miscarriage, I found out I was pregnant again. I'm now at 29 weeks today and, so far, all looks well with our baby girl. This is my first (and only) and I will be 42 when she is born.
I went into this with the mind set that if it's meant to be it will happen. Obviously, it was meant to be becuase I'm still pregnant. We were just finishing everything up for the state and were about to get our foster licenses. If we didn't have one naturally, we were looking to adopt 1-2 of my aunt's current foster kids. That hasn't been completely ruled out yet, but getting through this pregnany is a little higher on the priorities list right now. : )
I was 42. About 10 months- which included TI, 4 IUI's, one failed (fresh) cycle with DE, and finally success on an FET.
DOR and AMA
2/12-5/12: 4 IUI cycles = all BFN;
7/12: DE IVF # 1 (with ICSI)- 20R, 16M, 14F, 5DT of 2 blasts; 6 frosties = BFN;
Lupus anticoagulant initially high, then found to be normal on hematology consult;
Follow up testing in September all clear;
Started synthroid for "high normal" TSH;
FET # 1- late October 2012- BFP on FRER; beta # 1- 21(low), beta # 2- 48 (still low), beta # 3- 132, beta # 4- 1,293; beta # 5- 5,606; last beta- over 100,000. First u/s 11/21- heard heartbeat
12/12- Officially an OB patient!
Level 2 ultrasound at 20 weeks shows vasa previa and VCI
Referral to MFM and mandatory c section for delivery
Beautiful baby girl born at 34 weeks
Finally home after 15 day NICU stay!
Trying for sibling: FET # 2- May 2014; beta 5/31, BFN
FET #3, early July 2014; beta 7/14, BFN
DE IVF # 2- August 2014; 14R, 13M, 11F, 5dt of 2 blasts (3 AA), 5 frosties = BFN
FET #4- December 2014, yet another BFN
Dr. KK work up shows borderline uterine blood flow, elevated NK cells, and MTHFR mutation (homozygous for c677t)
Added baby aspirin, prednisone, supplements, Metanx, and intralipids
Switched to large clinic for final attempt; had endometrial receptivity testing in January; FET March 2015 = yet another BFN
Likely OAD- NBC
TTC 10/11. IUI 2/12. BFP 3/8/12. 4/26/12 missed mc. RE consult 5/17/12. IVF #1 ER 7/13/12 53R, 41M ICSIed, 32F, 8 5d, 6 6d blasts - all PGD/frozen. PGD results 1 normal M and 1 normal F, 1 maybe M. FET 9/6, transferred 1 F embie. Beta 9/15 BFN. FET#2 planned for 11/2012 put off until 2013. Surprise BFP 11/21/12!! My son was born on 7/24/13!
Posh, I'm 41 now.
**DD1 - 7/9/98**
**DS - 11/9/00**
**DD2 - 4/30/13**
The Daily Nugget
Cycle 12, IUI #1 - 33m post wash 10/15/10 = BFN
Cycle 13, IUI #2 - 15m post wash 11/16/10 = BFP, missed m/c, D&C 1/3/11
Cycle 15 - 18, IUI #3-6 = BFN
Cycle 20, IUI #7 = BFP!, missed m/c 9/14, D&C
DE-IVF Aug. 2012: ER 8/30 11R, 7M, 4F; ET 9/4 returned 2
Beta 9/18 #1-820, #2-1699, #3-7124
10/1 1st u/s measuring right on track, 125 bpm
Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.
This baby was a total surprise, but looking back I remember the exact night our "miscommunication" took place hee hee!
I was a week shy of 40 when I conceived naturally - 6 months after a missed m/c. The first time around, I was 39, it took us about 4-5 months to get pregnant, again no extra help. I am now 9w2d and we did see and hear a strong heartbeat 1 1/2 weeks ago.
BFP #2 - 7/1/12 - Met my lucky charm Alexandra on 3-16-13!!!