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Pregnant after 35
2redtulips
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January PAL siggie challenge; Good advice:
"Oh, it's your first!"
2redtulips
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Last week, my Zumba instructor asked me in front of the whole class if I had any "news" to share (belly is obvious in workout clothes), so I owned up to expecting. I went back to class for the first time today, and the other ladies are now asking me questions: when I'm due, etc.
It came out that this is my first child, and one of the older ladies (in her 50s) said, "OH, it's your FIRST!?" Now I am sure she's trying to figure out how old I am.
It just made me laugh. Yes, it's my first. Yes, I am pushing 40. Proud of both facts.
It came out that this is my first child, and one of the older ladies (in her 50s) said, "OH, it's your FIRST!?" Now I am sure she's trying to figure out how old I am.
It just made me laugh. Yes, it's my first. Yes, I am pushing 40. Proud of both facts.
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First-time mom, 35+, parenting after a loss (mmc Oct. 2012 @ 8 wks), ttc for a year after loss
January PAL siggie challenge; Good advice:
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Re: "Oh, it's your first!"
I'm impressed you are still doing Zumba
January PAL siggie challenge; Good advice:
January PAL siggie challenge; Good advice:
Me 35, husband 37, we are 10 DPO and IUI. Today I had scant spotting and mild cramping. I am hopeful to get my first BFP ever on Friday. Beta testing scheduled for then.
I totally sympathize with you. All my friends are done having kids and my "baby" sis has had her tubes tied! I always new I didn't want kids before 30, however we have been trying for 3 years, the last 14 months with ART to no avail. I have PCOS, anovulation, have a dermoid cyst on & in my left ovary and endometriosis (s/p D&C). So my journey has been a little discouraging.
I have to say my ART Doc is great and so are the other 3 docs at the practice. On my first visit to his office, I told him I wanted to be aggressive and not drag this out. He asked me why the hurry?. I told him I will be 35yo soon and its downhill from there. He told me I was still young:)
The worst part of having PCOS (other than the infertility) is the weight gain and hair loss. I am a RN and work 12 hour shifts on my feet and exercise 2x a week yet I continue to gain weight, even on Metformin. The sad part is how even medical professions view weight gain. One female nurse told me if I lost weight I would get pregnant and I didn't need to be taking all those meds. Another male nurse told me I need to practice keeping my mouth shut and not put stuff in it! He works nights and I work days so he has no idea what I eat and don't eat! Most of the time people try to be helpful, I usually end up in a bathroom crying!
Good luck to you, me and all of us!
" May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
And may you stay forever young "
Me 35, DH 37
DX with PCOS in early 20's. IF d/t PCOS, anovulation, endometriosis, Dermoid cyst in/on Left ovary
TTC for 3 years. (2/2011), Last 16 months (2/2013) with chemical ART; Lap HSG with D&C 11/2012, Repeat HSG 2/2013
Clomid, Follisim, HCG Triggers, Progesterone, Metformin
IUI x2 = BFN
3/16/14 IUI #3 BFP!
3/28/14 BFP!!!!!!!, EDD 12/6/14, Nonviable pregnancy 4/9/14, 5w4d; CP natural mc at 7w6d
4/25/14 Bye bye little one
I had a doctor tell me that PCOS evolved to help control the population. That if we ever had a famine, the women with PCOS would live longer because of their fat storage. By the time the skinny women died off the PCOS women would drop the weight and start getting pregnant. I don't know how much of this is true, but I have PCOS I was over 200 pounds and 5'2" tall. A few years ago I was bit by a tick and got a blood infection. It took the doctors 6 months to figure out what was happening to me. I was diagnosed with a Stomach bug over and over again. I couldn't keep much food down. In 6 months I lost 75 pounds due to not eating. I was placed in the hospital and the doc finally found out what was wrong with me... The strange part... after I was cured from the tick bit, I started having regular cycles. I am now remarried and 10 weeks prego at age 38!
I point out the remarried part as well, because my first husband and I went through 5 years of fertility treatment and never got a BFP. I was given every excuse of why it wasn't working... One that made me laugh out loud was that I might be allergic to his sperm.
Doctors don't always know, they can make guess, they can try to help us understand the science behind everything. But I think it all boils down to each person has to find what works for them. Be self aware. And for me... Dumb luck...
January PAL siggie challenge; Good advice: