Pregnant after 35

Introducing Myself:1st Time at 43!

I am moving into my 2nd trimester. I was able to get pregant easily and my M21 test is fine. I am having a girl. I live in the DFW area, will be a working mother, and I am looking for advice on how to find a nanny. Thanks,

Julie

Re: Introducing Myself:1st Time at 43!

  • Sorry, no advice on a nanny, but congrats & welcome to the group! :) 
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    ME: 38, DH: 42, stopped BCPS 1/2013, TTC #1 2/2013, AMH 0.4, started acupuncture: 7/2013,
    BFP: 10/07/2013; MC 10/15/2013 @ 7 wks (natural), focused on health issues for 7 months.
    TTC again: 6/2014, 2nd round Letrozole, BFP 7/7/2014!!! --- EDD 3/18/2015!!!


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  • Congrats and welcome.  I'm down in Houston.

    I've never hired a nanny before but many people use care.com or sittercity.  Be sure to do your own checks/interviews (care.com had a recent scandal).  We have a 'Motherhood Center' in town that also does pre-screening, you could look for a similar service provider locally.  But I guess nothing beats a reference from an acquaintance.  Good luck.
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  • Thanks, I saw those sites on the DFW page as well as mom's best friend. I plan to start telling people I am pregnant in the upcoming weeks, so I am sure I will get a lot of referrals and advice then too.
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    edited September 2014
    Welcome, and congrats on your little girl! Ask your Mommy friends for nanny referrals, and I know lots of people who have had great experiences with care.com.
    ETA: I'm also 43 and FTM! :)

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    My BLOG: www.ivfbabyquest.wordpress.com -Update - old blog.

    PAIF/SAIF Welcome!
    Me: 42, Hubby: 35, TTC since Jan 2010. Dx: DOR due to advanced maternal age. Also: Hypothyroidism (100mcg Levothyroxin). Positive for MTHFR (hetero-C677T), Factor V Leiden, and Fragile X (on DH side). Taking pre-natal vitamins
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    First natural PG 9/27/11; mc: 1/20/12

    First RE visit: 8/8/12, Saline Sonogram: 8/28/12, IVF injection class: 10/11/12, add FaBB Tab for FVL, +Vitamin D.
    IVF #1: 10/17/12 Baseline: FSH- 9.4, E2- 24, LH- 3.7, Prog- 0.3 The u/s showed 6 follicles in my right  & 9 in my left. Rx: 150 Bravelle & 150 Menopur SQ nightly. 10/21/12: Add Ganirelix SQ every morning.
    ER 10/28/12: 13 Retreived. 7 Mature. 6 Fertilized. 5 Made it to PGS. ET 11/2/12: CANCELED. All 5 came back from PGS as having "severe abnormalities."
    IVF #2: 1/7/13 Baseline: FSH- 8.8, 4 follicles in my right & 6 in my left. Rx: 150 Bravelle & 150 Menopur SQ nightly. 1/11/13: Add Ganirelix SQ every morning. hCG Trigger 1/16/13

    ER 1/18/13: 9 Retrieved. 5 Mature. 5 Fertilized. 2 Made it to PGS. ET 1/23/13: CANCELED. All embryos (he even sent the ones not growing) came back from PGS as having "multiple severe abnormalities."
    IVF #3:
    NEW RE! 3/1/13 Baseline: FSH- 9.6, E2- 61, Prog- 0.94, 3 follicles in my right & 4 in my left. Rx: 150 Bravelle& 150 Menopur SQ in PM. 3/7/13: Add Ganirelix SQ in AM. hCG Trigger 3/9/13 SQ.
    ER 3/11/13: 6R, 2M, 2F. Day 3: one 8 cell, grade 0.  Five day ET 3/16/13: one early blast, grade Fair. 3/24/13 AF came a day before beta. BFN

    IVF #4: 
    (Added acupuncture to this cycle.) 3/25/13 WTF & Baseline: FSH-11.8, E2- 56, Prog- 0.84 3/26/13 Start stims. 3/30/13 u/s: 5 follicles in my right & 4 in my left. Rx: 225 Bravelle& 225 Menopur SQ in PM. 3/31/13 Add Ganirelix SQ in AM.hCG Trigger 4/3/13 SQ.
    ER 4/5/13: 5R, 3M, 3F naturally. Day 3: two 8 cell, grade 0, one 8 cell, grade 2 (Scale 0-best to 3-worst). Five day ET 4/10/13: two blastocysts (the 3rd stopped growing.) Beta 4/18/13: 2.5 BFFN. RE recommends we stop trying and focus on living childless, due to the extremely poor quality of my eggs.
    ***Decided to stop trying and live CFNBC. I couldn't adjust. So, six months later...

    IVF #5: Changed RE. Going to one of the big name clinics now. OWDU: 10/29/13. Update: HORRIBLE experience. Disgusted and distraught at their complete unprofessionalism and how much money and precious time they cost us. Sickening. Have now changed RE again. New Patient appt. 1/30/14.
    BFP! Out of nowhere, I got KU the old fashioned way! POAS 1/26/14 - Positive! FDLM 12/30/13. Beta #1 16dpo= 373. Beta #2 18dpo= 801. EDD 10/6/14
    2/4/14 1st U/S revealed a 5wk2day sac but no fetal pole. Started 200mgs of progesterone suppositories daily
    2/11/14 2nd U/S revealed a perfect 6wk1day "diamond ring" embryo with a beating heart! 138bpm! Add 1mg folic acid and 40mg Lovenox
    2/25/14 3rd U/S: perfect 8w1d embryo, 178bpm. 3/6 start spotting. 3/11 10w1d U/S shows no heartbeat. Scheduling D&C. The Stork has forsaken me again.
    IVF #5.2: New in-state RE. Supplement priming for 1.5 cycles prior to start of cycle, including DHEA 50mg (stopped 5/15), CoQ10 200mg 2x/day, L-Arginine- 1000mg 2x/day (stopped 6/5 due to cold sore!), myo-inositol- 2g 2x/day, melatonin- 3mg, and Neevo (prenatal for MTHFR).
    5/16/14 Day 2 bw cycle prior: FSH- 12.22, E2- 38.37, Prog- 1.35, LH- 9.46. 6/2/14 Day 19 bw: Prog- 23
    6/12/14 Baseline: E2- 122.7, Prog- 0.4. 5 follicles in left, 4 follicles in right. Start stims: 375IU Follistim & 150IU Menopur. 6/19 Increase Follistim to 425IU, Menopur still 150IU. 6/18 add Ganirelix. 6/23 Ovidrel trigger SQ. 6/25 ER: 8R, 8M, 5F naturally. Start Medrol & Doxy. 6/26 Start Endometrin. 7/2 Start Lovenox.
    7/8/14 Beta= 137.4 BFP!!! (My first from IVF!) E2- 1109, Prog- >60. Stop CoQ10, myo-inositol, and melatonin. 7/9 2nd Beta= 281.4. TSH- 2.70. Increasing Synthroid to 100mcg daily. 7/24 6w3d u/s measured 6w3d, hb: 121bmp! 8/5 8w1d u/s measured 8w3d, hb: 164bpm! Graduated from RE to OB. Now I just need to find an OB!
    EDD 3/18/15!

  • Congrats! And welcome.
  • Congrats and welcome! !
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    Proud Mom to Kaleigh (14yr) Emma (12yr) and Hanna (7yr)


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  • Welcome, and congrats! I'll be 42 when this one is born. Congrats on team pink, me too!
    No nanny advice but good luck!

    Me (40) DH (45); Started dating 2-24-12, Married 5-13-13

    BFP 3-16-13..EDD 11-17-13.. MMC 4-16-13 Confirmed/D&C 4-23-13...
    BFP #4 6-22-14 EDD 3-6-15 FX for our LO

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  •  Congrats! I'm 43 also, but this is my zillionth pregnancy lol.

     I've never hired a nanny, but word of mouth is a good place to start-co workers, church/synagoge/mosque, friends...sometime you get good leads that way.
  • Congrats and welcome!

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  • Huge joyous congratulations!!!! I'm also 43 yo (will be 44 when baby arrives) and I'm just entering week 12. It took me about 2 1/2 years to get pregnant - I'm praying (on grateful, humbled, bended knee!) that all goes well. This will be my first baby. I've still got a few weeks to go before all of my genetic testing is completed, but so far, so good! It's really encouraging me to hear about other MTB's here who are my age and doing so well. Congrats to everyone! :-)
  • Congrats and welcome :)

    ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
    Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive.  Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)

    DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN  DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!


     

     

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  • Congrats and welcome!
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  • Welcome and congrats!  No advice on finding a nanny b/c nannies in our area are pretty expensive for one kid so we started with a day care center (we really liked it and it was much easier to find an infant opening).  We switched our son to a licensed in home daycare when he was 14 mo and really like our current provider.  My state has a searchable list of licensed providers by county.  IDK that most nannies are licensed, but that might be something to check on for your area/state. 
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  • Hello!

    Congratulations!... I am 41 and I am pregnant for the 1st time too... I am  6 weeks pregnant and feeling pretty good so far

  • Congrats and welcome! No advice on nanny. I'm sahm and ds goes to preschool twice a week!
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  • Hello and welcome! No advice on nannies.
  • Congrats and Welcome; I was an older age pregnant mom too.

    Care.com is popular, and national, but of course "word of mouth" is assuring too. 
    Since you will be a working mom, I would suggest that you go to a baby and me class on a few Saturdays. You will meet a lot of moms, and ask them for their recommendations. Many have older kids and have already been there and done that, and maybe know of someone who will not need their nanny soon since their child is going off to school or something.

    A word of advice on older mommy care (smile) is to have a simple recovery plan for you body, since as we age, things take a little longer to recover, so we have to be smarter to make up for it. I was lucky enough to find out about postpregnancyrehab.com and they had an easy read downloadable free guide for the few important things mom needed to recovery, and it helped me so much to have a place to start.

    You are in for a great adventure (smile).
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