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June 2019 Moms
mandiedq
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Geriatric Pregnancy (age 35+)
mandiedq
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We are having an “oops” baby and I am 40. Would love to connect with the other geriatric pregnancy moms (age 35+) whether this is your first, second, third or more!
What are you finding different during this pregnancy? Why unique challenges or cincerns do you have?
Our nugget was conceived while on birth control. I have concerns about possible issues because of that. We will see. Our first appointmebt is Nov 15.
What are you finding different during this pregnancy? Why unique challenges or cincerns do you have?
Our nugget was conceived while on birth control. I have concerns about possible issues because of that. We will see. Our first appointmebt is Nov 15.
Re: Geriatric Pregnancy (age 35+)
This is my first and I’ll be turning 35 soon and since I’ll be well into 35 by the time of delivery I get this lovely term to go along with it
I did have a miscarriage before so that was of some concern but my first appt went very well and I’ve come to the place where worrying about what may or may not happen is not healthy for me or the baby so for now I’m embracing that term and taking it a day at a time!
PS my bff just gave birth to her second a couple months ago. He was a complete surprise and she is 41 and he’s beautiful and healthy and she had zero complications although it was a planned c-section due to scar tissue from her first c-section. I’m sure you’ll be exact same and prove that age is just a number!
My sister had had a baby at 35 and we enjoyed joking about the geriatric pregnancy, so it is funny to me, of was before it became me. Advanced maternal age is nicer.
Rumor has it we get some extra perks (like additional ultrasounds) which I am looking forward to!
I am not having too many problems yet except for constipation and hemorrhoids but that's partly becuz of the progesterone my fertility doc put me on.
Also wanted to say.. my mom had 12 kids.. her last at 43. no complications!
I’ve learned a lot about fertility over the age of 40 (a totally different ballgame than 35-40 and I wish I knew more then). The main issue is fewer and older eggs, so if you have no other issues that could cause problems with a viable pregnancy and then it’s a bit of “luck of the draw” when it comes to natural pregnancies, unfortunately. I had two PG that didn’t survive (one confirmed trisomy) and planned to transfer a tested embryo this month but then conceived naturally. So we are cautiously optimistic we got one of my good eggs this time (9 1/2 weeks, so far so good), but at the same time realistic about what can happen.
Interestingly enough, my fertility clinic will use previously frozen embryos or donor eggs for women into their late 40s if they are otherwise healthy and have no concerning medical issues. These women will have geriatric or AMA splashed all over their records and yet have perfectly healthy pregnancies. In fact, if this pregnancy goes well we will likely use our frozen tested embie to try for a second biological child when I’m 44/45.
Sorry if I did a bit of “unloading” here, I’ve just learned so much and while there are a lot of people pro “AMA” women out there, there are also a lot of people with negative opinions and I want to smack them sometimes. The combination of life choices or struggles with infertility and scientific advances have lead to more women having babies at older ages and I think it’s awesome.
Glad to see I am not alone here!
@ki1244 The more the merrier!
@mandiedq That WOULD be hilarious, though!
Since this is my first pregnancy, I really have no clue what to expect. It is an entirely new experience! I am grateful to be able the read the different boards, since my appointments are so far away, it is helpful to hear I am not alone. I almost still can't believe I am pregnant. I do have some symptoms, but they come and go and with no bump and no OB appointments it doesn't feel real yet.
So far the doctor I've seen and all of the nurses made no comments about my age at all except to say that it would mean I should definitely do the genetic screening. Other than that things have been no different from when I did this in my early 20s. I'm sure later things may be different, and I probably won't escape without stretch marks this time, but I always thought the emphasis on being too old at 35+ was a bit overblown.
Hopefully you can find something to help your younger to look forward to about the baby. It's a big change, especially if it was a surprise.
That's the only thing I've heard from them so far regarding my age, but the only appointment I've had was my "intake" appointment (which frankly was the most useless waste of time, but that's another story). I'll be interested to see if the actual midwife has any other warnings or opinions for me when I finally get to see her next week.
My only concern is a past tendency towards preterm labor but even that wasn't an issue until around 7 months. I had crazy amounts of Braxton Hicks contractions and it was hard to tell the difference for me. If that starts again I might try to get appointments more often than every 3 weeks around then.
As for the extra screenings, we weren’t given a choice. She just said, “I have all of my patients do these”—specifically as regards the NT and the DNA bloodwork that’s coming up. We tested our embryos and DH and I did our genetic carrier screening before IVF, so we thought we’d get out of at least those tests. It took us so long to conceive that I’m largely inclined to do whatever my OB thinks is best. But you should do whatever you’re most comfortable with.
haha!
Hi Mama’s,
I’m 37 - conceived a few weeks after my birthday. We have 2 DD’s (April’15 & Feb’17) and this is definitely our last... mama’s tired!
1st ultrasound showed a wiggly little Junebug w/a HR of 164bpm. Dr says everything looks great 🙂 next appt where they’ll be taking all my blood is 11/26.
glad and to be surrounded by other awesome mama’s!