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Can you get pregnant at 52?

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Pregnantposibility · 04/11/2025 20:36

I have not had a period for 2.5 years; we use condoms but it came off while having sex. Any chance I could be pregnant? Should I get a pregnancy test just in case.

Hopefully the answer is not. As no way we want a child at this age plus all the risks it could carry.

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Pregnantposibility · 05/11/2025 00:03

BringBackCatsEyes · 04/11/2025 21:49

When was this internal exam and do you mean vaginal ultrasound?

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Yes

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SabrinaThwaite · 04/11/2025 23:57

TheAutumnalCrow · 04/11/2025 20:56

The answer’s not zero chance though. It’s very unlikely but not zero possibility assuming you’ve had PIV sex.

Before I had a gynaecology surgery the nurses tested all of us who were 60 and under. No exceptions. It was quite funny really.

DH was asked if he might be pregnant before a recent surgery.

I’d say the chances were vanishingly slim, what with him being 60 and male.

Apparently, they have to ask.

Blanketfull · 04/11/2025 23:41

DierdreDaphne · 04/11/2025 20:42

Yes, it can happen. Very rare obviously, but the chances are not zero. I knew someone whose grandmother gave birth at 55!!!!

I think loads of those tales of GMs giving birth very late are probably an older DD's teen pregnancy.

It wouldn't be completely impossible theoretically, but is vanishingly unlikely, especially as OP hasn't been having periods for so long.

ToKittyornottoKitty · 04/11/2025 23:41

If it’s just happened get the morning after pill?

RedToothBrush · 04/11/2025 23:40

Tdcp · 04/11/2025 20:59

My great aunt had a surprise baby at 53 so it can happen. Given that you haven't had a period in so long though means it's extremely unlikely.

I'm genuinely yet to come across this in all the years I've done family history.

Where it 'happens' it's a Kat Slater scenario and then claimed as a miracle baby.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 04/11/2025 23:37

If you're definitely post-menopausal (which you are) then there is no chance whatever that you're pregnant.

Schoolchoicesucks · 04/11/2025 23:34

If you haven't had a period in 2.5 years you are post menopausal. It would be very unlikely you could get pregnant at 52 and post menopausal. If you were concerned, a test is easy to do. But I don't think I'd be rushing out for the MAP.

KimberleyClark · 04/11/2025 22:02

soreshoulders · 04/11/2025 21:01

My grandmother had one just a little younger than that. No help.

I'm early 50s and still have a period every month and ovulate each month. Considering how easily I had my others, it's not a chance I'd take! In OP's situation it seems highly unlikely, though never impossible.

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How do you know you’re ovulating each month? A period is not proof of that.

BringBackCatsEyes · 04/11/2025 21:49

Pregnantposibility · 04/11/2025 21:40

Thank you all; hopefully the majority of you are correct. Last time I had an internal exam they said I still had some follicles and could get pregnant and that in my case I will officially menopause after 2 years; so I guess I am safe; but you can never be sure; I may get a pregnancy test just in case and report back.

When was this internal exam and do you mean vaginal ultrasound?

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Pregnantposibility · 04/11/2025 21:40

Thank you all; hopefully the majority of you are correct. Last time I had an internal exam they said I still had some follicles and could get pregnant and that in my case I will officially menopause after 2 years; so I guess I am safe; but you can never be sure; I may get a pregnancy test just in case and report back.

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Bootsies · 04/11/2025 21:37

Pregnantposibility · 04/11/2025 20:36

I have not had a period for 2.5 years; we use condoms but it came off while having sex. Any chance I could be pregnant? Should I get a pregnancy test just in case.

Hopefully the answer is not. As no way we want a child at this age plus all the risks it could carry.

vanishingly slim but not impossible. Do. test it it makes you better but I wouldn't lose sleep over it esp if periods stopped 2.5 years ago.

natscimum · 04/11/2025 21:35

I am 54. Still having regular periods though. Just had some hormone tests because I was convinced I’m perimenopausal. Turns out I’m just a grumpy cow and still not really perimenopausal. Doctor initially laughed at when I asked for a test. Told me I was definitely menopausal. I mentioned the periods and he was surprised but still said I would be (peri)menopausal.
I’m not really. He was hesitating to say that I could still get pregnant but did tell be to keep using contraception.

Again- I'm 54.

I was complaining to my mum about this (periods only stopped at 59). She told me that her mum (my grandmother) actually did get pregnant at 51/52. Apparently it was massively embarrassing at the time because of her age. Mum remembers dates clearly because they told her directly after her Oxford entrance exam, and mum said it rather took the wind out of her sails. My mum was born when grandma was in her late 30s so pretty definite about dates. It all ended in a late miscarriage but it’s fascinating to know it still happened!

I can’t decide if this is a good thing or not. I mean I’ve been having periods for 42 years now and I’m bored.

NimbleDreamer · 04/11/2025 21:22

I'd say practically zero chance if you haven't had a period for 2 years. You are officially menopausal after not having a period for a year so you're well past that now.

DramaAlpaca · 04/11/2025 21:22

You're over 50 and haven't had a period in over two years, which means you're officially postmenopausal and can relax and throw away the condoms.

Ilovecakey · 04/11/2025 21:21

Anewuser · 04/11/2025 20:41

My grandchild’s midwife delivered a baby to a 53 year old women in the morning - it was her third child, all under 5 years old.

Maybe they were IVF

Doobedobe · 04/11/2025 21:20

Yes as I knoe two people who got pregnant at 52 and 53. It is possible. If you havent had a period for 2 years then it sounds unlikely though.

BadgernTheGarden · 04/11/2025 21:20

Extremely unlikely, do a test if you are worried. If you were still having periods maybe, but still very unlikely.

NewsdeskJC · 04/11/2025 21:17

Only on Eastenders

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 04/11/2025 21:08

You're now post-menopausal so you cannot get pregnant.

soreshoulders · 04/11/2025 21:01

Tdcp · 04/11/2025 20:59

My great aunt had a surprise baby at 53 so it can happen. Given that you haven't had a period in so long though means it's extremely unlikely.

My grandmother had one just a little younger than that. No help.

I'm early 50s and still have a period every month and ovulate each month. Considering how easily I had my others, it's not a chance I'd take! In OP's situation it seems highly unlikely, though never impossible.

Tdcp · 04/11/2025 20:59

My great aunt had a surprise baby at 53 so it can happen. Given that you haven't had a period in so long though means it's extremely unlikely.

KimberleyClark · 04/11/2025 20:59

TheAutumnalCrow · 04/11/2025 20:56

The answer’s not zero chance though. It’s very unlikely but not zero possibility assuming you’ve had PIV sex.

Before I had a gynaecology surgery the nurses tested all of us who were 60 and under. No exceptions. It was quite funny really.

when I went for the third Covid jab the chap giving it asked if there was any chance I could be pregnant. I was 62. There was a twinkle in his eye though.

LaurieFairyCake · 04/11/2025 20:58

It’s probably half a million to one

if you are I’d buy a lottery ticket too Grin

KimberleyClark · 04/11/2025 20:57

Anewuser · 04/11/2025 20:41

My grandchild’s midwife delivered a baby to a 53 year old women in the morning - it was her third child, all under 5 years old.

She probably had help.

soreshoulders · 04/11/2025 20:57

If you've not had a period for that long, I'd find the odds incredibly tiny. Not impossible, but almost.