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Conceiving after 40

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MrsJonesey · 22/02/2023 00:29

Hi ladies
My first post here.
Wondering if there is anyone else on a similar journey to me who wants to chat and swap advice/support!
I just turned 40 in December. I have a 21 yr old DD, 20 yr old DS and 10 yr old DD. That’s me done I thought! But met the man of my dreams 2 years ago..got married last November! And we have decided we would quite like a baby together!
Never planned or TTC my children so not been along this path before and of course age is no longer on my side! DH is 48.
I had the coil removed in July last year then before the wedding I made the stupid mistake of having the depo to stop my periods for the wedding/honeymoon and because we had decided not to try at that point. I had the depo end of September and didn’t have another. No AF yet. Did get some faint lines on OPK’s last month but I understand the line needs to be dark?
so that’s me..hoping for AF soon to start my TTC journey but gutted realising it could take some time..and time is ticking on ⏰😬

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MrsJonesey · 22/02/2023 15:51

@Inkypot ooh I can see the line! Congrats!
😊hoping for af to come asap so I can start plotting 🤣

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Inkypot · 22/02/2023 09:53

Hi, I'm early 40s and although not actively ttc I am having reason to wonder if I'm pregnant.
So I'm at the stage of testing and testing and testing 🙈 Like you I thought I left all this behind long ago!
This is my latest one but I've also had negatives on other brands. Hope you get your bfp soon and congratulations on the marriage!

Conceiving after 40
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MrsJonesey · 22/02/2023 00:59

I'm so sorry for your loss that must have been devastating. Glad you got your rainbow baby. Looks like we may be TTC at the same time then! Would be nice to have someone else to compare things with etc!

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nats2010 · 22/02/2023 00:50

Hello. I turned 40 in December. Had a baby DD Oct 2022. This is to a new partner who is 49 and had no previous children. I already have DS 16 and DD 14 from previous marriage. New partner and I had a loss at 24 weeks in Nov 2021 and subsequent pregnancy approx 2 months after resulted in rainbow DD that was born in Oct 2022. I plan to try again and hope to possibly be lucky enough to TTC again in the next year. I used OPK and was taking conception vitamins when trying for new pregnancies. As you say, very different to when you are younger and things just happen!!! Here for a chat any time 😊

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