to ask you to please share your success stories of getting PG post 30-ish?

[MoodyDidIt]

i am 33 and dh and i are ttc

just come on today and i am so sad

we have only been ttc 3 months (i KNOW its no time at all) but with dd it happened so quick. like, days after we decided to ditch the contraception. i was only 28 then though. and i got pg with DS (from prev relationship) when i was 25 by accident very quick too

and to top it off i have read a scaremongering article in the sun newspaper this morning about how womens fertility sharply drops after 32

we were TTC 2 years ago but stopped as it was not a good time financially, now i wish we had carried on trying as now it might be too late

please please share your positive stories :( sorry for being a drama queen. but it actually scares me how much i want dc3

[GirlOutNumbered]

I had first at 35, 8 months to conceive and second at 37, again. 8 months to conceive.

[newcastle34]

Had 1st at 36 after 2 years. Dh had low sperm count. Conceived again within 3 months but miscarried. Was pregnant again with 3 month and gave birth to 2nd at 38. Just had a surprise 3rd at 43!

[Bakingtins]

I've got pregnant 5 times between 31 and 38. 2 DCs, 2 MC, 1 fingers firmly crossed ongoing. It's taken between 1 and 12 m of TTC, with no pattern of getting longer as I've got older. 3m is a very short period of time, don't panic.

[mum11970]

I had my youngest at 35, no problems at all.

[babiesinslingsgetcoveredinfood]

Dd 7 months ttc @ 29

Ds 7 months ttc @32

Both times during the month when we'd stopped really trying for one reason or another.

Second pregnancy much easier than first.

Good luck op.

[ByTheWay1]

DD1 @36, DD2 @38 both times we didn't use contraception for just the one cycle - hubby just had to look at me without it I reckon!! but.... we always used barrier - not hormonal contraception.

[wiltingfast]

Got pg with ds 2nd month off pill at 34. Got pg with dd 2nd month off pill at 36. :)

[FrustratedSycamoresRocks]

Dc1 15mths ttc @25
Dc2 8mths ttc @28
Dc3 5mths ttc @33

[Whyriskit]

Had DS1 at 30, ttc (charting etc) 2 cycles, had DS2 at 32, ttc 1 cycle, currently pg with DC3, unplanned, am now 35.
Think we may have to think quite seriously about contraception after this one.

[TheGashlycrumbTinies]

DD 1 3mnths ttc @ 35
DD 2 1mnth ttc @ 38

[littlewhitebag]

I had DD1 at 28 then DD2 at 30. DH then had the snip. Sadly DD1 died at age 5. DH had snip reversed and luckily i became pregnant at age 35 with DD3. All pregnancies and deliveries were fine. DD's now 15 and 20 years.

[Spice17]

I got pregnant after less than a month of trying at 32 and my friend who is 40 is currently in labour with her 4th!

[ivanapoo]

I'm 33 with a 2 month old son and the youngest of my new mum friends.

Patience! although I wouldn't have any either, fortunately I fell pregnant the first month we tried

[fluffypillow]

DS1 (I was 23) took 18months

DS2 (I was 28) fell pg 1st month!

DD (I was 36) fell pg 2nd month.

My age didn't seem to make a difference to me. It was harder for us the first time, but then I had just come off the pill.

[wizzler]

Had DS at 39. DD at 41. Don't despair!

[BsshBossh]

I was two months shy of 38 when I gave birth to DD. It took nearly 8 months to conceive her (actively trying).

[duffybeatmetoit]

I had totally unexpected and unplanned dd 2 months shy of my 45th birthday. Dd very healthy. A friend told her gynae about it and he assumed I'd had fertility treatment as my chances of conceiving naturally were so low. Wasn't able to conceive another child though.

[littlewhitebag]

My DH's aunt had her first at age 40 and went on to have a further two with no problems at all.

[DonderandBlitzen]

Hi. I think people slowly start to get less fertile from age 30, but only slowly. After 35 I believe it quickens up a bit, but still many many people have children after 35 of course. I got preg with dd1 at 32 (first month of ttc) and with dd2 at 35, 3rd month of ttc. My grandmother had my mother at age 43. Jo Brand had her first at 43 and second at 45. I believe this was without fertility treatment.

[DonderandBlitzen]

LaQueen Do you mean you had your dd2 at age 33?

[RainbowsFriend]

I had DC#1 at 35 (6 months of TTC following a late miscarriage which messed up my cycles a bit)

And currently 39 and pregnant with (hopefully) DC#2, took 3 months of half hearted TTC

[RainbowsFriend]

Oops DC#1 at 37 not 35

[mejon]

Took around 6m to conceive with DD1 when I was 37.
Conceived the first week of trying with DD2 at 42.
You've plenty of time.

[deste]

Trying for 6 years with DS, 27 years old and the another 8.5 years with DD 36 years old.