To ask how old your dp was when you had your last dc?

[SweetCharlotteRose]

I've just discovered - after three years and much failed fertility treatment - that I'm pregnant. I'm only 4 days late so obviously there's a good chance it will all go horribly wrong.
Even though I'm 'only' 32, dh is 40 and I've been reading all this terrifying stuff saying that if the male partner is over 40 the miscarriage rate is around 40%. Male factor is our issue as well, dh has had hardly any normal forms on sperm tests and low motility (can't swim, they've got two heads).
I've convinced myself there's no way this will turn into a baby and I reckon it's pretty much our last shot.

In addition some research suggests that the time taken to conceive can raise miscarriage risk and I'm a type 1 diabetic which raises it again, I must be practically at 100%!

Please humour me by telling me many stories of how you had successful pregnancies with partners over 40.

My DH was 40 when our DC1 was born! Had another when he was 43.

He is quite 'young' for his age, loads of energy. It didnt (and still doesn't 10 years later) feel like he is an old dad, really.

I would have loved another, though, and by 45 he said he did feel too old and didnt want to be parenting primary school aged children into his fifties.

That's good you have a pump and such low figures generally. A one off high reading won't matter. I had the same worry and was told this by my consultant. I found having Input from very early on useful - your sugars can do some strange things.

Don't worry about the lack of symptoms. It is a bit early for morning sickness etc. no period is a symptom!

DH was 41 and I was 37 when we conceived. Found out I was pregnant day before my 38 birthday. We started ttc DC2 in May and DH is 43.

DP was 23.

DH was 39 when dd was born and 46 when ds was born . Hope all goes well for you OP