anyone pregnant and over 40?

[teejay]

There must be a few of us?

Had the scan yesterday all is well hurrah, I am 8 weeks+ 2. I did feel a bit old in the waiting room though.

Good news hedgepig.
I am 10 weeks pg tomorrow with no.3 and will be 41 in Sept when baby is due.

That's great news Hedgepig! It's a worry all the way this pregnancy lark isn't it?

40 and due on 5th April. Had DS at 36.

No sickness this time or last, but much more worried about things this time for some reason..... maybe 'cos everything was so normal last time (and this), I keep waiting for something nasty to happen!

BR

Thanks Angel and hi bunny rabbit. I was completely oblivious to potential problems last time and now I am fairly paranoid about everything. I think once you have had a child you meet more people who have had problems and become more aware.

I turned 40 Aug last year and have given up LOL now 19+3 weeks with my first due 18 July

I keep worrying everything will go wrong too. I have been blessed with feeling them move since they were 12 weeks but when it goes quiet I worry have resorted to drinking ice cold water to feel them squirm just so I know they are there and ok

I worked in neonatal intensive care for 12 years so I saw all the sick and preterm babies my experiences are a little out of the ordinary although all my friends had normal pregnancies and deliveries I thought I had a balanced view but apparently not I am a worry wort LOL

Kaz1967.... them??????

Oops no bump is singular or was on the 12 week scan

Hi there fellow 40+s - nice to feel in good company!

I've just had 44th b/day and am due in a couple of weeks with my 2nd. Age gap 11 yrs but my son is over the moon.

I must say I am a bit paranoid about being an older mum but nobody seems to look at me funny and I do believe we are becoming quite the fashion and the norm.

My paranoia only stems from a vanity point of view however - worried about how my daughter will feel to have an older mum taking her to school and that sort of stuff, otherwise from a physical point of view this pregnancy is the same as my first and I feel fit as a fiddle.

Hi everyone,

It's good to see that there a a few of us 'oldies' around.

Hedgepig, I'm glad that everything is OK after your bleeding. I've got my scan on Thursday, can't wait to hear (fingers crossed) that everything is OK so far. My Nuchal scan is next week.

I'm still feeling really tired, especially in the afternoons. I've taken to going to bed at 9pm most nights and I zonk out immediately my head hits the pillow. Do you think the tiredness will continue all the way through? I'm nearly 12 weeks and I read that it's supposed to get better in the second trimester, but at the moment it's not getting any better!

Hello, can I join in? Had my first age 38; am now 41 and hoping to go for another one so am interested in hearing your stories.

Hi peasoup,

We're not a prolific thread, but we keep jogging along slowly (much the same as in real life in my case!).

hi everyone so pleased to see you all I am 46 and expecting baby number 6 in october. My children are 28, 26, 25, 22 and 4. feeling fed up at the moment tith the medics telling me I am high risk of this that and the other. I have had my last four babies at home with no prebs and I want to enjoy this pregnancy and look forward to the birth
without stressing over what may not haooen.

sorry about spelling errors

Hello rosebury I know exactly what you mean I am fed up of being told I am a high risk pregnancy too

Thanks Kaz1967 nice to hear that I am not alone. When is your baby due? and how are you feeling?

Wendyredhead how are you doing? your baby must be due soon please let us know how you get on.

I'm not due until middle July I am just relieved I have a supportive Midwife and GP who understand than unless clinically indicated I do not want this pregnancy managed in a medical way. Think pat of it is my GP knows I can get stroppy if I need to LOL

do you have to see a consultant? as part of your ante natal care I am going to have to seek alternative support networks as I will be having a home birth not adnised at my age.

I need to because of medical reasons sadly if things continue though and these flipping fibroids are not in the way and house move goes ok You never know I am in an area where the Midwives are pro home birth.

sorry about the fibroids, when are you moving ? and are you staying in the same area.

Staying in the same area my Midwife and GP are too good to loose. But I want to get rid of the mortgage so it's somewhere smaller for bump me and the cat but small means I can have less clutter and have to be tidier does it not

The consultant may have to realise that I qualified as a nurse and I will not just accept things I want to know ALL the research behind what he is saying.

Hi , I am new in this thread I will be 41 when my second baby is born. Due date Sept 8th 2008.
My amnio is in 2 weeks, I have 1 in 52 chances of a Down Syndrom baby, so I am quite scared and worried.
Have you had an amnio, did they do an amnio PCR only or all the texts available ????

hiya potxola I just read your amnio thread I hope it all goes well for you.
I'm 41 as well have a nucal on the 27th and am so stressed out with the waiting. With my ds I was 37 and although I had a nucal I wasn't concerned I'm just so much older know.

Hello everyone how are things?

Well this sexy support for divarication of my tummy muscles. I have is making Bump really quiet not doing as much in the way of somersaults but I am starting to get some very definite kicks rather than just movements Sometimes it feels like they are throwing a real wobbly and stamping their little foot as if they are throwing a tantrum because they are fed up of this sexy support.

Oh and after a long discussion last week I have decided to make a really big move up north to be nearer my best mate (we are more like sisters). I was intending moving up there for uni anyway in 2 years time and have spoken to the college in Boston and my tutor and looks like it is very feasible. My best mate has actually looked at a flat in the same village she lives in an I am going up there tomorrow and am looking at it on Tuesday