Come and talk to me about being old and getting up the duff.

[ZolaBuddleia]

I'm 42, with a 3yo DD. DP has only recently come round to the idea of trying for another one, so we haven't been using contraception for about 6 months.

I have an appointment with a gynaecologist in Aug ("if you're not pregnant by then" ) where we can talk about options.

Can anyone tell me what they might be able to offer?

Had hysterosalpingogram about 2 months before getting pregnant with DD, and DP had SA at the same time. All fine. Took 9 months to conceive DD, but of course I was a mere stripling of 39 back then.

Feel a bit despondent and that we may have left it too late.

Should add, haven't been temping as I don't get 3 hours of sleep before waking. Also haven't been OPK-ing as I have PCOS and I gather OPKs are not compatible with that.

Hi Zola,

There's a 40 something thread higher up. I've delved in there on occasion. I'm 42 too and have given up trying for baby number two but can't help but hope every month.

Fingers and toes crossed for you! Hope it happens for you both

Hi, I read a blog on another site the other day about women over 35 being told getting pregnant is harder, it was quite interesting. Im not saying it isn't harder but maybe we don't need to fear it quite so much?!! The link in case you want a read is blogs.prideangel.com/post/2013/06/How-statistics-about-women-age-35-39-failing-to-conceive-is-based-on-17th-century-data.aspx Hope this helps, take care and let us know how you get on xxx