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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

Trying for first child aged 37

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worldwidetravel2017 · 31/12/2023 11:04

Anyone else in the same boat ?

OP posts:
Doodledeedum · 08/01/2024 23:41

Started trying at 36
Third pregnancy successful at 37- gave birth at 38! ( first child!)

New2024 · 08/01/2024 23:48

Where we live this is pretty much the age of the average middle class first time mum. Just too expensive to contemplate any younger

daisybe · 09/01/2024 00:25

Yes, I was 37 when I got pregnant and turned 38 at around 26 weeks.

Ftm.

Took a few years but realised I should have been more on it with tracking ovulation. I think if I took that seriously from the start (I didn't know tbh) I would have conceived sooner. I got the premom app plus bought a box of 50 opks on amazon, game changer.
Plus I got a smart watch to track my temps and logged my bbt on various apps and obviously apps for period tracking.
It was a bit all consuming, but in all honesty, i sort of didn't take it seriously for about 2 years then panicked and read a lot more about it and once I started all the above, it took maybe 3/4 months.

No issues and low risk.

Having to take aspirin for pre eclampsia preventatively because my mum had high blood pressure (she was 40 when she had me and in a high pressure, long hours job) I've consistently had low BP readings and doubt it's my age, its more because my mum had it and had me early.

The other thing... I think because I've gone off meat, at my blood glucose test around 24 weeks my iron levels came back borderline anaemic so I'm on 200mg ferrous sulphate/iron. Again, I don't think it's age related. Just probably lack of iron in my diet.

BTW, pretty much everyone, bar maybe one couple are late 30s in NCT Class and again, in my online classes, (The Honest Midwife)looks to be mid/late 30s.
All my friends have also had children at a similar age to me (one was 38 first time and 44 when she had her second)

May take a little longer but if you're fit and healthy you've given yourself the best chances :)

Joeslaol24 · 09/01/2024 00:41

I had my third at 37 . I just picked for mid cycle without any ovulation guidance kits and struck lucky 😊 Good luck OP 💐

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