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newmumcrazytired · 2026-07-17T15:26:10+00:00

I am 41. I know. Old. I am trying for my second baby. We have been trying for 8 or 9 months. We saw a consultant yesterday and my AMH is 0.8. 6 follicles. He said he wouldn’t recommend IVF because the chances of retrieving a viable egg with such a low AMH reading is very low. He recommended to continue trying naturally. I’m gutted. Any success stories of getting pregnant naturally at 41 without dying from the stress and pressure of it? He recommended having sex twice a week rather than by the ovulation monitor readings and taking C10 co-enzyme 200mg, which I’ve bought. I just keep thinking I’ve missed the boat and it is hitting me so hard. I suffered a horrendous miscarriage before my daughter was born but this somehow feels worse. I have cried a lot today. Really struggling and feel so guilty my daughter is seeing this. I think it might be a depression, which I have suffered from before.

Gabby82 · Yesterday 07:45

I got pregnant just before 41 with my third after being told I had AMH 0.5 and 3 follicles. Third month of trying. It only takes one good egg so keep positive and try to relax. I stopped drinking coffee and alcohol while trying and did all the vitamins, though no idea if any of that helped. Good luck. X

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newmumcrazytired · Yesterday 11:13

Gabby82 · Yesterday 07:45

I got pregnant just before 41 with my third after being told I had AMH 0.5 and 3 follicles. Third month of trying. It only takes one good egg so keep positive and try to relax. I stopped drinking coffee and alcohol while trying and did all the vitamins, though no idea if any of that helped. Good luck. X

That is inspiring! Thank you so much 😊

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Lolleane · Yesterday 11:27

I got pg naturally at 40 and 41. The pg at age 40 ended in tfmr, the one at age 41 went fine. I also took the attitude that if it happens, it happens (I already had 2 dcs) and gave up trying too hard (didn't track or time sex, we didn't have sex all that regularly as dc2 was quite young), gave up on supplements, the only thing I did was just not use contraception. I didn't have amh checked and didn't bother looking into ivf after seeing probability of success for over 40s, it seemed like a waste of money (would not have considered using a donor egg). I didn't enjoy the whole experience of checking ovulation strips and timing intercourse and getting my hopes dashed every month, it was easier to just have sex when I felt like it and not link it to getting pg. I think I probably wanted sex more at my fertile times hormonally anyway and letting nature take its course worked out best.

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newmumcrazytired · Yesterday 12:42

Lolleane · Yesterday 11:27

I got pg naturally at 40 and 41. The pg at age 40 ended in tfmr, the one at age 41 went fine. I also took the attitude that if it happens, it happens (I already had 2 dcs) and gave up trying too hard (didn't track or time sex, we didn't have sex all that regularly as dc2 was quite young), gave up on supplements, the only thing I did was just not use contraception. I didn't have amh checked and didn't bother looking into ivf after seeing probability of success for over 40s, it seemed like a waste of money (would not have considered using a donor egg). I didn't enjoy the whole experience of checking ovulation strips and timing intercourse and getting my hopes dashed every month, it was easier to just have sex when I felt like it and not link it to getting pg. I think I probably wanted sex more at my fertile times hormonally anyway and letting nature take its course worked out best.

That’s really interesting. Thank you so much for sharing. I’m so pleased it worked out well for you ☺️ I wish I could take a more relaxed approach.

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suz2285 · Yesterday 21:59

newmumcrazytired · 20/07/2026 14:49

Yes, please join us! I’m not sure about coming off the pill as I wasn’t on it since conceiving my last baby. Do you use any ovulation monitoring things? I use the ClearBlue ovulation monitor, Mira device and Premom ovulation sticks. I know…overkill. One month (when I was only using the Clearblue monitor) I didn’t appear to ovulate and then it was the same the next month. That was Jan and Feb and I’ve ovulated every month since. Not sure what that was all about. Whether it was the monitor or I actually didn’t ovulate. I’ve never used the temp method so not sure about that. The consultant told us just to do it twice a week rather than measure ovulation, so we are doing twice a week but I’m still using the ovulation tools to be on the safe side.

edited to fix many of the typos! In haste, sorry!

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Yeah the temp shift only confirms when you’ve ovulated, so that’s why I know I didn’t ovulate when I got the peak on the opk earlier in my cycle, I thought I’d just get a period but apparently my body is trying to ovulate again! So here we are! Getting all the symptoms and hormones so we shall see how it goes! But a really long exhausting cycle!

that seems like a nice relaxing approach just doing it a few times a week and seeing what happens