Pregnancy - Successful Stories at 44

[Icamehere4love]

Hi there I’m looking for hope and support 🙏
I’m 44 and never been on the baby train as I’ve never felt ready or with the right person.
So now is my time but of course my age is the biggest challenge. It looks like IVF/ICSI is our first step. We would like to try with my eggs first….

Anyone going through the same?
Anyone have hopefully stories they can share?
I am a thinker and so relaxing and having faith and being calm is my priority and I think will be my biggest challenge.
We tried for about 6 months but not on it all the time, it feels harder to when you’re trying!!

I’d love to hear great stories of hope and some tips to help 🙏

My fsh levels were 8 pmol which I’ve been told is encouraging……
I’m scared for the road ahead

@Ging78

Good luck with it. I.turn 44 in 3 weeks and my last frozen embryo transfer just failed, the last of 6. I have a 3.5 year old daughter from the 6 and I wanted a sibling for her more than anything. I keep thinking is there anything else I can do to get a baby. I keep doing the lotto in the hope that I win money for more ivf.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, hopefully you'll be one of the successful cases.

Sorry to hear your news :( I have researched and donor eggs have a higher chance although you prob already know this. For us we need to try this way first and then go from there. Step by step I guess 🙏 Great that you have a little girl though what a lovely gift 💗💗 I wish you all the best for your journey 🙏

Thought I'd share here in case anyone is like me and needs more stories of hope.
Eastenders actress is pregnant at 44 from ivf treatment :) 😍

www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-eastenders-star-kellie-bright-23770854.amp

@Icamehere4love...
I am 42 and am in my 2WW for my third IVF miracle (DS at 37, DD at 39)... I have DOR. My egg retrieval last week only produced 2 immature eggs but luckily both matured in the lab and one fertilised. I transferred at day 3 as a perfect grade 1, 8 cell. Test in a few days... Everything crossed.
I mainly wanted to say that I have never PGS tested any embryos and I have never been advised to and have had two perfect babies. There are articles online now that will say PGS testing is not completely reliable and new evidence shows that embryos "screened" out as abnormal actually had the potential to self correct back in the uterus. Also, in total over the years I have had 4 frozen blastocysts but 2 of them (50%) did not survive the thaw even though they were highly graded. Obviously, PGS testing will involve freezing embryos that may then not survive. I don't believe it's a coincidence that both my fresh cycles worked but both my frozen ones failed... I think frozen doesn't work for some people perhaps.
Anyways, I hope u don't mind me just writing to you based on my experiences.
I wish u all the luck in the world xx

[quote firefly37]@Icamehere4love...
I am 42 and am in my 2WW for my third IVF miracle (DS at 37, DD at 39)... I have DOR. My egg retrieval last week only produced 2 immature eggs but luckily both matured in the lab and one fertilised. I transferred at day 3 as a perfect grade 1, 8 cell. Test in a few days... Everything crossed.
I mainly wanted to say that I have never PGS tested any embryos and I have never been advised to and have had two perfect babies. There are articles online now that will say PGS testing is not completely reliable and new evidence shows that embryos "screened" out as abnormal actually had the potential to self correct back in the uterus. Also, in total over the years I have had 4 frozen blastocysts but 2 of them (50%) did not survive the thaw even though they were highly graded. Obviously, PGS testing will involve freezing embryos that may then not survive. I don't believe it's a coincidence that both my fresh cycles worked but both my frozen ones failed... I think frozen doesn't work for some people perhaps.
Anyways, I hope u don't mind me just writing to you based on my experiences.
I wish u all the luck in the world xx[/quote]
I don't mind at all, you made me cry with your thoughtfulness and that you took the time to share. I'm very emotional atm because I just don't know what to do.

I am so scared about the effect ivf will have on my body and mind.

I am trying so hard to stay positive but everywhere I look makes me think is there any point in me trying?

It's why I posted in here to try and find the hope I need for the next steps.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart xxx

Hey, try to stay strong @Icamehere4love
Listen, just give it a try and see how you respond. It is harder at our age but not impossible! Have u had amh check? Fsh is good! Mine hit 15 last May and I had to get it below 12 for our last cycle.
If not already, consider taking DHEA (but test levels first), wheatgrass and definitely take Coq10!! Xx

@firefly37

Hey, try to stay strong *@Icamehere4love* Listen, just give it a try and see how you respond. It is harder at our age but not impossible! Have u had amh check? Fsh is good! Mine hit 15 last May and I had to get it below 12 for our last cycle. If not already, consider taking DHEA (but test levels first), wheatgrass and definitely take Coq10!! Xx

Thanks again! It's my amh that's 8.7 and fsh is 6.6 lh 4.2 I'm taking FH pro for women which I've been advised has everything in it? Will hopefully hear when scan / consultation is this week xx

@Icamehere4love your AMH is great for our age as is your FSH and LH. All looks like a really promising start!

Hi

I just wanted to share my story. I was trying for 8 years, did 9 IVFS, 3 FETS, many IUIs some in clinics. I had 3 miscarriages. Our gorgeous boy was born at the end of September. He was born from a 3 day frozen embryo collected last year when I was 43 years old. I did the transfer in January after I turned 44. I will be 45 years old in December. I am gay. We used donor sperm. We tried many different sperm donors incase that would help, went to 3 different clinics. The success was with Create Fertility who were amazing from start to finish. We truly believe it would not have worked out for us if we had not gone there. The aftercare after pregnancy confirmed to check my levels and manage progesterone etc is what we feel saved the pregnancy. I did a mild 3 cycle program with them where you aim to collect 1 good egg per round. I knew statistically that 1 in 3 of my eggs were any good and actually only had 1 embryo from the 3 rounds which resulted in my little boy. I didn't want to just do 1 round with them as I knew it might result in nothing. My pregnancy was horrendous and I had severe hyperemesis and gestational diabetes. I was off work for most of it and in hospital once from hyperemesis.

Not sure if this is helpful. I know statistics were low for my age but the way I saw it someone had to be the one to have success on the charts. My sister beat the odds with low egg reserve and had her boy naturally 1 month after me at age 42.

Hi all. Really glad this thread is revived and glad to hear some success stories! I’m Turning 40 in 15 days and about to start another IVF round. First one was unsuccessful unfortunately (transferred 2 embryos, only one implanted but unfortunately miscarried at 7w). We had one frozen from that cycle that didn’t survive thawing last month, that was devastating…. Before all of that I had two natural pregnancies that also ended in MC. Everything points to my egg quality…. So on loads of supplements at the moment (as well as my partner) to help.I’m starting the process again from tomorrow (initial consultation with the clinic to plan next cycle… probably in Jan 2023!).
@Icamehere4love did you decide what to do since March?

Wishing to all of us 40+ every success and happiness whatever our choices.

Hi,

I did ivf (well, actually PGT-M incl PGT-A) in 2016-2018 to avoid passing on a genetic condition to our offspring rather than for fertility reasons. I have one daughter aged 3, which took many cycles to achieve. This year I did three cycles at age 43 and managed to get one euploid blastocyst free from the genetic condition. Sadly and shockingly I miscarried at 20 weeks earlier in November. So, I’ll be doing more cycles asap next year to try again for a sibling. I’ll be 44 in Dec and understand the stats on paper are 5% per cycle, so a race against time. However I’m so determined to try as a many times as I can next year until I turn 45 in Dec ‘23.
I’m an advocate of PGT-A as you waste less time and heartache transferring embryos bound to fail. Success rates are much higher if you can get a euploid to transfer.

Wishing all those in their 40s all the courage, determination and luck.