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Any positive pregnancy over 40 success stories?

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Liissaa · 02/12/2019 16:57

After a mmc with my first pregnancy at 40 earlier this year, I would love to hear any success stories of any over 40s who have achieved a successful pregnancy! Xx

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Liissaa · 28/07/2021 16:28

Congratulations @Oldmamabear43. It’s lovely to hear your amazing news! I started this thread a good while back, and my fertility journey is about to take a little turn with an ivf cycle starting next week just after my 43rd birthday. I absolutely haven’t given up yet xx

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Chatbash72 · 28/07/2021 18:34

@Oldmamabear43 fabulous news congratulations
My sis in laws baby due any day.. feel sick when my phone pings.. not sure how I'm going to cope if she does go and use my baby name... ( complete coincidence that they have picked it, but I can't say anything as have the most unsupportive family) so just have to swallow my grief of my m/c last year. But if baby is a girl then I will just be retreating and hubby is fully on board with me doing that.. no visit, no baptism attendance.. just too much for me..

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Liissaa · 28/07/2021 19:37

@chatbash I’m so sorry. It’s so hard. Some people have had two children in the time me and my husband have been trying since our miscarriage 2 years ago. I had to walk out of church one day as they were baptising a baby I’d never even seen before but I couldn’t handle it. Sending love to you xx

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FleurDeLotus · 28/07/2021 20:22

Oh my goodness! @Oldmamabear43!!! I completely lost track of time!!! Congratulations on the birth of your little girl 😊 I’m so pleased for you everything went well! Well done!
I have to admit I feel a pang of envy … we still need to wait at least a year before we can consider trying again. I had accepted we were done but now I’ve heard your news, I’m wondering 😂

BumbleFlump · 28/07/2021 20:30

I had DC3 when I was 42, conceived straight away. The only negative is having a toddler at 45 is f*#$ing exhausting but I suppose that depends on the child - mine is super full-on and I honestly can’t wait till we’re over this stage.

Unicorn9 · 30/07/2021 22:24

Thank you thank you thank you for the hope this has bought me today. I have one DD but in the last 3 years have had 5 miscarriages in 18 months all naturally conceived. Then decided to try ivf which took 18 months, 3 euploid embryos, 3 failed transfers and I find myself hoping and praying that there is any glimmer of hope at 42 that there is a sliver that natural conception may work for us…

Catconfusion · 12/08/2021 10:17

Hey ladies, how is everyone? Just wanted to share the news that I’m pregnant. We had three chemical pregnancies since January. Our ds was born last year when I was 40. I’m now 6 plus 4 with baby number 2 just 6 weeks after my 42nd birthday. Obviously it’s early but we had a scan a couple of days and saw the heartbeat so it’s looking good. The nurse at the EPAU said they see plenty of ladies my age and older with viable pregnancies so it can happen. Don’t give up hope. Xx

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Liissaa · 12/08/2021 10:46

Congratulations @Catconfusion on your amazing news! Sending much love xx

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Catconfusion · 12/08/2021 12:09

Thank you so much @Liissaa how are you getting on? Xx

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Liissaa · 12/08/2021 12:44

@Catconfusion I have started a cycle of ivf after lots of tests that showed nothing is wrong with myself or my husband even though we have tried unsuccessfully to become pregnant for two years after a mmc. Hoping even just for some answers! Xx

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Catconfusion · 12/08/2021 12:49

@Liissaa I’m so sorry to hear the tests didn’t show a reason. Hopefully that raises the chances of IVF working for you if it’s unexplained. It sounds like you’ve had a really rough road to this point. Hopefully you’ll get some good news soon. Wishing you the best of luck with your treatment! Xx

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Liissaa · 12/08/2021 13:12

@Catconfusion thank you! I’m choosing to stay positive. My Amh levels were well above normal for a 42 year old and they thought I was a good candidate. If nothing else, it could be a good reset for my system. Xx

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Catconfusion · 12/08/2021 13:20

@Liissaa such good news about your Amh. I can imagine your chances are excellent. It must be baffling it’s not happened naturally but the positive attitude will definitely help you overcome the challenges ahead. It must also feel good to be moving forwards with it as well. Sometimes I think it’s the feeling stuck element of ttc that causes the stress. I’ve got everything crossed it works out for you. Hopefully you’ll be sharing your success story on here before long. Xx

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Liissaa · 12/08/2021 13:43

@Catconfusion I hope so! Ttc is hard and so is ivf, I just had to choose my hard. Congratulations again! Wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy! Xx

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Catconfusion · 12/08/2021 13:52

Thank you so much @Liissaa and I’m really hopeful for you. Xx

Anxiousbuthopeful · 21/08/2021 09:00

Hello ladies! Jumping on this thread (I recognize some of you from other conversations!). I am 43 and pregnant via IVF from an embryo created last year when I was 42. 5 weeks today. Have a tiny bit of blood and that slight ache in lower belly which I get before a period. How bad, do you think?

CailinInUK · 22/08/2021 17:26

Hi Anxious, I had a small amount of bleeding at 5-6 weeks in my last pregnancy, age 40, after transferring a PGT-M embryo (like ivf but for genetic testing reasons). It was scary. I booked a private early scan and saw heartbeat around 6 weeks. The bleeding was a SCH. All turned out ok. It’s hard to call but I wish you the best. Are you on sufficient progesterone for luteal support?

Anxiousbuthopeful · 22/08/2021 17:50

Hello @CailinInUK - thanks for that. I called up the clinic and they prescribed extra progesterone and it seems to have stopped. The cramping feels better too. So hard to tell what’s what until the first scan…

Eutyxia · 02/09/2021 22:49

I know my ex wife was divorced with one child and then married my ex and gave naturally birth to a healthy boy at 43. Besides I happen to know that a year earlier the same woman was again pregnant with my ex but had an abortion because she thought she was not ready for a new family and not yet divorced but separated from her ex. It definitely can happen if you still menstruate. Limit is only a state of mind.

Eutyxia · 02/09/2021 22:54

Sorry, English is not my native language I meant my ex's wife..

Wish44 · 23/09/2021 22:52

Hello OP and other posters,

I hope that all your pregnancy journies are going well. It would be lovely to hear some updates….

So I have been waiting to post my positive news, great idea for a thread OP…

So I am tying this one handed as tucked up in my other arm is my 4 day old daughter. I am 44 and a half. It’s been a long journey but so happy now !

Catconfusion · 26/09/2021 13:31

@Wish44 so pleased it worked out for you. Xx

Catconfusion · 26/09/2021 13:36

I am 13 weeks pregnant with my second baby at 42. It's all going well apart from bad sickness. I had my ds at 40 years old. I have had a mmc before ds and 4 early losses since but it's all worked out ok. Mc does seem a lot more common but it doesn't mean it's not possible. Just possibly a bit of heartbreak along the way. Of course plenty of younger women go through recurrent miscarriage so being young doesn't necessarily mean loss will be avoided. Good luck to anyone trying. Xx

Wish44 · 26/09/2021 14:01

@catconfusion

Congratulations! So nice to get passed 12 weeks.

I totally agree that the older you are then the journey can be a bit more bumpy. But we can still get there in the end.

Good luck to everyone x

tryingforbabynumber2 · 30/09/2021 21:08

Thank you to everyone on this thread. I just spent the last hour reading through all of them. I am 42, trying for our second baby. I have a beautiful son who will be 4 in December, had no issues with his pregnancy and birth, and want him to have a sibling. We were going to try soon after he was born, but my dad was battling brain cancer and it was an emotional nightmare. Now I feel ready, and these stories are super motivating. Thank you all for sharing, and holding all of you in my thoughts as we all go through our journeys.