Pregnancy after 40

[Maria951]

I know this varies woman to woman but would like to hear of any experiences of being pregnant after turning 40. Not a first child but very nervous just due to my age

42… and 2nd baby after 10 year gap! Very anxious about everything and can’t wait for my 20 week scan- next week!
I had a MMC and I blame that for my anxiety but also now I avoid reading anything negative about pregnancy in your 40’s- only positive! Though I still worry about EVERYTHING!! So congratulations and hope you can relax as weeks go
by and get to enjoy this blessing! 😀

I had my DD at 41, first pregnancy for me. It was a doddle. I felt absolutely great and had a “good” fast birth if such a thing exists. I mean it bloody hurt and wasn’t without a bit of drama, but I literally bounced back in hours.
We did opt for early NIPT for reassurance and I had a million extra scans in NHS as I opted to take part in some clinical research and also had gestational diabetes (but I liked that extra care actually). But it was otherwise fine. I was limited to birth in hospital due to combo of age, GD and first baby. But otherwise no-one remarked on it. More than half of my midwife's cases were 35+ and I wasn’t the only older mum at my NCT. It does vary by area though I know.

I had my youngest DS at 41. I was told I’d need an amniocentesis because of my age but bloods came back all low risk so no further tests needed. He was born 4 weeks early but otherwise perfectly healthy.

Hey 👋🏼 got a very unexpected bfp yesterday (and today)… for number 3
Not so DH is not ok - and if refusing to play any part in this saying he is too old to do this again.

I'm currently 80/20 on going ahead.
Age gaps 16 and 11 (11 yr old was clomid baby).

I’ve just gone 40 (December).

Hi, I am here for the positivity and to hopefully make you feel better! I am almost 46, I have a 10 & 4 year old DS and 7 weeks pregnant, the only worry I had when I had my 4 year old was around the downs test and we ended up having the NIPT which was fine. This time round I will try and have this done sooner to ease the worry. I hope all goes well for you and hoping to see some more positive messages on this thread 😀

Congratulations!
I am 41 and currently 32 weeks with my first baby. I’ve had a really straight forward pregnancy - no morning sickness, no fatigue, no real aches and pains. All tests have been fine/ low risk. And I can still run (although very slow now…!)
I had a growth scan today (due to my age) and baby measuring fine.
I still have the last few weeks to get through, but just wanted to let you know that it’s possible to have a straight forward pregnancy.

I'm pregnant at 41, only around 6.5 weeks atm. Feeling horrifically sick all of a sudden and have had a miserable time today, been sick several times.
This will be my fourth child.
I had to have a scan last Friday and bloods due to spotting. The scan showed a gestational sac and the yolk sac in the right place and my bloods at HCG of 12,000.
Repeat scan this Friday to check on progress.
X

Good luck to all those pregnant and I am so happy to read about the lovely babies born to us 40+ lot x

Just turned 43 and am almost 16 weeks with first! I don't feel "too old" in any respect as my health and energy levels have not changed at all since I was a 20-something and nor have I ever had any health issues, thought it did take 2 years and 6-week losses to get here. Glad to get that 2nd tri boost in energy, though!

I am currently in a quandry about whether to get an amnio, although NIPT and NT and so on all suggest the lowest possible risk for abnormalities (1 in 10,000) and scans etc look great so far. Decisions! We also had genetic testing and my partner and I have no matches. Would love to hear other people's thoughts on this!

Good luck to all!

Hi, had my last pregnancy at 41. My actual pregnancy was fine and my midwife used to say that there are younger women who had tougher pregnancy. However the facts are that there are more risks.

I lost two babies at age 40 before going on to have my second baby.

And you get treated as high risk which just involved more scans and consultant care from week 28 which I was more that happy with.

Good luck!

Hiya I am 41 and 28 weeks pregnant with my 1st after 2 years of ivf 🥳 Had mild symptoms in trimester 1 nausea no sickness, sore boobs and super tired, breezed through trimester 2 until 26 weeks and then dizziness, nausea and acid reflux but am loving every minute of this. As I never thought it would happen for me ☺️

Had my one and only dd at 40, it was fine. MMCs at 39, and two at 42 (one due to a trisomy), lots of chemical pregnancies too.

Looking back, I was almost certainly in early peri menopause and my ovaries were chucking out old eggs like there was no tomorrow. However we got lucky the once and feel very fortunate. We had the Harmony test each time for peace of mind.

I would say that I felt superhuman during pregnancy, really enjoyed it. My age didn't really occur to me for the first few years - probably because I was hanging out with lots of slightly younger mums and babies/toddlers. It's got tougher as my dd has got older due to my own hormone upheaval, mood swings and energy levels, caring responsibilities for older relatives, and our inability to have another also hit us quite hard.

Tbh, if I'd already got older kids and there would be a big age gap, I would have thought twice about doing it again.

Good luck to you all.

congratulations how did the rest of the pregnancy go?