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Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

Due in September - over 40 :)

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Amuseaboosh · 15/01/2025 20:55

Hello!

I'm 44 and have just found out I'm 4 weeks pregnant.

It's all a bit meh at the moment as I've been here before, multiple losses and all over 40. I'm putting it down to the quality of my old lady eggs!

Anyway, I'm back on that rollercoaster. I clearly love the stress of it all!

If anyone else is on the same rollercoaster or even in the same theme park, pop in and say hi ☺️

Due in September - over 40 :)
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sel2223 · 15/01/2025 21:48

Congratulations OP, wishing you a healthy, successful pregnancy.

I am 42 and due in March

Amuseaboosh · 15/01/2025 22:06

sel2223 · 15/01/2025 21:48

Congratulations OP, wishing you a healthy, successful pregnancy.

I am 42 and due in March

Aah, congratulations to you, too ☺️ I hope the pregnancy has been a relatively smooth one so far, sending luck and positivity your way for March.

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DramaticFridge · 16/01/2025 13:34

I'm exactly the same - 42 (43 next week) and due 1st baby in June.

After years of trying and failing this is my little miracle and still cant believe my luck ❤

Lulu89x · 16/01/2025 16:19

Congrats ladies. Wishing you all very happy and healthy pregnancies!

MaltipooMama · 16/01/2025 16:40

I might not quite qualify for this as I'll be 39 when my second is born in July, but even so just wanted to say congratulations to you all and wish everyone a very very healthy pregnancy ❤️

Amuseaboosh · 16/01/2025 18:59

DramaticFridge · 16/01/2025 13:34

I'm exactly the same - 42 (43 next week) and due 1st baby in June.

After years of trying and failing this is my little miracle and still cant believe my luck ❤

This type of sharing makes me so very happy 😊 you more than deserve this. Huge congratulations to you ❤️

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Amuseaboosh · 16/01/2025 19:01

MaltipooMama · 16/01/2025 16:40

I might not quite qualify for this as I'll be 39 when my second is born in July, but even so just wanted to say congratulations to you all and wish everyone a very very healthy pregnancy ❤️

Hey, of course you qualify, I was going to edit to 'all ages come and join' or something but ended up eating cake instead! 😁

Congratulations to you, and I hope your summer baby brings you aaallllll the sunshine all year round ❤️

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Amuseaboosh · 16/01/2025 19:02

Lulu89x · 16/01/2025 16:19

Congrats ladies. Wishing you all very happy and healthy pregnancies!

Thank you 😊 and wherever you are, in whatever journey, I wish you the very best ❤️

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Amuseaboosh · 16/01/2025 19:03

Todays offering.....

No huge symptoms, fully expecting failure but staying cautiously optimistic, if such a thing exists!

Due in September - over 40 :)
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MrsH26 · 17/01/2025 13:53

Also over 40, just got my BFP and due Sept, can I join too?

I’m very apprehensive!

PennyPencils · 17/01/2025 14:25

Hey me too. 41 and due mid September.
Have an 18 yo and a 2 year old.
Fingers crossed as I'm only 6 weeks on Monday

Lulu89x · 17/01/2025 16:06

Amuseaboosh · 16/01/2025 19:02

Thank you 😊 and wherever you are, in whatever journey, I wish you the very best ❤️

Thank you! Im actually not far off. I’m 35, turning 36 in April and almost 12 weeks pregnant with my first baby! I’m due the beginning of August 🥰

Finkycat · 17/01/2025 16:16

Hey, fellow “oldie” here! I’m 42 surprise pregnancy currently 7weeks due early September

congratulations everyone!

Amuseaboosh · 17/01/2025 21:11

MrsH26 · 17/01/2025 13:53

Also over 40, just got my BFP and due Sept, can I join too?

I’m very apprehensive!

Welcome 🤗 I completely understand your apprehension. The fear is real. What's happening in your mind? Writing it out might offer some tiny relief.

I read something the other day. Once you conceive, it's out of your hands. Your body will take over, and whatever is going to happen will mostly happen. It helped me a little in taking some of the pressure off myself.

We're all here to support, so keep us updated ❤️😊

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Amuseaboosh · 17/01/2025 21:12

Finkycat · 17/01/2025 16:16

Hey, fellow “oldie” here! I’m 42 surprise pregnancy currently 7weeks due early September

congratulations everyone!

LOVE being an oldie! 😁😏 have you been called a geriatric mother yet? Where's my zimmer frame.....!?

Welcome and huge congratulations to you on your fantastic news ❤️

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Amuseaboosh · 17/01/2025 21:13

Lulu89x · 17/01/2025 16:06

Thank you! Im actually not far off. I’m 35, turning 36 in April and almost 12 weeks pregnant with my first baby! I’m due the beginning of August 🥰

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Oh my darling, you're definitely far off 😁😁 congratulations on your beautiful news. How's pregnancy been treating you? ❤️

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Amuseaboosh · 17/01/2025 21:15

PennyPencils · 17/01/2025 14:25

Hey me too. 41 and due mid September.
Have an 18 yo and a 2 year old.
Fingers crossed as I'm only 6 weeks on Monday

Huge congratulations to you!

There are older teens involved here too, imagine telling them! 🤣🤣

Sending you all the luck and positivity for your pregnancy ❤️

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ReggieRocks · 17/01/2025 22:10

Hi there, congratulations!!

I’m in a similar boat and am really happy to find you ladies!!

I’m 4 and a half weeks and due in Sept. It’s my first pregnancy and I’m 43 (will be 44 if everything works out and I am able to have this baby).

I’m feeling such a mix of emotions. Trying to temper the excitement, but also trying to do everything I can to put myself in the best position m and it’s royally messing with my brain!

All feels very surreal!

Anyway, I’m wishing you all the best. Thanks for sharing xxx

ReggieRocks · 18/01/2025 07:56

Amuseaboosh · 17/01/2025 21:15

Huge congratulations to you!

There are older teens involved here too, imagine telling them! 🤣🤣

Sending you all the luck and positivity for your pregnancy ❤️

My friend’s 14 year old son’s reaction to her pregnancy was “oh Mum, shouldn’t you have been more careful?”!!!!! 😂😂😂

Lulu89x · 18/01/2025 13:02

Amuseaboosh · 17/01/2025 21:13

Oh my darling, you're definitely far off 😁😁 congratulations on your beautiful news. How's pregnancy been treating you? ❤️

Haha not really! There’s no distinction after 35 as we are all considered to be having “geriatric” pregnancies anyway! 🤣 in the last week of the first trimester and my nausea is easing off. I also have a tiny bit more energy now too. I currently cannot stand the thought of food.. I’m eating nothing but salty / sour / spicy junk everyday! I feel like I’ve been pregnant for ages. I found out at 10DPO - mid November! How about you? Have you had any symptoms?

Finkycat · 18/01/2025 18:16

Amuseaboosh · 17/01/2025 21:15

Huge congratulations to you!

There are older teens involved here too, imagine telling them! 🤣🤣

Sending you all the luck and positivity for your pregnancy ❤️

Oh I’m dreading telling my almost 16 year old son, I’m sure he’s not going to be very impressed 🤣 my other 2 boys are 7 & 5. My youngest is a wild one so hopefully the very last baby will be a bit calmer and I bet a 4th boy too!

Amuseaboosh · 19/01/2025 10:32

Hope everyone is having a good weekend and feeling well 😊

I fell down a bit of a rabbit hole early, hours of this morning looking at success rates for a pregnancy at 44, quality of eggs, chromosomal abnormalities in the eggs of a 44 year old - I knew all of this already but after every miscarriage over the last 3 years (8 in total), I sort of try to forget. Then I'm back here, pregnant, and off I go again. Every one of my pregnancies has been natural conceptions from 41 to now - it's been almost easy to get pregnant, but clearly, my eggs are not playing ball.

Pregnancy tests show strong, but I know, I know that means nothing about how the pregnancy is going. Just confirms that there is one.

I've convinced myself this pregnancy will go in the same direction and not to get attached in any way - instead, I'm angry at myself that I'm putting my mind and body through this again, why? It's that delusional thinking of perhaps this could be a healthy egg, hence a healthy baby - aarrrgghhhh! Then it goes wrong, and every time I say that's it, I'm done. It's self-inflicted torture.

On the flip side, in everyday life, I'm a rational, balanced, professional, and accomplished person. Where does that rationale go with this!??

Ok, download over. I'm going to go and carry on cleaning my bedroom.

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Finkycat · 19/01/2025 12:01

I think this is always in the back of my mind too, but I had a miscarriage at 29 so it can happen at any age. Try not to stress xx

PennyPencils · 19/01/2025 12:59

Well not in a great way here. Woke up to backache and brown when wiping.
I had a miscarriage in October at 7 weeks and I'd be 6 weeks tomorrow.

I'd love a miracle but it is what it is.

I hope everyone else is doing well. Feels worse when time is running out.

PennyPencils · 19/01/2025 13:02

@Amuseaboosh I feel for you. I've had one miscarriage and at least two chemicals in the last year and it frustrating when there's nothing else to do but wait and hope for a good egg.