Is there a thread for the old birds who are pregnant and over 40?

[hippychick66]

I'm on a fab thread on the ttc section but am now 7 wks preg .

I know it's early days but I wondered if there was a thread on here for the older pregnant woman who might be experiencing all the same things as me.

God, I hope I'm not tempting fate by coming over from the ttc side!!!!!

wow, welcome to thefatladyscreams, elena67, missedith01, onebyoneNOTfourbyfour!

Feel free to add yourself to the list.

Great to see other first timers on this thread. Are you, like me, wondering why you left it so long?

Elena, you're just a couple of weeks behind me and onebyone you're a couple of weeks ahead, so you must both be enjoying your bumps by now. Have you discovered gender yet?

and yes, sorry tigercub, meant to say i don't feel qualified to offer any advice re your situation. Do you have dc's already? Was there an obvious cause of recent MC?

Hi to the newbies.

to TFLS. Hang on in there matey. So glad you joined us.

I'm planning to watch - One born every minute on channel 4 on Tuesday. Not sure I should cos I know I will sob hopelessly throughout and anything that goes wrong on the show I will immediately think that will happen to me - but i will not be able to NOT watch it. Anyone else in UK planning to watch?

ps. My 9 year old DS asked if he could watch but I said let me watch it first. I think it will be too graffic for him and also if anything bad happens to a baby he will panic about our baby.

Thanks, Schipo - haven't found out gender; we are trying to hold our nerve til D-Day but may weaken if we have a 3d scan in a few weeks! This may be a stupid question but... do I add myself to the list by cut-n-pasting the last one and adding myself in in a new message? Sorry if that sounds dense - I used to be quite smart til I got knocked up!!
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Elena67, yes, that's really all you need to do, just copy and paste list and insert your details inline..

Hippychick - i'll be glued to screen on tuesday night...

Updated list
nottslass 41, #3 due 26 Jan (DS1 23 & DS2 7)
ChunkyChick 42, #2 due 10 Feb (DD 2.3)
extremelychocolateymilkro... 42, #DD2 due in February (DD1 2.5)
Missedith01 - 42, #1 due March 24th
Pumagirl 42, #1 due 31 March
HelishAngel 39, #4 due 1st April
Chynah 40, # 2 due 4 April (DS will be 15 months when she arrives)
varmit 42, #2 due 20 April (DS 2.6)
stinkypinky 41, #2 due April 23rd (DD age 3)
onebyoneNOTfourbyfour 42. #1 due April 28th
karney 41, #2 due 2 May (DS 17 mo)
Jen6jen 36, #4 due 15 May
schipo 40, #1 due in 16 May
ande 40, #4 due 31st May (17year old twins and 11 year old)
justbeme 41, #3 due 2nd June (DD 14 & DD 2.6.)
Elena67 43, #1 due 12th June
Hazeyjane 41, #3 due ? July (DD's 3.10 & 2.8)
negrilbaby 43, #2 due early July (DS 23 months)
bluebell6, 42,#2 due 13th July (DS1 2.4)
CoCoCakey 41, #4 due 16th July (DS1 22,DD 18, DS2 - 3)
HelishAngel 39, #4 due 1st August (other LO are 18, 13, 12)
chegirlsgotheartburn #5 due in August (16, 6 & 2. I had a beautiful DD who wouldve been 18 next week but we lost her in 2006)
Mrs Mopple 40, #2 and #3 due August 28th
HeighHo 42, #4 and #5 due end August
Hippy 43, #3 due end of August (2 DS's are 9 & 6)
MrsCrabby 41, #2 due end of August (DS 2)
asquashandasqeeeze 40, #6 due end of August
Curlylox 43, #3 due 8th September (DS 20 & DD 5)
rainbowdays 42, #4 due 11th September (DS 6, DD 5 & DS(2) is 1)
thefatladyscreams 41, #1 due October
Pacificdogwood 43, #4 due ?????

Born:
18 Jan - to chickbean 41 (DS1 3.4 & DS2 16 mo) - DD (name tbc) 8lbs 6 oz
21 Jan - to mellifluouscauliflower 42,(DS 5)- DS - Louis (7lb)

Not forgotten:
shinysideup SmileyMylee,Liahgen

TFLS - congratulations, and welcome, will you be having early scans this time?

Welcome to elena67, missedith01, onebyoneNOTfourbyfour also, I have put in your details for you, I hope I got them right!

Whoops - forgot to add in my news ! We had an early scan on Friday and we saw the heartbeat. I am further on now than with any of my m/c's and was shocked but so happy to see the heartbeat this week.

Also Belated Happy Birthday wishes to Notslass ! Hope you had a good day on Friday.

so pleased to read this
my twins are 11 and my daughter 13
am 5 wks preg and feeling every one of my 39 years

Just wanted to wish you all the very best with your pregnancies. But please remove me from the list as miscarried last night (my first experience and my only I hope).

So sorry to hear your news curly. You must be devastated. Hope you have lots of support around you.

On the flip side, well done to rainbow how lovely to have seen the heartbeat.

I've got my 12 week scan next week and it will be my first chance to see that this whole thing is real - I can't wait to see the heartbeat etc.

Hope everyone else is keeping well.

Updated list
nottslass 41, #3 due 26 Jan (DS1 23 & DS2 7)
ChunkyChick 42, #2 due 10 Feb (DD 2.3)
extremelychocolateymilkro... 42, #DD2 due in February (DD1 2.5)
Missedith01 - 42, #1 due March 24th
Pumagirl 42, #1 due 31 March
HelishAngel 39, #4 due 1st April
Chynah 40, # 2 due 4 April (DS will be 15 months when she arrives)
varmit 42, #2 due 20 April (DS 2.6)
stinkypinky 41, #2 due April 23rd (DD age 3)
onebyoneNOTfourbyfour 42. #1 due April 28th
karney 41, #2 due 2 May (DS 17 mo)
Jen6jen 36, #4 due 15 May
schipo 40, #1 due in 16 May
ande 40, #4 due 31st May (17year old twins and 11 year old)
justbeme 41, #3 due 2nd June (DD 14 & DD 2.6.)
Elena67 43, #1 due 12th June
Hazeyjane 41, #3 due ? July (DD's 3.10 & 2.8)
negrilbaby 43, #2 due early July (DS 23 months)
bluebell6, 42,#2 due 13th July (DS1 2.4)
CoCoCakey 41, #4 due 16th July (DS1 22,DD 18, DS2 - 3)
HelishAngel 39, #4 due 1st August (other LO are 18, 13, 12)
chegirlsgotheartburn #5 due in August (16, 6 & 2. I had a beautiful DD who wouldve been 18 next week but we lost her in 2006)
Mrs Mopple 40, #2 and #3 due August 28th
HeighHo 42, #4 and #5 due end August
Hippy 43, #3 due end of August (2 DS's are 9 & 6)
MrsCrabby 41, #2 due end of August (DS 2)
asquashandasqeeeze 40, #6 due end of August

rainbowdays 42, #4 due 11th September (DS 6, DD 5 & DS(2) is 1)
thefatladyscreams 41, #1 due October
Pacificdogwood 43, #4 due ?????

Born:
18 Jan - to chickbean 41 (DS1 3.4 & DS2 16 mo) - DD (name tbc) 8lbs 6 oz
21 Jan - to mellifluouscauliflower 42,(DS 5)- DS - Louis (7lb)

Not forgotten:
shinysideup SmileyMylee,Liahgen,Curlylox

So Sorry to read your news Curlylox, will be thinking of you.

Can this really old bird join? I'm [whispers] 46 and 33 weeks pg. I have a 3 year old, born when I was 43. Never tried to conceive until I was 42 and in fact had only been with DH for 7 months... Still with him as well. Good luck to all the other 40 somethings who are pg. And for those of you who are starting again, take some encouragement from my personal statistics - there's life in them thar eggs for a while yet....

Hi leolo. Can i be really nosey and ask if it was a natural conception please?

It's just that I still keep an eye on the ladies on the over 40's trying to conceive thread. There are a couple on there who are 44/45 and they would love some encouraging news. Oh by the way - welcome -

How were people when you told them you were pregnant? I felt an uncontrollable urge to tell everyone that I was 43 about 6 seconds after I told them I was preg - I just couldn't help myself.

Maybe you're not so hung up about your age as I am - which would be a good thing!

My news is - I got more stuff for my thrush today and am counting down the minutes until I can put the flippin' pessary in.

Hi all! I look up this (our) thread everyday and never really know what to say.
Anyway, I mentioned this to one of DDs today (17yrs) and she said "Have you told them you are having a boy this time, and we are all (not so) secretly pleased cos us girls are princesses enough"

"Nope, still getting my head round it. A baby along with you twins doing A levels and "little one" (of 11)verging on puberty."

To which DD (17) said, "I'm having a sweatshirt printed with THIS IS MY BROTHER (On front) and NO (on the back)"

Didn't know whether to laugh or cry.......

Hope everybody is well.

ande X

Hi everyone.

Oh curlylox - I'm so sorry for your loss. It's so hard. Hope you're getting loads of support. Take care.

Schipo - your comment was spot on. Yes I'm wondering why I left it so late and I really don't know where the last couple of years has gone. It's just zipped past.

Hippy - thanks for the biscuits (always appreciated!) and for your thrush. You're having quite a time with that at the moment aren't you?

Rainbowdays - good news re your scan - hearing the heartbeat is a great sign . My doctor has suggested I get an early scan at 10 weeks so I'm just trying to pluck up the courage to register with the midwife again (miscarried last year shortly after seeing her so not the best mental association). Plus I feel my symptoms are fading which is what happened at this stage last time - apologies for being such a misery gut!

Leolo - fantastic - your story has really inspired me.

Ande - your DD's comment is brilliant!

Can someone take me off the list please (mrscrabby), mmc last week . New name now for fresh start...

Have had an awful time, but at the hospital the consultant's confidence in 'next time' did help, so I'm trying to keep that in mind, stay positive and hope to be back before you've all had your babies and moved on!

Best wishes to all for sticky beans and boring pregnancies - I was so happy to read all well with you rainbowdays, so encouraging to hear good news. Will be popping in occasionally (lurking...) to read happy stories if that's ok...

Updated list
nottslass 41, #3 due 26 Jan (DS1 23 & DS2 7)
ChunkyChick 42, #2 due 10 Feb (DD 2.3)
extremelychocolateymilkro... 42, #DD2 due in February (DD1 2.5)
Missedith01 - 42, #1 due March 24th
Pumagirl 42, #1 due 31 March
HelishAngel 39, #4 due 1st April
Chynah 40, # 2 due 4 April (DS will be 15 months when she arrives)
varmit 42, #2 due 20 April (DS 2.6)
stinkypinky 41, #2 due April 23rd (DD age 3)
onebyoneNOTfourbyfour 42. #1 due April 28th
leolo 46, #2 due April
karney 41, #2 due 2 May (DS 17 mo)
Jen6jen 36, #4 due 15 May
schipo 40, #1 due in 16 May
ande 40, #4 due 31st May (17year old twins and 11 year old)
justbeme 41, #3 due 2nd June (DD 14 & DD 2.6.)
Elena67 43, #1 due 12th June
Hazeyjane 41, #3 due ? July (DD's 3.10 & 2.8)
negrilbaby 43, #2 due early July (DS 23 months)
bluebell6, 42,#2 due 13th July (DS1 2.4)
CoCoCakey 41, #4 due 16th July (DS1 22,DD 18, DS2 - 3)
HelishAngel 39, #4 due 1st August (other LO are 18, 13, 12)
chegirlsgotheartburn #5 due in August (16, 6 & 2. I had a beautiful DD who wouldve been 18 next week but we lost her in 2006)
Mrs Mopple 40, #2 and #3 due August 28th
HeighHo 42, #4 and #5 due end August
Hippy 43, #3 due end of August (2 DS's are 9 & 6)
asquashandasqeeeze 40, #6 due end of August
rainbowdays 42, #4 due 11th September (DS 6, DD 5 & DS(2) is 1)
thefatladyscreams 41, #1 due October
Pacificdogwood 43, #4 due ?????

Born:
18 Jan - to chickbean 41 (DS1 3.4 & DS2 16 mo) - DD (name tbc) 8lbs 6 oz
21 Jan - to mellifluouscauliflower 42,(DS 5)- DS - Louis (7lb)

Not forgotten:
shinysideup SmileyMylee,Liahgen,Curlylox MrsCrabby - sorry to hear your news. , take care of yourself.

leolo - Hello and welcome to the oldies section. Congratulations on your pregnancy. And thank you for making me feel young

Ande - In my family we have a big gap between my sister and I and our "baby" brothers. My sister was often mistaken for the mother and our dad for the "grandad" !! We found it amusing too!

Hi, you can take me off the list too. Started bleeding a couple of days ago and went for scan today. No heatbeat, they think it stopped at about 8 weeks.

Please don't let this scare you. I'm told it's rare - despite so many on this thread.

Mrscrabby This is totally awful - isn't it.

I am gonna drink so much wine tonight.

Dh has gone to get our boys from school. The worst part in all this is telling them.

Take care ladies, I'll check in on you again.

So sorry MrsCrabby and hippy. My heart goes out to you both. Take really good care of yourselves - it's such a horrible experience.

PS - MrsCrabby - I think you have found the TTC after m/c thread. It has been a real life saver for me. Hope it gives you the support you need.

Hippy - I know it's probably too early days but if you do feel like trying again, it's full of really useful info on trying to work out your next cycle etc.

Sorry for the practical post (really hope it's not insensitive) - but I found it the day after my m/c and it did help me loads. xxx

TFLS have posted a question for you on the other thread.

Hippy - have just answered it.

Feel free to email me on thefatladyscreams @ hotmail.co.uk if you want to talk about anything offline.

hippy I'm so so sorry, was sure it was all going to go well for you. It's just so tough to get through, I found the TTC after mc thread a week ago and they have been incredibly kind and helpful, holding my hand through the worst days.

Take good care of yourself, v un-MN, but big hug, I know I needed plenty - my heart goes out to you.

x

oh dear, this is very sad

very sorry MrsCrabby and HippyChick -

hope you're both back soon

i am 47 with two children in their late teens - i am experiencing very strong desires to have a final baby. everthing i have read tells me no - but it is so hard to ignore the acute biological desire that i feel.