pregnancy in your 40's

I'm so sorry to hear about your ectopic pregnancy. Since most people on here are still trying to get pregnant, you might get more responses if you repost this on the Pregnancy 35+ forum. I know there are some ladies there that has gotten pregnant in their 40s...although I'm not sure if they were all natural pregnancies. Here's the link to the forum: http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Pregnancy-35/show/89?

I swore if I didn't have kids by the time I was 35, I wouldn't have any. I got married for the second time at 35, so I adjusted that age to 38. At 40, we were seeking help from a fertility clinic. I quite worrying about age. With my 3rd ferility clinic, and the use of donor embryos,I gave birth at 45. I carried twins. I had an easy pregnancy. Low blood pressure, no health issues at all. I carried them to 36weeks. They were born perfectly healthy.

I have several friends in their 40's who have all had good pregnancies and beautiful healthy babies! Congrats to you!

There are so many women on the pregnancy 35+ forum who are pregnant or have been pregnant at age 40 and above. I got pregnant at 44 via donor eggs and gave birth to a healthy baby boy in April '08 so it can be done. If you have no fertility issues, you should be fine however I must also say that there are a few more obstacles to overcome when getting pregnant in the 40's - fertility drops fairly significantly at age 40 and then at 42 largely because of egg quality.

Before pregnancy I was so oblivious to things. I would have thought that during pregnancy there was 4 weeks in a month but clearly its not. It amazes me that 4x10 is 40 but a full term baby is 40 weeks at 9 months. I googled it the other day because someone was on here saying "Im 27 weeks, how many months am I"? Im thinking, 27 weeks is clearly 6months3 weeks, duhhh. Why didnt she just divide 4 into 27, so I googled it and sure enough 27 weeks is 7 months.

First symptoms in late 20's, now in my late 40's. I am symptom-less most of the time and am on copaxone just after diagnosis in Aug of 2010.

I hope not...I'm 35 and 7 weeks pregnant!! Of course it's not too old, There are a huge number of women out there having children in their 30's & 40's. I had my son at 24 and after 9yrs of trying I'm pregnant with my 2nd at 35, I feel much more prepared and capable at this age than I did in my 20's!

I only had spotting with my miscarriages, but my step mom had it with my youngest brother and the Dr. told her to take it easy and rest, he's 24 now. It's best to get your Dr.'s opinion and make sure it's only a bruised cervix and nothing to worry about. I'm 42 and this is my 4th and last, I misscaried last June of 2012 and 5mos later I was pregnant again, the baby's a boy and he's gonna probably be big, he already weighs about 6# and I have a month to go.

When did you see yours??? I am 5w4d pregnant and want to schedule an early u/s because my last pregnancy ended in mc and I am just SO anxious to actually see a baby in there; I just can't get excited until that happens. I don't want to schedule TOO early because I won't see anything, then I'll worry. lol! So... when did you have your first successful (able to actually see something) u/s???

Since you had an ultrasound in your fifth week that indicated December 20 as the conception date, I would say it is your ex.

Well I am not to familiar with pregnancy in your 40's but I do know that my mother and father were in there mid 40's and pregnant with me and I was full term and healthy baby....she didn't even get morning sickness ...that lucky lady! I do know doctors usually give additional testing on older women. I hear many women are starting to have childern in there 40's. I personally haven't heard of anyone having abnormalities with there pregnancies as of yet.

You do whats right for you, your partner & your kids. Yes age is just a number. I know people in their 30's who are fitter & healthier than they ever were in their 20's!! Some people in their 20's find it hard to fall pregnant whereas people in the 40's fall without trying. Its up to you and your body. Not your mother or your age!!!

I'm so sorry. I am also in my early 40's and have had the same experience, and I know it's very confusing and very difficult. Unfortunately, even if she had been attended to immediately, there is nothing anyone can do with a first trimester miscarriage. That is why, unless there is very heavy bleeding, most hospitals do not consider it an emergency situation. If your mom chooses to try again, tell her not to be too afraid.

Hi, Yes, I've known a few women who felt as though they were experiencing perimenopause before their 40's. Loss of libido, or interest in sex, can be a symptom of perimenopause and also a sign of changing hormone levels among other things. To find out if you're experiencing perimenopause,you could always speak with your doctor about the 3 following tests: FSH test; Estrogen test, or TSH test.

These bacteria may be present on your tongue, in your mouth, Gums , nose, tonsils, esophagus or stomach. Tonsils are lymph nodes present in the mouth which when inflamed and calcified(tonsillitis with tinsiloliths) also releases foul smell. Cleaning the tongue with tongue cleaner, using a mouth wash with mint etc may be tried. If the symptoms persist then get it evaluated from an ENT surgeon.

Hello, welcome to the forum. What a coincidence that you took an HPT along with your neice and find it's in fact YOU that got the BFP! Well...congratulations!! I can understand your shock and surprise, especially if it was unexpected. Most of the women on this forum are in their late 30's-40's TTC or currently pregnant. So you have come to the right place for help and support.

I am experiencing endo symptoms and gyno found a large mass near my left ovary by pelvic exam. Awaiting an MRI and wondering if anyone with endo was diagnosed in their 40's? I am 42 and started getting symptoms about 2 years ago.

First off, congratulations on your pregnancy, and welcome!! I also take prometrium and have for 2 pregnancies. Both I miscarried. I am not telling you this to frighten you, but to tell you that in first trimester miscarriage, it is typically a result of a chromosonal abnormality. As far as I know progesterone will not save a pregnancy that is meant to fail. I hope I am saying this correctly.

After 35 it starts to become more difficult to naturally get pregnant, and in your mid to late 40's it's especially more difficult. There are those few women out there who can naturally get pregnant, but this is few and far between. Are you in perimenopause at all? If so, this too will make conception more difficult, but not impossible. Your doctor would do best to determine your own particular chances, but I would say they're not that high.

Thats a tough question to answer. Even different Dr.'s will give differing opinions. Most seem to use 35 as the benchmark. You have an increased risk of miscarriage and an increased risk of chromosonal abnormalities, such as downs syndrome. Both of these issues are due to older eggs. After 35, in Canada anyway, amnio is automatically offered to test for chromosonal issues.

I would also like to add my congratulatons in with everyone leses :) also I dont think you should worry about your older kids attitudes at the moment, they are probably wrapped up in their own lives, if they're teenagers they will probably be so self absorbed and probably abit grossed out lol, I have lots of children ranging in age from nearly 22-2 yrs and my older kids usually just roll there eys when they hear that I'm pregnant, and if they're still not that interested when the bab

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