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Old 04-12-16, 06:23 PM  
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Being an Older Mom Fertility (Over 40?)

Anyone have a healthy child (especially first child) older in life (preferably without IVF, etc)? I'm especially interested if you had one after 40, really even after 42.

Feel free to respond with all your experiences and any positive or even negative comments. I'm bracing myself

Thanks.
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Old 04-12-16, 07:29 PM  
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Anyone have a healthy child (especially first child) older in life (preferably without IVF, etc)? I'm especially interested if you had one after 40, really even after 42.

Feel free to respond with all your experiences and any positive or even negative comments. I'm bracing myself

Thanks.
I have a couple of friends who conceived after 42 and had healthy, delightful children (both had one son).

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Old 04-12-16, 08:07 PM  
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A friend just had her first child at the age of 40. Both my sisters in law had their first child at the age of 41. All had a healthy pregnancy and gave birth to healthy babies.
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Old 04-12-16, 08:25 PM  
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I had my last baby at 41. No problems; uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery.
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Old 04-12-16, 08:40 PM  
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My sister had her only child at 40. No IVF, just the old fashioned way. She had an uncomplicated pregnancy and a very healthy little boy.
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Old 04-12-16, 09:00 PM  
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I had LB 20 days before my 41st Birthday... she is healthy, overly happy and completely perfect!!

One of my friends was born when her Mom was 45. She is the most bubbly person I have ever met, and just thinking about her makes me smile.

Totally doable, possible, and I recommend it! I heard once you will never regret the kids you have, but you will regret the ones you never had
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Old 04-13-16, 11:30 AM  
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I think it's more common to have successful pregnancies into the forties if you have already had other children. I have known several women have babies at 42-43. Not much beyond that, but then, how many are trying beyond that or are at least not actively preventing?

There is a higher miscarriage rate at this age, and if it does happen, it usually takes longer to get pregnant.
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Old 04-13-16, 11:38 AM  
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A sister of a friend of mine has her first and only child at 48. She had just gotten married, and figured she was too old to get pregnant. Well, mother nature thought otherwise. She has a normal, healthy baby.
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Old 04-13-16, 12:15 PM  
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A sister of a friend of mine has her first and only child at 48. She had just gotten married, and figured she was too old to get pregnant. Well, mother nature thought otherwise. She has a normal, healthy baby.
Wow! Amazing.


On a side note, I'm enjoying all these stories about later pregnancies. I don't have any kids or a husband/boyfriend at the moment and I'm in my early 30s. Here I was worrying about the fertility window closing around 38, and these stories are very encouraging to silence my bioclock from ticking so loudly.
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Old 04-13-16, 01:01 PM  
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Sister in her 40s

My sister became pregnant in her forties but lost both to what was later diagnosed as a progesterone deficiency. They put her on mess to increase ovulation which resulted in an ectopic pregnancy. After that, she adopted. ( Her husband was not willing to do in vitro).
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