pregnant at 42

[babymamma18]

Hello everyone, I just joined today and reading some of these stories has really given me some hope. I have a very long history regarding ttc, 8 years ago I was in a different marriage and was pregnant 6 times naturally only to have each one of those pregnancies end with D & C due to no fetal heart rate. I also found out that I had been born with an anatomical defect in my uterus that was rare and months later found a surgeon who was willing to do re-constructive surgery to repair the problem. The surgery went well but I had two of those 6 pregnancies after that surgery. My marriage ended in divorce. I am now married to a wonderful man for the past three years and we recently underwent IVF overseas. On our first try we received a positive pregnancy test. I am obviously thrilled but it is so hard to really be relaxed considering the history. I had some spotting, that did need the use of a pad approximately 12 days after transfer, after walking for 12 hours on a 3 day trip to Europe and I was worried. This continued for about 4-5 days, on and off light and dark. It has since disappeared. I am on 400mg of progesterone and I have some slight cramping now and again but nothing really painful. Going for my first 6 week ultra sound on Monday and I am very anxious. Any words of encouragement?

[Nina67]

Felicidades!!!!!!!!   Ahora disfruta de tu embarazo.

[nola0805]

Slight cramping in the first trimester is pretty normal (I had tons of it), as your uterus is stretching to make room for the baby.  It sounds like things are going well now.  Good luck on your scan tomorrow.  Let us know how it turns out.  And, congrats on your pregnancy!!