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Odds of Pregnancy at Age 47?
Hi
I'm already a whole week late, with subtle signs of pregnancy. I just turned 47 and was planning on tying my tubes here in the the next month or so -- and now this? I can't even find out what the odds of a natural pregnancy at my age are. Some very definite changes from my "routine" cycle. I've got some nausea, tender breasts and one negative pregnancy test. But with my youngest son, my home pregnancy test also turned out negative, even though I was pregnant. It just seems ridiculous to be pregnant -- we weren't even trying and my husband didn't even have an orgasm -- he limped out during that encounter (around my birthday). So it seems kind of like a joke. I'm about ready to try a test again -- still no period and almost 2 weeks late now. I keep reading how it's almost impossible at my age to get pregnant naturally. Any comments?
Lindy
I'm already a whole week late, with subtle signs of pregnancy. I just turned 47 and was planning on tying my tubes here in the the next month or so -- and now this? I can't even find out what the odds of a natural pregnancy at my age are. Some very definite changes from my "routine" cycle. I've got some nausea, tender breasts and one negative pregnancy test. But with my youngest son, my home pregnancy test also turned out negative, even though I was pregnant. It just seems ridiculous to be pregnant -- we weren't even trying and my husband didn't even have an orgasm -- he limped out during that encounter (around my birthday). So it seems kind of like a joke. I'm about ready to try a test again -- still no period and almost 2 weeks late now. I keep reading how it's almost impossible at my age to get pregnant naturally. Any comments?
Lindy
I agree and am too know that my heavenly father is in control! i''ve missed my period after a month, have 3 grown kids already and i am nervous about having a newborn! I'm ok with it to but i was also told 2 years ago that i have MS! I know i can be pregnant with this ms disease with no possibility of it being gone, no cure! So, my issue is i' am i being selfish with have a 4th baby already have 3 grown kids? If anyone can provide me with some assurance that this will work out the way the our heaveny father choses?
Pls advise,
Christine Shelton
Pls advise,
Christine Shelton
I am 47 and have 2 gron kids ages 28 and 19, i have always had a regular period for abou the last 4 weeks i have been nauseated at different times during the day, smells really get to me now when they never did before. i had my tubes cut and burned 11 years ago so i never thought of being pregnant (lol i'm so afraid to even hope) my husband and i just got married and after separated lives for the last 20 years we got back together and mariied in October 2011. he never had children biut would make an awsome dad. we are even looking into foster parenting. i went to the dr. last week he did a pregnancy test and said stanger things have happened. I was done, now I'm really praying to God that I am pregnant. am I crazy or is it truly possable????????
How beautiful! you have really made my day. First and fore most i am so glad to have found this forum more so reading stories from women my age group. I am 46yrs old and trying to have my first baby. I got married last November a testimony of God's faithfulness. I have a long one on that....it will take a long time. Its upon that manifestation of HIS love and MERCY that i now hold onto hope that HE will grant me a baby. I wanted for the right man from HIM and i do not see how HE can not meet the hearts of my desire.
I am having fertility problems that i never knew i would have because i always had very regular periods and could know when i was ovulating because that mucus was always there and on time! I just did not have a mate to get me pregnant. What is so ironic is in just the last 14months things have drastically changes to the point that i experience severe vaginal dryness for over 4months and nothing seemed to work. My periods started acting funny and worse still i am a diabetic and my sugar levels just went crazy. It has just been a roller coaster of change and yet this is the time i would be enjoying my new first marriage.
Anyway, there is some improvement in the situation and i owe it to prayer. I am not as dry and my sugar levels are stabilizing although just got my a1c reading at 12.7% which is poor control yet on insulin. I also got my hormone profile readings that depressed me till i read this post and got revelation that WITH GOD EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE! I am going to use the scriptures on Exodus 23: 25-26 as affirmation that God will make me pregnant. My FSH cycle day 3 was at 25.5, Estrdiaal e2 is so low at less than 5.00pg/ml and LH of 7.15 mlul. My ObGY has prescribed clomifert(clomiphene citrate) 50mg one pill one day for 5 days. He said not to panic but all literature i was reading puts me in the pr-menopausal phase and that chances of conceiving a low. I am requesting that you become my prayer partner on this issue for God's healing and manifestation of children. Notice i said children. I will not limit him. My mother had a last born when she was 48yrs. That baby is now expecting twins in september! God is good and i pray that HE that is giving my sister twins will do the same for me. I hope i have not bored you but just want to to know your posting has been a blessing to my soul and spirit. God bless. Maris.
I am having fertility problems that i never knew i would have because i always had very regular periods and could know when i was ovulating because that mucus was always there and on time! I just did not have a mate to get me pregnant. What is so ironic is in just the last 14months things have drastically changes to the point that i experience severe vaginal dryness for over 4months and nothing seemed to work. My periods started acting funny and worse still i am a diabetic and my sugar levels just went crazy. It has just been a roller coaster of change and yet this is the time i would be enjoying my new first marriage.
Anyway, there is some improvement in the situation and i owe it to prayer. I am not as dry and my sugar levels are stabilizing although just got my a1c reading at 12.7% which is poor control yet on insulin. I also got my hormone profile readings that depressed me till i read this post and got revelation that WITH GOD EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE! I am going to use the scriptures on Exodus 23: 25-26 as affirmation that God will make me pregnant. My FSH cycle day 3 was at 25.5, Estrdiaal e2 is so low at less than 5.00pg/ml and LH of 7.15 mlul. My ObGY has prescribed clomifert(clomiphene citrate) 50mg one pill one day for 5 days. He said not to panic but all literature i was reading puts me in the pr-menopausal phase and that chances of conceiving a low. I am requesting that you become my prayer partner on this issue for God's healing and manifestation of children. Notice i said children. I will not limit him. My mother had a last born when she was 48yrs. That baby is now expecting twins in september! God is good and i pray that HE that is giving my sister twins will do the same for me. I hope i have not bored you but just want to to know your posting has been a blessing to my soul and spirit. God bless. Maris.
Nerida Walker testimony. Her and her husband was told by doctors he will never have children of his own because he was diagnosed as being sterile.
The Bible called those who were unable to conceive "barren". Today the terms "infertility" or "sterility" are used. While the terms may have changed, the pain and frustration felt through this painful journey has not.
Exodus 23:25-26 Worship the LORD your God, and His blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
To Shaun (my husband) and I, this Scripture is not simply words on a page but living truth. Faith in that promise has meant that our children Kaitlin, Aidan, Aaron and Jesse could be born into the world. It is the power of God’s Word of truth that brought about what man declared an impossibility.
In January 1994, after several medical tests and examinations Shaun was diagnosed as being sterile. The tests concluded that he had a nonexistent sperm count and he was told that it was medically impossible for him to father a child. The only option offered to us was to have a child using sperm donation. But Shaun made a decision to reject the diagnosis because he knew it was God’s will for us to have our own biological children.
When Shaun came home and shared the diagnosis with me, at first I was devastated. All my hopes and dreams of becoming a mother were shattered. All I could hear in my mind were the words of the doctor that it was ‘medically impossible for us to have a child of our own.’ Shaun's body needed physical healing and my mindset and faith in God needed healing. I had often prayed in the past for healing from colds and sore throats and I would be healed. That seemed easy for me. But at first I couldn’t fathom the miracle that Shaun needed. In order for me to believe for our child I had to renew my mind with the Word of God.
Back then I had no idea that God had provided answers for me in this area in His Word until I came across the scripture in Exodus 23, which said that I would not miscarry or be barren. If I had not discovered this promise, I may have never known God’s will for my life. This scripture went straight to my heart and impacted me in a powerful way. I knew beyond doubt that it was the nature, character and will of God for me to have my own biological children! Through this scripture God showed me that our situation was not impossible. It revealed that an impossible situation for us was simply an opportunity for Him! I soon learnt to put my trust in what God said about me in His Word and not the words of the prognosis.
God’s Word had been planted like a seed of faith in both Shaun’s and my heart. From that time on it was up to us to water, feed and nurture the seed so it could grow. By faith we believed together that Jesus would bring life to what our circumstances said were dead.
When our doctor recommended more tests to find the cause of Shaun’s sterility, we decided to trust our judgment (we had prayed for wisdom) and chose not to follow through with the tests, but to trust solely in God’s Word. We continued to claim healing for Shaun’s body and thanked God for our child. During this time of growing in faith, our circumstances didn’t seem to change. However we supported each other in prayer, standing in agreement on God’s Word and speaking words of faith, not words of defeat. We chose to believe that what God said He would do He would actually do. And within six months, I became pregnant with our first child! When Shaun told our doctor the news, he wouldn’t believe it. He called Shaun into his office and after showing him again the results of the tests he said, ‘this is not your baby. It is impossible for you to father a child!’ Well, he was wrong! Nothing is impossible with God!
My testimony didn’t end there. I also faced adverse circumstances such as threatened miscarriages, an ectopic pregnancy and the threat of Downs’ syndrome but by placing my trust in God and His Word, I had four healthy children within four and a half years! I also took the Word (like medicine) into my pregnancies, births and postnatal period and was able to rise above these and other complications and experience healthy pregnancies, childbirth without trauma, complications or excruciating pain and enjoy the blessing of bringing forth a new life as well as the whole childbearing experience.
Hosea 4:6 says, ‘my people perish because of lack of knowledge.’ The main way we gain Godly knowledge for our life and also knowledge of God’s will for our life is through His Word. God is the creator of everything; He is also not a respecter of persons which means He doesn't show favouritism(Romans 2:11). So anyone who believes can receive from God’s Word. It is my heart’s desire that you will discover, through reading this book that absolutely nothing is impossible for those who believe. Jesus said when you know the truth it will set you free (John 8:32). Through the work He did on the cross, you can overcome any problem of barrenness, fertility challenge or any other complication throughout your pregnancy and birth and, like me, learn to walk in a spirit of victory.
Shaun and I use Scripture every time we pray now, because we have learned how powerful it is. My prayer is that as you develop your trust in God your relationship and understanding of Him will deepen. I also pray that you will receive revelation and knowledge from His Word regarding His plan for your children. However, do not simply read the Scriptures in this book but apply them to your life. Study, meditate and speak them over your circumstances to renew your mind because when you meditate on the promises of God, He will reveal his ‘good, pleasing and perfect will’ in your life (Romans 12:2).
The Bible called those who were unable to conceive "barren". Today the terms "infertility" or "sterility" are used. While the terms may have changed, the pain and frustration felt through this painful journey has not.
Exodus 23:25-26 Worship the LORD your God, and His blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
To Shaun (my husband) and I, this Scripture is not simply words on a page but living truth. Faith in that promise has meant that our children Kaitlin, Aidan, Aaron and Jesse could be born into the world. It is the power of God’s Word of truth that brought about what man declared an impossibility.
In January 1994, after several medical tests and examinations Shaun was diagnosed as being sterile. The tests concluded that he had a nonexistent sperm count and he was told that it was medically impossible for him to father a child. The only option offered to us was to have a child using sperm donation. But Shaun made a decision to reject the diagnosis because he knew it was God’s will for us to have our own biological children.
When Shaun came home and shared the diagnosis with me, at first I was devastated. All my hopes and dreams of becoming a mother were shattered. All I could hear in my mind were the words of the doctor that it was ‘medically impossible for us to have a child of our own.’ Shaun's body needed physical healing and my mindset and faith in God needed healing. I had often prayed in the past for healing from colds and sore throats and I would be healed. That seemed easy for me. But at first I couldn’t fathom the miracle that Shaun needed. In order for me to believe for our child I had to renew my mind with the Word of God.
Back then I had no idea that God had provided answers for me in this area in His Word until I came across the scripture in Exodus 23, which said that I would not miscarry or be barren. If I had not discovered this promise, I may have never known God’s will for my life. This scripture went straight to my heart and impacted me in a powerful way. I knew beyond doubt that it was the nature, character and will of God for me to have my own biological children! Through this scripture God showed me that our situation was not impossible. It revealed that an impossible situation for us was simply an opportunity for Him! I soon learnt to put my trust in what God said about me in His Word and not the words of the prognosis.
God’s Word had been planted like a seed of faith in both Shaun’s and my heart. From that time on it was up to us to water, feed and nurture the seed so it could grow. By faith we believed together that Jesus would bring life to what our circumstances said were dead.
When our doctor recommended more tests to find the cause of Shaun’s sterility, we decided to trust our judgment (we had prayed for wisdom) and chose not to follow through with the tests, but to trust solely in God’s Word. We continued to claim healing for Shaun’s body and thanked God for our child. During this time of growing in faith, our circumstances didn’t seem to change. However we supported each other in prayer, standing in agreement on God’s Word and speaking words of faith, not words of defeat. We chose to believe that what God said He would do He would actually do. And within six months, I became pregnant with our first child! When Shaun told our doctor the news, he wouldn’t believe it. He called Shaun into his office and after showing him again the results of the tests he said, ‘this is not your baby. It is impossible for you to father a child!’ Well, he was wrong! Nothing is impossible with God!
My testimony didn’t end there. I also faced adverse circumstances such as threatened miscarriages, an ectopic pregnancy and the threat of Downs’ syndrome but by placing my trust in God and His Word, I had four healthy children within four and a half years! I also took the Word (like medicine) into my pregnancies, births and postnatal period and was able to rise above these and other complications and experience healthy pregnancies, childbirth without trauma, complications or excruciating pain and enjoy the blessing of bringing forth a new life as well as the whole childbearing experience.
Hosea 4:6 says, ‘my people perish because of lack of knowledge.’ The main way we gain Godly knowledge for our life and also knowledge of God’s will for our life is through His Word. God is the creator of everything; He is also not a respecter of persons which means He doesn't show favouritism(Romans 2:11). So anyone who believes can receive from God’s Word. It is my heart’s desire that you will discover, through reading this book that absolutely nothing is impossible for those who believe. Jesus said when you know the truth it will set you free (John 8:32). Through the work He did on the cross, you can overcome any problem of barrenness, fertility challenge or any other complication throughout your pregnancy and birth and, like me, learn to walk in a spirit of victory.
Shaun and I use Scripture every time we pray now, because we have learned how powerful it is. My prayer is that as you develop your trust in God your relationship and understanding of Him will deepen. I also pray that you will receive revelation and knowledge from His Word regarding His plan for your children. However, do not simply read the Scriptures in this book but apply them to your life. Study, meditate and speak them over your circumstances to renew your mind because when you meditate on the promises of God, He will reveal his ‘good, pleasing and perfect will’ in your life (Romans 12:2).
This is for all women who think they cannot conceive naturally because of infertility. There's a woman who gave birth to 4 children after her and her husband was diagnosed as infertile. See her story on this website: http://www.newlifeministries.org.au/. She has written a book called "God's plan for Pregnancy". Other websites are: http://www.neridawalker.com/about/about.html; http://www.godsplanforpregnancy.com/; http://www.hannahsvictory.com/. I plan on getting her book. I totally believe God. God told me months ago I could have been pregnant, but I did not have any faith. He CANNOT do anything with us if we don't have faith. If you don't have any faith, ask Him to give it to you or increase it. He did it for me. I now have faith and my daughter will be here in 2013. He does not have any favorites, so what He did for her, He can do for us. Stay encouraged. Most importantly, have total faith in God. He tells us in His Bible, there is NOTHING too hard for Him.
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