How far along are you?

[adgal]

Hi there!  I've been on this forum for 5 years, but have been a way for a bit, and I see a whole lot of new members.  Fantastic and welcome!!  Thought it might be fun to get to know each other a bit, so how about introducing yourself and telling your story.  This forum is open to all women who may be pregnant, trying to get pregnant or just looking for pregnancy information.  So don't worry if your here and not currently pregnant...I'm not..ha.  I'll go first.

My name is Amanda and I started trying to get pregnant when I was 37.  I had no problem conceiving, but did have a problem carrying full term. When I was 40, my dreams came true and I got pregnant with a sticky bean that I delivered just before I turned 41.  He just turned 3 last week, and is a healthy happy normal child.  My husband and I wanted a second, but again, I conceive easily, just can't seem to carry.  So we started looking into alternative options.  I have a fair amount of information on embryo donation if anyone is interested.  We opted to let it go and my son will be an only child (at least for now), but you never know what the future holds.  

Your never too old!  I love chatting with the over 35'ers, so please, tell us about you!  If you are pregnant, would also love to know where you are at, do you know what you are having, and anything else you want to share.

Nice to meet you all!  It's great to be back on this forum.

Amanda

[inlovewithhubby]

I am 37 and will be 38 next month. I have had 9 natural births with no pain killers. The first 7 were born at home and no. 8 was 7weeks 5days early so he was born at hospital. They gave me a steroid shot for his lungs while I was in labor and he had no problems and we were able to leave after 48 hours. He is now 6 years old. My 9th one was 4 weeks early and she had no problems and was able to leave after 48 hours also. She is now 4. That brings me up to date. I did have a miscarriage in July 2011 at 5 weeks. Now I am 33 weeks 5 days pregnant and have a midwife and planning on a water birth at home. So far so good. I'm having a girl which will make 5 girls and 5 boys. My oldest just turned 20 this month. This pregnancy was unexpected and I'm due March 16, 9 days after my second child. I can't wait for it to be over because of all the discomfort but I'm not going to rush it.

[JessCar76]

Hi. I am 36 years old and was told at the age of 18 that I would not be able to have children. This devastated me because all I had ever dreamed of as a child was being a mother.  I was put on birth control at that time and I took it on and off for years. I was diagnosed with PCOS and was told that was the reason that I couldn't have children. At the age of 33, I was told that it might be possible if I took fertility drugs.  I was prescribed Provera to induce my period and then told to take Clomid.  Before I could even start that, I got really sick and ended up in the hospital. This began a 2 year agonizing journey of 18 surgeries in 2 years because I had a bad kidney.  In 2009, I had my kidney removed.  My gynecologist told me that I would have to wait at least a year before attempting to conceive with Clomid or in any other way.  I waited that one year and began Clomid in January 2012. By April I was discouraged because nothing had happened so we decided to take a break and think it over.  June 19th I realized that my period was late so I took a test. When I saw that it was positive, I was in disbelief and took two more within the next few days because the positive line on the test just didn't seem dark enough to me. All three showed the same.  On June 29th, I went to the dr and was told that yes, I was pregnant.  I was in shock and overjoyed at the same time. Then the fear began.  I had to wait nearly two weeks for an ultrasound and I was scared. I had absolutely no symptom whatsoever (still haven't to this day). I was afraid of having a miscarriage, afraid that I had an ectopic pregnancy, a blighted ovum, an empty sac, a chemical pregnancy, etc.  You name it, I feared it. I finally had my ultrasound expecthing the worst and was told that yes, there was a baby and it had a strong heartbeat. That still didn't reassure me.  I kept in constant fear that something horrible would happen. I still couldn't believe that after so many years, my dream would come true. I was diabetic and high blood pressure, was very overweight and was only functioning on one kidney (which is not 100%) and was 35 years old. I was labeled as high-risk from the beginning. Even the dr was waiting for the worst to happen. I am now 37 weeks 3 days and never experienced one single problem. I am scheduled for induction in 11 days and am finally allowing myself to enjoy this and can't wait to meet my little miracle, a little girl :)

[thirdtimemum]

Hi, i'm Michelle, 37 years old from Australia. I am pregnant with baby number 3. I have two older children, 12 & 9 from my previous marriage. I now am with a gorgeous new man who has no children, due to the fact he had bad sperm morphology. We tried for 6 months, then looked into IVF. The month we were about to start, my period never came.Nearly a week later, the tests all came back positive that we had done it, conceived all on our own! I was so paranoid in the beginning, thinking that for sure that i would miscarry, due to age, and poor sperm quality. Even had a scare from implantation bleeding. But no, at 30 weeks so far, out little boy Bailey John is doing well. My partner is so excited, in fact we all are, can't wait to his arrival!

[Super_sally888]

Hi Everyone.  i don't get on here so often now.  But anyway.

Got pregnant easily with my first at 38.  She is now 4. Then I tried naturally for a year, followed by 6 IUI cycles, which included 3 miscarriages (1 natural, 1 DNC, 1 medically induced).  Finally the 6th attempt I got baby Lauren who is now 10 months old and born when I was 41.

Haven't decided if i'll try again, and am really happy with 2 girls.  howver,  father wants a boy badly.  Guess I'll see what happens.  Probably will try IUI again - but maybe 3 cycles max and no way I want to go through 6 cycles again.

[MissTrevia]

I love reading your stories! I'm Trevia. I turned 39 yesterday. I am 29 weeks 5 days with our 3rd child. My hubby and I have been married 18 years. We conceived our oldest 5 months after our wedding. Due to being induced when my body wasn't ready to deliver, she was born by emergency c-section. She is now a healthy 17 year old. Convinced that I wanted no more children, I got on the depo provera shot as soon as I stopped breast feeding. After a year of that, when my daughter was two, I changed my mind. It took us nearly 4 years to conceive again. After my first OB appointment I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. My doctor wanted me to abort and have a hysterectomy. I couldn't. I wouldn't. I prayed continuously, every test said the cancer was worse, but I had profound peace. Our second daughter was delivered by planned c-section. One month later, I went to see the oncologist for pre op, to see how far the cancer had advanced, and what all would need to be removed. To everyone's surprise, there was no cancer. I knew though. I had had peace that no one could explain. Last year on Jan. 23rd, I realized that while my breasts were hurting, I couldn't remember having my period for a couple months. So I took a pregnancy test in the middle of the day. I just knew that the stress of caring for an ailing mother was reason for my missed periods as my hubby was definitely done having kids and we took great measures to see that it didn't happen. BUT, the test immediately showed positive! I was on cloud 9, but just 8 days later I miscarried. And that evening my mother passed away. To say I was devastated is an understatement. But my hubby did some soul searching and praying and decided that he wanted another baby, just one more. So we began trying in May. On August 4th I found out I am pregnant again. We are elated. We are waiting until this baby is born to find out the sex. I started having dreams around 16 weeks that I got pregnant again right away. My hubby frowned at that. But recently he told me he'd had a similar dream, and he's not opposed to more!

[MissTrevia]

I love reading your stories! I'm Trevia. I turned 39 yesterday. I am 29 weeks 5 days with our 3rd child. My hubby and I have been married 18 years. We conceived our oldest 5 months after our wedding. Due to being induced when my body wasn't ready to deliver, she was born by emergency c-section. She is now a healthy 17 year old. Convinced that I wanted no more children, I got on the depo provera shot as soon as I stopped breast feeding. After a year of that, when my daughter was two, I changed my mind. It took us nearly 4 years to conceive again. After my first OB appointment I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. My doctor wanted me to abort and have a hysterectomy. I couldn't. I wouldn't. I prayed continuously, every test said the cancer was worse, but I had profound peace. Our second daughter was delivered by planned c-section. One month later, I went to see the oncologist for pre op, to see how far the cancer had advanced, and what all would need to be removed. To everyone's surprise, there was no cancer. I knew though. I had had peace that no one could explain. Last year on Jan. 23rd, I realized that while my breasts were hurting, I couldn't remember having my period for a couple months. So I took a pregnancy test in the middle of the day. I just knew that the stress of caring for an ailing mother was reason for my missed periods as my hubby was definitely done having kids and we took great measures to see that it didn't happen. BUT, the test immediately showed positive! I was on cloud 9, but just 8 days later I miscarried. And that evening my mother passed away. To say I was devastated is an understatement. But my hubby did some soul searching and praying and decided that he wanted another baby, just one more. So we began trying in May. On August 4th I found out I am pregnant again. We are elated. We are waiting until this baby is born to find out the sex. I started having dreams around 16 weeks that I got pregnant again right away. My hubby frowned at that. But recently he told me he'd had a similar dream, and he's not opposed to more!