Very fatiguing to be pregnant at 44
After getting out BFP we were thrilled but cautiously optimistic. I did bloodwork right away to see if I needed supplementary progesterone, but my levels were fine. We did the nucal fold test, which looked good, but still opted to do an amnio.
We were on a delayed honeymoon when we got the results back: all the chromosomes were lined up perfectly and the baby was a girl! The first 29 weeks of the pregnancy have gone very smoothly — no problems except that it is very fatiguing to be pregnant at 44 — I have literally taken a couple of naps a day throughout the pregnancy.
It is funny that this pregnancy came when it did: I had gotten mentally weary of wishing for a baby. At the New Year I decided that we would continuing “trying” only up until my birthday ( April 1); we got our positive results on March 22. I can’t help but believe that love was the magic “supplement” —not present in all our lab adventures but very much a part of our daily life
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My husband is 10 years younger than me and I think it probably helps!!! I delivered a healthy baby boy on June 7, 2006 - my first child, second pregnancy. I had a miscarriage at 11 weeks in January 2005 and got pregnant with my little guy about 6 months later. I will be 45 in October.
We are TTC #2 right away. The stakes seem less high this time but we really would like another, so what the heck...? I had a great pregnancy and natural delivery.
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I have a friend who had twins at 55 via IVF w/ donor's eggs......... and oh, she looked gorgeous with her belly sticking out at six month, seven month etc uneventful... uncomplicated pregnancy and grey haired and all.......just beautiful
She inspired me and also my sister gave birth to her 3rd child at 45 and the doctor has told her to keep going... if she wanted...
A few other women I knew personally conceived naturally and by surprise at age 47!
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I had my daughter 3 months shy of my 40th birthday. My sis, her son at 41. It HAS taken me longer to lose the weight and recover than my 20 something neighbour but I accept that. I had a grandmother who had her last at 54.
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There are so many women who get natural pregnant in their 43, 44, 45 and over! Just yesterday, my husband told me about a sister of an acquaintance of him who got first time pregnant at 48, when she thought to be in menopause. Now the "baby" is a wonderful girl 12 years old!
TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
What I Thought I Knew: A Memoirby Alice Eve Cohen
--A personal and medical odyssey beyond anything most women would believe possible
At age forty-four, Alice Eve Cohen was happy for the first time in years.
After a difficult divorce, she was engaged to an inspiring man, joyfully raising her adopted daughter, and her career was blossoming. Alice tells her fiancé that she's never been happier. And then the stomach pains begin.
In her unflinchingly honest and ruefully witty voice, Alice nimbly carries us through her metamorphosis from a woman who has come to terms with infertility to one who struggles to love a heartbeat found in her womb - six months into a high-risk pregnancy.
What I Thought I Knew is a page-turner filled with vivid characters, humor, and many surprises and twists of fate.
With the suspense of a thriller and the intimacy of a diary, Cohen describes her unexpected journey through doubt, a broken medical system, and the hotly contested terrain of motherhood and family in today's society.
Timely and compelling, What I Thought I Knew will capture readers of memoirs such as Eat, Pray, Love; The Glass Castle; and A Three Dog Life.
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