carrying a baby at 42!!

[ticktick]

Hi, i'm new to this site and not sure what i'm doing!!! I a very deperate for some optimism and reassurance afer getting negative info on miscarriage risk at 42 years old. I have 2 teenage children. Decided sep 2010 to try for a baby with a different partner. I fell pregnant around 6th november 2011 and at around 9 weeks started to lose brown discharge. After a scan< i was just told that the baby was fine and this is quite common. I went for my 12 week scan on and was told that the baby was only measuring 11 weeks so rebooked for the following week for nuchal test etc. 3 days later i started bleeding quite heavily and went for yet another emergency scan and yet again, the baby was moving with a heartbeat. 2 days later i went for the secon 12 week scan where i discovered to my horror that my baby had died. I have done nothing but beat myself up over this and to learn that 1 in 2 women miscarry at 42 has devastated me as trying again is the only thing helping me to see light at the end of the tunnel. I have already started taking a conception supplement and waiting for my Agnus Castus to arrive which apparently helps regulate periods and ovulate stronger!! I do not have time on my side and just wondered whether anyone else has been here xxx

 

[AliGirl]

Hi there. I'm sorry for your loss. I conceived my first child at 40, and sadly lost it at around 10 weeks. I got pregnant again fairly quickly (about 3 months) which was just about a month short of my 41st birthday. I'm now nearly 7 months pregnant with this one, and due in April. All is going fine (fingers crossed) and the doctors have barely mentioned my age at all. I think that if you are fit and healthy, and still have good eggs, there is absolutely no reason why you can't go on to have a healthy pregnancy.

If all goes well with this one, I would love have to another one, which means I would be ttc again when I'm 42, possibly 43. Don't let this event put you off - keep trying and best of luck. xx

 

[Garnet]

You also might want to strengthen you eggs with DHEA or Q10. I've had 2 MC and my son had Trisomy 18 and he passed at 17.5 weeks. I've been trying since I was 41 years old but I did have a healthy child at 39/40. Yes if you want a child do get on start trying again soon...

 

[Pinky32]

I am so sorry for your loss - what a terrible time you went thru x

im 42 and trying to conceive #1 - I took angus castus to hekp regulate my cycles which it did and ended a 53 day cycle, i then had my first ever ewcm!

my cycles are now normal and i only started mid dec after a mc, im now not even taking AC anymore

just wanted to wish you good luck