For the over 35 first time mommies to be

[Borboleta]

Hello ladies,

I was here for a while but now my baby is 5 months and I discover a wonderful thread that I would like to share with you ladies. It is for us over 35 mommies first timers. We are not on the baby club section but under lounge area/group discussion/ parenting and counseling. It is a wonderful little group of ladies there. I felt more at home there than in the baby club.

Anyways thought os sharing this with you girls and congratulations to all the new mommies to be. God bless everyone!

 

[FeistyFemme]

Thanks for the post.

 

[dollyemi]

What a lovely post and gorgeous pic of your little one!

 

[maybesoon]

Thank you for this post. I am 36 & this is my first! I have been trying for what seems like an eternity & now that I have tested positive (7 tests, 3 different kinds) I go to the doctor this Thursday to confirm. I'm still in denial & a bit scared out of my mind!!!

 

[Borboleta]

Thank you for this post. I am 36 & this is my first! I have been trying for what seems like an eternity & now that I have tested positive (7 tests, 3 different kinds) I go to the doctor this Thursday to confirm. I'm still in denial & a bit scared out of my mind!!!

Congratulations!!! It took us a while to conceive too. But the time was just right and we were blessed with the most amazing little boy ever. You will love it!!! Just sleep now because later that is not a word that will be a part of your vocabulary .

 

[maybesoon]

Thank you! Right now sleeping and eating are all I want to do!!!

 

[Borboleta]

Thank you! Right now sleeping and eating are all I want to do!!!

Yep, enjoy this time then. How long did you guys tried for? We tried for 1 year. I had to take Clomid, 6 cycles and the miracle happened.

 

[maybesoon]

Long story, I tried for a year & 1/2 with my ex before finding out he had had a vasectomy & neglected to tell me. Bad situation but by that point I was already in love with his 2 little boys who I raised from the age of 3 & 4 until they were 12 & 13. The ex & I got divorced. I figured my chance for a baby of my own had passed. But I ran into the sweetest guy in the world who I had met 13 years earlier, we started dating & quickly got married (I just couldn't let him go again)..... We were ntnp since last August then really started trying in April. So it honestly didn't take that long, but I've been wanting a baby since I was 22 & miscarred twins at 7 weeks.

 

[flutterbee]

Thank you for letting us know about this section!

I'm 37 and just found out a week and a half ago that I am pregnant! First baby! We had a 5 week u/s yesterday - the Dr thought I was 6 weeks but apparently I am only 5 weeks. We got to see the yolk sac and we are scheduled for another u/s next Thursday to see if we can hear a little heartbeat. I am just in awe!

So nice to meet all of you ladies!! I am fairly new here but I hope to get to know many of you soon!

 

[flutterbee]

Long story, I tried for a year & 1/2 with my ex before finding out he had had a vasectomy & neglected to tell me. Bad situation but by that point I was already in love with his 2 little boys who I raised from the age of 3 & 4 until they were 12 & 13. The ex & I got divorced. I figured my chance for a baby of my own had passed. But I ran into the sweetest guy in the world who I had met 13 years earlier, we started dating & quickly got married (I just couldn't let him go again)..... We were ntnp since last August then really started trying in April. So it honestly didn't take that long, but I've been wanting a baby since I was 22 & miscarred twins at 7 weeks.

Congratulations! My story is not too far from yours actually. Rough situation, fell in love with 3 wonderful step children, divorced (horrible situation) remarried not long after to an amazing man and now finally PG !! lol

 

[flutterbee]

Thank you for this post. I am 36 & this is my first! I have been trying for what seems like an eternity & now that I have tested positive (7 tests, 3 different kinds) I go to the doctor this Thursday to confirm. I'm still in denial & a bit scared out of my mind!!!

So many of us ladies must test multiple times when we get a BFP bc of disbelief I guess lol. I had never seen a positive test of my own until Aug. 10th. I tested FIVE times over a weeks time but it's true!

Good luck at the Doctor visit and keep us posted!

PS...I am scared out of my mind too, lol. I'm waiting to change my status to "pregnant" until I hear that little heartbeat!

 

[maybesoon]

Thanks! My appointment is at 3:45 tomorrow afternoon... Today & tomorrow are going to drag by so slow!! I'm trying to keep busy at work & home, but nothing seems to make the time go by any faster other than sleeping!!!

 

[MadameTinaM]

Well this is my "delurk" of sorts!

I found out at the end of June that my BF and I are expecting! It's a crazy dream come true!

I'm 36 and after being single for years, and dating a few Mr. Wrongs that my chance to have a family had passed me by.
A little over a year and a half ago I met my honey. He's the sweetest man. Makes me feel special, gorgeous, loved. I'm kind of the cliche of "good things do happen when you least expect it."

After dating a year we bought a house together, a few months later we decided to go off birth control and try to conceive. And OMG...one month off the pill...we actually got pregnant first try!!! It was a big shock considering our ages (we are both 36), I'm overweight and had it in my head it wasn't going to be easy (I've watched several friends struggle with infertility).

I'm due February 25th. We've met once with the OBGYN (which was a little disappointing due to the fact that most of the conversation revolved around my elevated chances of having a baby with Down Syndrome), and our first ultrasound is tomorrow!!

I'm passing over the "first trimester" fatigue. I've been fortunate enough not to have morning sickness. I have been hungry and tired... A LOT. ha ha!

Congrats to all the other ladies on this forum! It's a little scary to be "older" and expecting my first...but I'm so excited and so is my honey and our families (first grandchild on both sides!!)

 

[flutterbee]

Hi and welcome MadameTinaM!! I am new here too..it's nice to see so many over 35 women in here! I am finally feeling that I have found a "home" lol. Congratulations on your pregnancy! I wish you the best of luck and look forward to getting to know you better!

 

[maybesoon]

Congrats MadameTinaM! It is really good to be in a forum with ladies close to my age. Being my first it's really nerve racking. Every little twitch, pain or anything freaks me out. I know in my head that it's all normal, but it still scares me!

 

[flutterbee]

Congrats MadameTinaM! It is really good to be in a forum with ladies close to my age. Being my first it's really nerve racking. Every little twitch, pain or anything freaks me out. I know in my head that it's all normal, but it still scares me!

I am the exact same way lol

 

[Borboleta]

Well this is my "delurk" of sorts!

I found out at the end of June that my BF and I are expecting! It's a crazy dream come true!

I'm 36 and after being single for years, and dating a few Mr. Wrongs that my chance to have a family had passed me by.
A little over a year and a half ago I met my honey. He's the sweetest man. Makes me feel special, gorgeous, loved. I'm kind of the cliche of "good things do happen when you least expect it."

After dating a year we bought a house together, a few months later we decided to go off birth control and try to conceive. And OMG...one month off the pill...we actually got pregnant first try!!! It was a big shock considering our ages (we are both 36), I'm overweight and had it in my head it wasn't going to be easy (I've watched several friends struggle with infertility).

I'm due February 25th. We've met once with the OBGYN (which was a little disappointing due to the fact that most of the conversation revolved around my elevated chances of having a baby with Down Syndrome), and our first ultrasound is tomorrow!!

I'm passing over the "first trimester" fatigue. I've been fortunate enough not to have morning sickness. I have been hungry and tired... A LOT. ha ha!


Congrats to all the other ladies on this forum! It's a little scary to be "older" and expecting my first...but I'm so excited and so is my honey and our families (first grandchild on both sides!!)

Congratulations on your pregnancy. Hope it all goes well for you too.
And don't let the doctors scare you about Your higher chances of having DS baby. I did a quad blood test when I was expecting and it came back 1:94 chances of having a down baby. I freaked out!!! Worry myself crazy until hubby and I decided to go ahead and do the aminio just to be ready for whatever was meant to be. So after a lot of worrying and crying I finally got my results and everything was fine. They just worry you soooo much. I am not sure what you girls are going to do when the time come for to do the test but I hated the quad screening test ... If I would to try to get pregnant again I would just go ahead and schedule an amnio again. Too many false positives on the blood test.
Just enjoy your pregnancies cause when the babies are out it is work . But it is all worth it. I wouldnt change for anything. Love my little man !

 

[skweek35]

Hi ladies,
MadameTina - The beginning of your story is very similar to mine. Also years of no boyfriends or with the wrong man!
I'm now 36 and been with my 'cliche' Knight in shining armour for 4 1/2 years. Moved in with him almost 2 years ago and had coil removed last March. It took us 11 months of TTC and started fertility investigations leading to HSG scan in Jan 2012. Feb 2012 brought us our much wanted BFP!
So our first little pink bundle is due in November!

I can so relate to many of your stories of testing umteen times just to double check that it really is happening (and I still have all the tests!)
Dont worry too much about what the doc said about Down's. Yes our chances of having a baby with Down's is that much greater but I feel most times the doc is just trying to scare us. I have come across so many ladies who have been put through the 'because of you age' talk and turn out to be fine! Yes I too was told to expect a higher chance of a down's baby and we are just fine!

Maybesoon - I think the twiched and pains are one thing we are never told about! I too was totally unaware that its normal to have pains when preggers. Round ligament is just one of them not even my god-sons' mother told me about.

Good luck ladies and keep us informed about all the scans and doc appointments

 

[maybesoon]

My appointment on Thursday went well. Pregnancy was CONFIRMED!!! 5 weeks & edd is April 24th! I go back on September 13th for my first sonogram. I can't wait to hear my little bean's heartbeat!

 

[skweek35]

That is fab news Maybesoon!! Seeing and hearing the HB is amazing!! Congrats again!!

Hope everyone else is doing well.