For the over 35 first time mommies to be

[Squiggy]

I got pregnant just before I turned 35, this is our first baby. Husband will be 43 soon. Our baby is unofficially due in September; I have been waiting long for medical to come through so I haven't been to a doctor yet. I'm eager to have my first ultrasound and get a more precise due date.

We are very excited! I'm so impatient about finding out what gender the baby is. I want to start buying things but most everything only has the option of boyish or girlish; not a whole lot of yellow. It would really help to know.

Everything just feels like it's taking forever! I've known about my pregnancy for 6 weeks and yet I haven't been able to do anything with it but sit and wait.

 

[julesjules100]

Congrats squiggy! Hope everything keeps progressing well!

We're having a boy but I'm not keen on all the "pink for a girl, blue for a boy". There's a make that I have bought called Kissy Kissy (it may even be an American label). Classic baby clothes and quite a bit of last season in the onesies for babies are very gender neutral x

 

[ece77]

Hi everybody! I'm 35 and 5+6 pregnant. I'll already be 36 (and almost half) when the baby comes.
I'll have my first prenatal visit next Saturday which seems forever to wait!
I almost have no symptoms, but very mild cramps and an occasional brown discharge that make me go nuts
Hope it's only my uterus adjusting to be used after 35 years

 

[Borboleta]

Hello ladies,

Squiggly: congratulations. . And I know the feeling about wanting to know the sex of the baby . I couldn't wait!!! I had a ultrasound done when I was 18 weeks and was able to find out I was having a boy. Then the fun starts. Keep us posted .

Jules: it is funny that you mentioned about the clothes for girls and boys. We were just talking about this at the over 35 first time mommies thread. But I do have to tell you that I was at Carter's the other day and saw this bright pink shirt for boys and I am not sure I would buy that . But I do agree that thre is more than just blue for boys to wear . How are you doing?

Ece: congratulations!!! When I got pregnant too I didn't have much of symptoms either. Just the regular sore bbs ( which I always had before my period) but as the time went by it just got worse and the little period like cramps. The brown discharge is just old blood. Looking forward to hear about your prenatal visit. Are they going to do an ultrasound?

With us is all good, although my little man is making mommy and daddy very tired!!! He keeps waking up once during the night for at least 1 hour!!! . Oh well, he will sleep thru the night eventually I hope . And he will be one year old next Friday !!!! I am excited but miss the little baby . Enjoy your LOs when they arrive because 1 year makes such a difference in a baby's life. Although I have to say I enjoy him more now then when he was a tiny infant .

 

[ece77]

Thanks for the reassurance Borboleta! I find myself almost praying for MS and fatigue

I'm not sure about U/S. But I'll be 6+6 by then, and I hope they do. I guess it'll put my mind to ease, at least for a couple of hours. Then I'll find something to worry about

 

[Borboleta]

Thanks for the reassurance Borboleta! I find myself almost praying for MS and fatigue

I'm not sure about U/S. But I'll be 6+6 by then, and I hope they do. I guess it'll put my mind to ease, at least for a couple of hours. Then I'll find something to worry about

Yep, you will worry until the 12 weeks are over ! But them you will relax and enjoy the second trimester at least . And then you will worry again when you start feeling the baby move and one day they decided to sleep the whole day and you think there is something wrong . Never ending ! Hope you can get your Ultrasound . I had mine around the same time as yours.

 

[julesjules100]

Ece, congrats to you too! The stress of first tri is awful but as Borboleta says, once you get through that then there's just something else to worry about, lol! I'm 30+4 days and I'm still worrying about him! I think first tri was probably the worst though. I'm just breaking things into units of time now. Not much longer till 32 weeks (and 8 months sounds great!), then there's Easter (plus we have lots going on in March), and then only a few weeks until I'll be at 36 weeks and THEN I think I will relax as if he did come early then he's pretty well cooked. Great isn't it? I'll have 4 weeks of pregnancy being relaxed!

Borboleta, sorry to hear that he's still waking for an hour. That must be exhausting! Hopefully he will grow out of it soon (just as you're starting to think about having another one and the whole sleepless night process starts again!).

Things are good with me. Really busy couple of weeks as DH was away so my Mum came down to have some girly time with me in London and we did lots of shopping and afternoon teas. It was lovely. Had my birthday in there too and then drove back to my parents in the north for 10 days. Going back to London on Wednesday to start washing two tonnes of baby bedding and clothes. Sad but I'm actually looking forward to it!

x

 

[ClipMyWings]

Hi everybody! I'm 35 and 5+6 pregnant. I'll already be 36 (and almost half) when the baby comes.
I'll have my first prenatal visit next Saturday which seems forever to wait!
I almost have no symptoms, but very mild cramps and an occasional brown discharge that make me go nuts
Hope it's only my uterus adjusting to be used after 35 years

Congrats! I had the same thing going on where I wanted some symptoms because I was so worried that all was too quiet. I'm sure that everything's fine. Hopefully they'll do an ultrasound and you'll get to hear the heartbeat to assure you. I went in around 8 weeks and everything measured out fine.

Of course I haven't been back to the doctor since then (well not for an u/s or anything like that), so I'm anxiously awaiting Wednesday when we'll be having our week 12 scan and she's doing something called an UltraScreen/First Trimester Screen to rule out any chromosomal issues and to see if we need to do any further testing. Fingers crossed that all is going well. I worry lots after having a m/c last year around 9 weeks.

 

[lindouce]

Hi i'm almost 41 and i'm 5+5 pregnant two weeks ago i saw blood once only when i wiped and the doctor told me to try to rest , i had an us at 4+5 we heard the hb and also we saw where the placenta was detached from the uterus ,i'm still having brown spotting now and then and cramping a lot , i'm so scared did any one of you had a detached placenta and continued to have a healthy pregnancy ? Thank you

 

[Borboleta]

Hi i'm almost 41 and i'm 5+5 pregnant two weeks ago i saw blood once only when i wiped and the doctor told me to try to rest , i had an us at 4+5 we heard the hb and also we saw where the placenta was detached from the uterus ,i'm still having brown spotting now and then and cramping a lot , i'm so scared did any one of you had a detached placenta and continued to have a healthy pregnancy ? Thank you

First congratulations! And I have never heard about detached placenta before, but what has your doctor said? Brown spotting just means old blood and I cramped a lot too during the first weeks of the first trimester. Maybe you could go to the first trimester and write a post their to the ladies about the placenta. Keep us posted and everything will be fine. I love that you are 41 and having your first. Maybe I should think about having another one. I will be 40 in September. Good luck.

 

[lindouce]

Hi thank you borboleta , yes a detached placenta is called placenta abruptio it's when it's partially detached from the uterus it's known as a threatened miscarriage ,if it pulls away completely it'll cause a miscarriage , hope this bean sticks keeping my fingers crossed .

 

[Borboleta]

Hi thank you borboleta , yes a detached placenta is called placenta abruptio it's when it's partially detached from the uterus it's known as a threatened miscarriage ,if it pulls away completely it'll cause a miscarriage , hope this bean sticks keeping my fingers crossed .

I googled and I then remembered the term placenta abruptio. It sounds like a lot of woman go back for an ultrasound and the placenta reattached itself. I am sure you must be scared but just take it easy and hope you will have great news on your next appointment. Keep us posted.

 

[moondust7]

Hey all - just wanted to say hi. Am pregnant with my first (38 years old) and am hoping to have a sticky baby. Hope you're all having a good Tuesday!

 

[lindouce]

Hi thank you borboleta , yes a detached placenta is called placenta abruptio it's when it's partially detached from the uterus it's known as a threatened miscarriage ,if it pulls away completely it'll cause a miscarriage , hope this bean sticks keeping my fingers crossed .

I googled and I then remembered the term placenta abruptio. It sounds like a lot of woman go back for an ultrasound and the placenta reattached itself. I am sure you must be scared but just take it easy and hope you will have great news on your next appointment. Keep us posted.

hi i went to the doctor and i found out the baby had no hb , i chose to naturally miscarry , i'm waiting for my next appointment to see if i will need a d&c and how long will i have to wait to ttc , this is my first pregnancie and mc and i'm almost 41 so wish me luck

 

[moondust7]

lindouce - I'm so sorry for your loss. I've been through both a natural miscarriage (at 6 weeks) and a D&C at a few days before I would have been 16 weeks. Hugs.

 

[Lady H]

Hi thank you borboleta , yes a detached placenta is called placenta abruptio it's when it's partially detached from the uterus it's known as a threatened miscarriage ,if it pulls away completely it'll cause a miscarriage , hope this bean sticks keeping my fingers crossed .

I googled and I then remembered the term placenta abruptio. It sounds like a lot of woman go back for an ultrasound and the placenta reattached itself. I am sure you must be scared but just take it easy and hope you will have great news on your next appointment. Keep us posted.

hi i went to the doctor and i found out the baby had no hb , i chose to naturally miscarry , i'm waiting for my next appointment to see if i will need a d&c and how long will i have to wait to ttc , this is my first pregnancie and mc and i'm almost 41 so wish me luck

 

[Borboleta]

Lindouce: I am so sorry about your loss . I can just imagine how heartbreaking that must be. But please don't give up. My mom went thru two miscarriages as well and then had me and my sister on her late thirties. I know another lady that went thru a couple of miscarriages too and finally at 40 years old she was able to get pregnant and had one little boy. Did you have to take meds to get pregnant? I was talking to my OH yesterday and I think he wants another one, I would be happy with just our son at the moment but I might consider ttc next year and I will be 40 in September. So we are all still young and can most definitely make our dreams come true. Look at Halle berry , 46 years old and pregnant.

to you .

 

[Borboleta]

Lady H

We have a small little group for over thirty five first time mommies. If you go to my first post on this thread you will see how to find us here you are welcome to join us

 

[lindouce]

Lindouce: I am so sorry about your loss . I can just imagine how heartbreaking that must be. But please don't give up. My mom went thru two miscarriages as well and then had me and my sister on her late thirties. I know another lady that went thru a couple of miscarriages too and finally at 40 years old she was able to get pregnant and had one little boy. Did you have to take meds to get pregnant? I was talking to my OH yesterday and I think he wants another one, I would be happy with just our son at the moment but I might consider ttc next year and I will be 40 in September. So we are all still young and can most definitely make our dreams come true. Look at Halle berry , 46 years old and pregnant.

to you .

thank you borboleta for your support it sure helps to stay positive , though i'm still heartbroken but i'm hoping to start to ttc as soon as possible . i started dhea and q10 for only 20 days and got my bfp so the doc told me to stop taking them and that's all i took before getting pregnant . wish you all the best with your next ttc and baby dust to all .

 

[lindouce]

lindouce - I'm so sorry for your loss. I've been through both a natural miscarriage (at 6 weeks) and a D&C at a few days before I would have been 16 weeks. Hugs.

thank you and i'm also sorry for your losses , wishing you h&h pregnancie this time .