Entirely probable to get pregnant during menopause
I just decided I'd give you some positives.
I am 44 years old and have a 7-month-old son, a 3-year-old son, a 4-year-old son and a 6-year-old daughter.
I also was pregnant three additional times (between the birth of the 3-year-old and my most recent addition), but lost them due to miscarriage (all flukes, at different stages of development).
All children were conceived on the first or second attempt; all pregnancies were easy without complication; all births also without complication. The risks are so overstated.
Yes, they exist and yes, they are greater than at a younger age, but the increase is not dramatic and the odds are still very much in your favor of having a baby that is happy, healthy and wise!
Even though it may sound impossible, it's entirely probable to get pregnant during menopause - although the chances of a woman getting pregnant are decidedly slimmer during middle age compared to during her 20s and 30s.
Egg production naturally decreases by 50-percent by the time most women reach the age of 40. The percentage continues to decline every year after.
Yet, women are not completely infertile until menstruation has stopped for 12 months straight.
In fact, almost 70-percent of women between the ages of 40- and 44-years old ovulate regularly during the perimenopause stage.
In fact, about half of perimenopausal women between the ages of 40- and 49-years of age don't use any contraception, which results in more than 60-percent of unplanned pregnancies and abortions in women over 40.
There you have it - it is possible to become pregnant during menopause!
So if you don't want to become pregnant, continue using a reliable birth control method.
TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
Birth Begins at Forty: Challenging the Myths of Late Motherhood
by Elizabeth Gregory
-- More and more women are giving birth in their forties, and for some, it will be their first baby.
What was unusual is now becoming quite common, yet little has been written on this dramatic shift.
This book tells all and is the result of honest and revealing interviews.
The book covers a range of topics, including the trend to late parenthood; how do you decide?; how easy is it?; the risks and differences with late motherhood; combating age prejudice; getting life back on track; having another baby; fathers over 40; and the benefits and delights.
Paperback: 203 pagesClick to order/for more info: Birth Begins at Forty
Hello,
You ladies give me hope!! Iam 43 years old with children from another marriage but would like to have a child with my new husband. In the past 6 years I have had 3 miscarraiges. We would like to have at least 1 child together. Thank you for your testimonies they give me so much more hope.