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Assumed at 46 I wouldn't conceive naturally

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Thursday, June 26, 2008 | 2 comments

Hello older Moms to be - I just found out I am pregnant, and what a surprise! I have two teenage children from a previous marriage and just assumed that at the ripe old age of 46 I wouldn't conceive naturally.

Well I did! Anyone as old as I am out there? I'm excited but scared.

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I've posted before, but I am 44 and have been trying for the past few months using Follistim and an IUI [intra-uterine insemination].

We had our first IUI on 11/1 which wasn't successful. We had our second IUI on 11/25, and I took a pregnancy test yesterday morning which was positive -- and a second one last night (a different brand), and it also was positive.

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2 comments

Unknown says:

7/08/2008 8:09 pm

These posts give me some hope. I just turned 47, have had 2 mc at 41and 45 and 2 unsuccessful IUIs. Met with my RE today who wasn't encouraging and wants me to consider a donor egg. I just feel like I can't give up hope- both of my other pregnancies were unplanned. We're going to keep trying IUI, there must be one good egg left.
JULES 1965 says:

12/08/2011 12:02 pm

WOW- THIS SITE IS EXACTLY WHAT i NEEDED! i HAVE TWO BOYS AGE 12 AND 10 AND SO DESPERATELY WANT ONE MORE...i CANT SHAKE IT! tHE PROBLEM IS MY AGE, AND WELL, THE FACT THAT MY HUSBAND IS NOT KEEN ON THE IDEA OF HAVING ANOTHER. i AM SO SO HAPPY TO READ THAT THERE IS HOPE FOR ME CONCEIVING NATURALLY! aNY TIPS? tHANKS

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