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Hi There! I just learned at 4:00am this morning that I am pregnant. I'm 44. The statistics are horrible for me but I'm hopeful. We've been trying for a year and a half. I've had 2 miscarriages and at least one confirmed chemical in that time. There are several hurdles with a first one of getting pregnant. I've gotten this far at least. There are lots of moms out there that are develivering healthy babies with their own eggs who are most definitely over 40 and many of them who are 44 and 45. I've read the stories and really want to be able to put my story up some day. Glad to see there is a nice "mature" mom here to chat with. Everything going well for you?

I thought I would pop in and see who else is doing this. I feel insane but yet, I want a baby again so so bad. I was married and have three kids. We divorced and I had full custody of the kids. They are 17, 16 and 13 now. I am in a very committed relationship with a man who has one child. He all but begs for one more. I will be 41 next month. I have stopped the pill and in one week I have my IUD removed. So, I am praying to be a mom over 40 really really soon.

Hi ya 43mom2b...Join the club. I'm the same age as you and also a first time mommy. My hubby & i are thrilled for this great gift that God sent us. It's still very surreal to me that i have a living being inside of me. But the ultrasound does prove it. I'm now 12 weeks... I was preggers close to 3 months and didn't even know it!

Congrats for you!! We are so hoping it will happen soon. Our family and friends think we are nuts! But we both have the same desire so it is not like one wants to be free from kids and go do stuff. We both want this. They also have the "arn't you too old" att_tude. But his cousin is 36 and wife is 31 and they just had a down syndrome baby. It can happen at any age really. My first three pregnancies were all great. Not a single problem, longest labor was 4.5 Hrs. I just pray it happens and I just know that everything will be just fine. Keep us posted!!

Hi there I am 42 and 11 weeks pregnant. Am going for the NT scan on Monday 4th Jan, we had a Trisomy 13 pregnancy about a year ago and had to terminate, so I am a bit apprehensive. We had decided not to try again but to our shock we are pregnant again, we have a two year old and I am really not sure how I am going to cope with full time work and two under the age of three.

Tomorrow, I will be 44 yrs old. I found out a week ago that I am pregnant with #2. My husband and I have an eight year old daughter that has wanted a sibling for a long time. We tried everything short of IVF after we had her to concieve and had no luck. I saw 2 fertility specialists, niether of which could give us an answer as to why we were having no success. My husband's sperm quality was marginal and he even had a varicocelectomy to improve our chances - nothing. I had a hystosalpingogram to make sure my tubes were still open. Finally, we decided to put it completely in God's hands. If we got pregnant, wonderful. If not, then we were only meant to have one. 43 was my cutoff. I felt I wouldn't be comfortable concieving after that age given all of the risks. Low and behold, in the blessed Christmas season, during the last cycle of my 43rd year, I conceived. We are in shock, but so happy. My daughter cannot get the smile off of her face! I feel that we have been given such a gift and have been sent this child for a reason. I know my risk of miscarriage at this age is high, but I feel at peace with this and truly think everything will be OK. I am in supreme health (ran a half-marathon in the week before I knew I was pregnant!) and certainly feel physically better prepared for pregnancy than the 20 year olds at my office with terrible diets and zero exercise regimen. What has been so disappointing to me though, is the response we are getting from many people - some of it is cruel - "you're HAPPY about this?!" "were you TRYING to get pregnant?!" "Gosh - I'm so sorry!". Thank you for the positive posts here. I have decided to only surround myself with supportive friends and family. I love that I have a beautiful daughter to share this with - she has been so sweet and caring. God willing I carry this pregnancy to term, she will always have someone to connect with in life especially when my husband and I are long gone. Anxious to here from other 43 and older moms with beautiful success stories!

I am 42 years old and 7 weeks pregnant with my second child. My daughter, Brittney is 16. My husband adopted her when she was 5 so this will be his first bio baby. We got pregnant a year ago while we were completing the Oregon DHS adoption program. Imagine what a surprise that was. We miscarried at 7 weeks or so. We decided to give it a year to try and conceive again and here I am. Excited and scared and gitty all at the same time. I'm saying a lot of prayers and have my fingers and toes crossed.

npjulie, I hear you on the "why are you happy about this" and "don't you think you are too old?" comments. We have planned this and given it much thought. But we both feel it is what we want to share together. I hear you about being so happy. We pray every night to be blessed this year. Once we made the decision we started getting the "feedback". "Why would you do this" is the biggest thing. Some people don't get it. I am so so happy for this forum too. I love to hear that Mom's over 40 are doing great and happy. some one said to me, you won't see your grandchildren from kids you have after forty. I said, my parents both died and never met their grandchildren, and that didn't make the quality of MY life any less. And they were young!! It is ever too late to enjoy the one-ness we can share with the one we love.

npjulie, I was a little dis-hearted about the comment made about never meeting grandchildren. Good Grief! Do you have any idea what life expectancy is these days. We have PLENTY of time. My grandmother had my mother at 42. After talking to my Dr. it is VERY common these days and in much earlier days too. It's a WONDERFUL thing! Enjoy it......Know how BLESSED we are! EVERYBODY has an opinion about EVERYTHING, that is what makes the world go around.

Well, it is true. I believe the best thing I can do for my child is to be a good example. I feel very confident about our decision and as I have said, he has wanted a child since we first started to date. I said no at first and he didn't bring it up anymore. Then I started to think about one. When I made the suggestion that maybe we could talk out the plans IF we decided to, and he was all over it!! I think he is more excited than I am that we made this decision. I just pray we get pregnant soon!! I was wonderful to start the new year off trying! LOL