sucessful pregnancy in your late 30s? How long did you try?

[Anonymous]

1st pregnancy at 34, 1 month trying. Delivered right before my 35th birthday. 2nd pregnancy at 37, 3 months trying (6 months without protection but only last 3 were well-timed). Missed miscarriage diagnosed at 9 weeks.

[Anonymous]

36 1/2, maybe 4 months. Buy ovulation predictors, makes a huge difference to time it right... (Our first month, I suspect we were off by several days based on when the little sticks told me I ovulated in later cycles.)

[Anonymous]

Not at all--became pregnant accidentally at 36. Baby is perfectly healthy, and my pregnancy was free of complications.

I'm now 37 and am planning to start TTC later this year or early next year--we'll see if it's as easy this time.

[Anonymous]

At 34-35, one year -- positive pregnancy test the day before my first fertility appointment. After that, less than 4 months for two subsequent pregnancies at 37 (miscarried) and 38.

[Anonymous]

At 36 it took two months iwth a fertility monitor.

[Anonymous]

Accidental pregnancy at 38, about half an hour of trying.

[Anonymous]

38 - took two months after stopping bc. miscarriage at 7 weeks and we will be trying again soon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:38 - took two months after stopping bc. miscarriage at 7 weeks and we will be trying again soon

Also, at 34, it took us 10 months with a successful pregnancy resulting in a baby.

[Anonymous]

We were trying for #2 in our mid-30s. Had our first at 28 with zero trouble.

We went through 3.5 years of secondary infertility. Finally decided to bite the bullet and pay for IUI's at 36 - got pregnant on the second try, but it ended in a m/c at 9.5 weeks.

Took a couple months off after the 3rd try was unsuccessful because of the holidays/personal issues.

Decided we'd give it a couple more tries in the new years. We were waiting for my period to start so we could call the clinic and...

Pregnant on our own after years of NOTHING. I was 37 when I delivered.

[Anonymous]

First try at 36. Buy an ovulation test, it makes a huge difference.

[Anonymous]

got pregnant first month. chemical pregnancy. waited a month. got pregnant second month. Taking charge of your fertility and acupuncture. baby at 39 and another at 42 (the one at 42 took about 6 months of TTC).

[Anonymous]

We tried for a year and didn't get pregnant.

[Anonymous]

I had my first two at 27 and 30. I'm 35 now, and we've been trying for a third (OPKs, temping, timed intercourse, preseed, softcups, the works) for about a year, and it's just not happening. It took us 4-5 cycles for the first two so I suppose we've never been super fertile. Neither of us are inclined to go through a bunch of testing or procedures to figure out if something is wrong. I've stopped all the monitoring and "extras" because it was all driving me crazy, and we'll probably just see what happens over the next 6 months to a year. If we're not successful, we'll likely take it as a sign that a third just wasn't meant to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First try at 36. Buy an ovulation test, it makes a huge difference.

yes. this is me but 38. would never had gotten pregnent since I ovulate a bit nutty (sometimes every 28 days, sometimes throw in an extra week). Plus my klutal phase is a little shory - just long enough though. Ovulation strips are key to knwoing this

[Anonymous]

First and only son at 42. 6+ Years of trying IVF. Finally worked. Have a great eight year old, who is a joy each day.