Chances of getting pregnant at 50?

[Anonymous]

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Sorry, but to all intents and purposes, it's zero. Having regular periods at that age means nothing, it's very likely there are no viable eggs.

Debbie downer posted above. Having regular periods most certainly is positive and definitely cannot be taken for granted. Despite chronological age, we are not all the same age biologically. My Ob-gyn has delivered healthy babies for women up to 52 years old. All AMA mothers do not post here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think this is really the right forum, but can’t figure out which one might be more apropos. I’m almost 50, but still have regular 28 day cycles. Realistically, what are the chances I could end up pregnant? We don’t really use anything, because we did 3 years of IVF several years back to have our second kid, and I assume there are no viable eggs left in there, but I do worry that because my cycle is still so regular that there could be a random pregnancy in there. Am I being paranoid?

Ordinarily I'd tell you no. But the thing is that last month I got randomly pregnant. I'm 47. Three kids, two through IVF. I thought my train has left the station. But apparently not. If you don't want children and find the idea of termination unacceptable, I learned through experience to use protection. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

Neighbor just had her 6th at 46. New husband. Surprise. Her last baby was 11 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just got pregnant naturally at 46 and a half, after two IVF kids! So late pregnancy is definitely possible. It's rare but it does happen.

46 is not 50

[Anonymous]

Still at risk. This study was done in the 60s and 70s

individual medical records of 72,005 pregnant women. There were 82 pregnancies that occurred in women 45 years of age and older. The oldest in this group delivered 6 days after her 49th birthday and 1 week beyond her expected date of confinement. There were 24,779 abortions in the study period. The total number of induced abortions during the period was 17,869 with 31 patients 45-51 years of age. There were 4 patients 48-49 years of age and 1 patient 51 years.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/45103

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26694134

[Anonymous]

I've only known one person who got pregnant the old fashioned way at 50 -- my friend's mom. Her other 2 daughters were already in their late 20s. She terminated asap.

[Anonymous]

First try for 47-year year old friend who used donor egg. Gorgeous healthy baby girl who looks exactly like her father (52) .

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I know a 51 yo friend of a friend who got pregnant last year and terminated.

[Anonymous]

Didn't Madonna get pregnant at 50? We always use condoms even though it seems unlikely I'd get pregnant (we could probably use them a little more stringently but we do use them). Still, don't wanna have another baby if I can help it.

[Anonymous]

I’m 40 and had to do 2 cycles of IVF for my second and got an iud. My doctor said I should unless I want another, just in case. I know 50 is a lot older but crazier things have happened

[Anonymous]

I have been pregnant twice at 43 (but both ended in miscarriage)... still it's not 50 so I don't know but I would say not out of the realm of possibility

[Anonymous]

There's just enough of a chance for it to be annoying if you're trying to plan otherwise.

[Anonymous]

You can. Watch out, though, because it most likely would be abnormal. You don’t want to have to deal with that. Especially now.

[Anonymous]

I'm 49, having very regular periods. Not trying to get pregnant. Unprotected weekly or fortnightly sex for last 5 years, have not gotten pregnant.

[Anonymous]

My grandmother's sister got pregnant and carried to term at 47, her 6th child. That's the oldest spontaneous pregnancy I have ever heard of.