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Would you keep trying, age 45 1/2?
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Anonymous
| I keep ovulating, chemical pregnancy every month, like clock work. Would you keep trying? |
Anonymous
| it's my understanding and experience that egg quality starts a sharp decline after age 38 or so. If I were you , I wouldn't waste time with my own eggs at your age. I'd look into donor eggs. I'm only 40 and have had the same issues- chemical pregnancies, miscarriages. I am now pregnant using donor eggs, first try. Hope this helps.. |
Anonymous
| I agree with PP. Go see a fertility specialist. |
Anonymous
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I would go to an excellent acupuncturist and undergo treatment with acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine (individualized herbal prescriptions).This will help you produce the best lining and optimize your hormonal systems for your age.
I would do that for a full cycle while getting in for a consultation with an RE - then I would do injectibles and IUI along with the acupuncture and traditional Chinese meds. I would do the injectible stims because - at that age - so many eggs are damaged so you want to produce as many mature follicles in a cycle as you can to increase your chance of a good egg fertilizing. Best wishes and gl! |
Anonymous
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It is such a personal decision. Basically the chemical pregnancy ends due to genetic issues. If a pregnancy were to run the full 9 months, that doesn't necessarily mean the fetus would not have genetic issues. So, if you are willing to take a risk with your own eggs, what's the reason not to keep trying? Is the stress of it each month is driving you crazy? Do you have other children or would this be your first?
Seeing an RE is a good idea though in case there is something wrong with that prevents the egg from continuining. If it is just due to the age of the eggs, well I say it is your choice. |
Anonymous
| every body is different. I have 4 friends who got prego after 40 on their own without fert. treatment. I also have 3 friends who got prego on IVF #1 and their ages are 40.5, 41 and almost 42. I just got pregnant with twins via IUI and I'm almost 41. |
Anonymous
| Only if I were willing to raise a special needs child. I personally would not attempt to conceive past age 42 at the most but I know I am the only one who feels that there is such a thing as "too old" in this day and age. Good luck! |
Anonymous
| No. |
Anonymous
| I am new to all this. What is a chemical pregnancy? |
Anonymous
A pregnancy that you get a positive home test or blood test for, but you miscarry before it shows up on an ultrasound. They are much more common than most people realize, quite often women think that their period was just a few days late. |
Anonymous
| Given the greatly increased risk of birth defects, I would stop trying. I might consider doing IVF with donor eggs. |
Anonymous
| I disagree w/most of the PPs. I say keep going. Donor eggs will still be available in 6 mos or a year. You are ovulating regularly, getting pregnant, but miscarrying early. Everything but the last part makes it seem like your body is working well. Sounds like you're almost there to me. Sure all the stats look worse as you age, but those are just averages. You could be on the "lucky" end of the distribution. Have you been pregnant before? Carried to term? You may have some clotting issue. I agree w/the poster who suggested acupuncture, but you might also want to get a basic RE workup. |
Anonymous
| You know how much you want a child- is this the first? second? or from a second marriage? You need to figure out if you really want a first child or a second/whatever one after a break with a new partner/husband. if you are seruous no doubt- contact an RE- that is the only way to go at this age if you've been trying for 6 months (they state that for anyone over 30- so at 45 I;d accelerate that to 3 mo nths of trying naturally),.best of luck |
Anonymous
| Time may be against you but if you're ovulating and your hormone levels are OK, keep trying but realize what your personal decision and how strong you feel about every miscarriage as that will increase with age. Even in my mid-30's when we first started we had 2 mc and the OB said it's probably b/c something was genetically wrong with the egg which becomes more common the older your eggs become. We have one biological child and am now pregnant with one via IVF after 2 failed IUI. I'm turning 39 and wasn't ovualting regularly to to complications while delivery first (long story). GL |
Anonymous
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I agree with the PP who said it is time to move to donor eggs or adoption. I know it is hard to accept, but time is ticking. Why waste more time at this age, and going the donor egg route 0r adoption will probably take 18 months or more before you get a child.
Sorry, but it is time to move on . .... from a 44 year old mother of 2 donor egg beautiful children and trying for a third. |