https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:06:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first/page/2#post-1793280 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:47:27 +0000 lepamplemousse 1793280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know this has been posted a few times on the boards before but this article helped me feel better about trying to conceive in my late 30s.</p> <p><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/how-long-can-you-wait-to-have-a-baby/309374/?single_page=true" rel="nofollow">http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/how-long-can-you-wait-to-have-a-baby/309374/?single_page=true</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first/page/2#post-1763684 Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:07:57 +0000 Happygal 1763684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsMcD: eek. I'm sorry. Yes, wall me really b/c I'm curious about what happened!</p> <p>IF interventions can take up so much energy and time and $$ that I'm pretty particular about what I'll take, especially if there is a risk of negative side effects. Unless there's solid, positive evidence that it's helpful, I'll skip it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first/page/2#post-1760116 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:42:06 +0000 deactivated_account 1760116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Happygal: I tried royal jelly and had a horrible side effect. Wall me if you want details. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first/page/2#post-1759690 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:23:47 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1759690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Happygal: I don't believe there is any good evidence for royal jelly. I'll consider a blog post. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first/page/2#post-1759312 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:50:43 +0000 Happygal 1759312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I've only read promising medical studies for DHEA, and maybe ubiquinol? My RE encouraged getting anything like omega 3s and vitamin D through diet. I would love to know about research supporting maca and royal jelly if we consider going for #2 in the future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1759298 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:48:08 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 1759298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: thanks for the information! I have heard a little bit about maca root (I think it was) from my massage therapist with regard to male fertility. And conflicting info about vitamin D... I'll have to look into it all a little more. :happy: </p> <p>@SarahL1234: best of luck to you. You can find plenty of company here on HB, &amp; hopefully even more inspiration! :goodluck: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1758673 Mon, 14 Jul 2014 21:08:04 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1758673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have any of you older ladies researched supplements for improved egg quality? I've recently learned that there are several such as ubiquinol, royal jelly, maca root, DHEA, omega 3's and vitamin D. Thought it might be of interest, especially for those who have experienced a loss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1758638 Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:48:53 +0000 SarahL1234 1758638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I just turned 38 in May. We have been trying for almost a year this time, but no luck whatsoever. I'm really getting discouraged. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1729304 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:37:54 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 1729304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: thank you for your kind words &amp; for sharing your success story. :happy: </p> <p>@bkcaribbaby: you too! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1728113 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:02:07 +0000 BKCaribBaby 1728113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GoGoSnoGirl: All the best to you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1727494 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:04:35 +0000 edelweiss 1727494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GoGoSnoGirl: i'm sorry about your loss, and wish you much luck in getting pregnant again. i was 35 when we started trying and gave birth when i was 36. thankfully it was a normal, healthy pregnancy and delivery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1726825 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:10:32 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 1726825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bkcaribbaby: thank you for sharing :happy: I certainly wish I'd started just a little earlier, but hearing all these stories of perfectly normal pregnancies &amp; babies for older mamas does make me feel better! :grin: I think just getting over the hurdle of getting pregnant again &amp; past the 1st tri will make everything after that seem like a cake walk. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1724277 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:16:45 +0000 BKCaribBaby 1724277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had my first at 35. Two friends have given birth with their first at 36 within the past few months. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1724222 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:58:47 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 1724222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@happygal, @beckysue: congratulations to you both &amp; thank you for the encouraging news of your (&amp; friend's) successes! :happy: :happy: :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1723702 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:47:48 +0000 beckysue 1723702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GoGoSnoGirl: I am 36 and currently 31 weeks pregnant with my first baby. I will be 37 when I have her. One of my best friends just had her first baby at 36 as well so don't worry about being considered AMA. I believe it is much more common than it once was for women our age to be having babies. </p> <p>Good luck to you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1723537 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 11:50:39 +0000 Happygal 1723537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started trying at age 33 and am almost 10 weeks pregnant at 35. I'll be 36 when I deliver. </p> <p>Sometimes I can get worked up thinking, "Will this be my only pregnancy?" I always wanted 3-4 kids. But then I take a breath, remind myself to appreciate where I am now, and trust that things will work out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1723528 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 11:47:32 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 1723528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lepamplemousse, @ajsmommy, @jojogirl: thank you ladies for sharing! :happy: This does make me feel better &amp; reminds me that it is entirely possible to have a healthy baby even if I am AMA. :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1722615 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 06:59:54 +0000 JoJoGirl 1722615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gave birth with my first at 35 :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1722608 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 06:50:16 +0000 Ajsmommy 1722608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did! I did! We conceived our first when I was 35 (for only 3 more weeks) had her Nov 2013 when I was 36 :)</p> <p>We'll be trying for LO#2 when I'm 37/38</p> <p>Good Luck!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1722416 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 22:28:04 +0000 lepamplemousse 1722416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GoGoSnoGirl: Yay! Another AMA comrade! I'm 39 this year and we're working on #2. I feel like such an old lady on these boards because so many people are in their early 30s.</p> <p>I was 37 when #1 was born and didn't realize that I was considered old at that age. Now I feel so much more pressure because I keep seeing all of these articles about how my fertility is supposed to take a nosedive soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1720202 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:29:55 +0000 krispi 1720202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are not yet TTC but will probably start in late October. I'll turn 36 in September. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1719426 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:19:42 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 1719426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ignore the above! This is the wrong board :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1719424 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:19:00 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 1719424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1719408 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:09:40 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 1719408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bumping this old thread hoping to hear I am not alone! I'm 40, DH is 39, we are both really healthy &amp; we are TTC for our 1st. We mc'd last month on our 1 yr anniversary, but fortunately, AF just arrived (29 days later--yay body!). I'm eager to get back to opk's &amp; get serious again this cycle, but some days (like today) it gets REALLY hard to stay positive that if I got pg once, I can do it again &amp; have a sticky baby this time. :meh: I was hoping to either hear updates from pp's that were successful or from current mamas-to-be who are also of advanced maternal age. While plenty of bees seem to be having many other challenges, I don't get the impression there are many others on here in my camp. Am I the only old lady TTC?? :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-1322928 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 14:26:04 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 1322928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mssally: I realize this is really old, but thanks for posting. Gives me lots of hope! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-20572 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:16:58 +0000 s2kheartmustang 20572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mssally: Fortunately, I know several women around my age who are just getting started. . Also in my family, women have had children in their late 30s and early 40s w/out any assistance. Knowing that I'm not alone, I'm more relaxed about getting pregnant @ this age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-20380 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:54:35 +0000 MamaG 20380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 37 and have a three month old. She was born 2.5 weeks after my 37th birthday. I conceived when I was 36, my husband was 34. It took us about 4 months to get a positive result. I don't have anything to compare to as this was our first child, but my pregnancy wasn't bad. My doctor did deem me AMA (I guess it depends on the doctor as to if they deem AMA at 35 or 40). I also ended up with Gestational Diabetes which ended up being a blessing for controlling diet/weight gain.</p> <p>My doctor also scheduled an induction due to AMA and Gestational Diabetes that resulted in a c-section. I also opted to do genetic screening to fully understand my risks and we were low risk. I did not choose any invasive means of screening.</p> <p>Good luck to you all. I think you will find first time mom's over 35 is a growing population. Women are getting married and starting their families later in life than in prior generations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-20363 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:20:45 +0000 Mrs. Schoolbus 20363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's so nice to see that there are more ladies who are around the same age. Sometimes I feel like an old fart (even though being Asian, I look younger than my age) surrounded by spring chickens. ;) All the literature about women who are more "advanced" in age and pregnancy concerns me and puts unnecessary worries into my head. I know that being older has some disadvantages health wise but I'm hoping that we'll all have healthy babies soon! Good luck to y'all! Btw-- I'm currently 8 weeks pregnant but had a loss back in March at 12 weeks. So as excited as I am, I'm still a bit apprehensive about completely embracing this pregnancy. I probably won't really believe it until there's a baby in my hands! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-20008 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:05:45 +0000 s2kheartmustang 20008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 42 and DH is 45. Have my myo followup on Tuesday. Hope all healed well so we can start trying this cycle or next. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-over-35-trying-for-your-first#post-19738 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:33:46 +0000 kentuckygirl 19738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will begin trying in February. I am 36 and DH will be 38 by then. Good luck to all of you! </p>