Age & Fertility
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I Am 5 Week Pregnant at Age 48
Asked by L.M. from New York
on November 24, 2009
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I am not even married and have two teenagers. Financially, I am always struggling since divorce, and my son, who is 18, is applying for a college now, which means mor...
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- About me: I'm 43 and raising 6 children with two on the way. The oldest is 21 the youngest is 15 and the two on the way is a 13 year old boy and a new born (I was jus...
- Most importantly, see your doctor. Make sure you can physically do it. There are options. You will choose the right one for yourself. The most important thing is your ...
- My thoughts & prayer go out to you during this sad time. I am so sorry for your loss!! M. I can't say that I've been in your situation, but a good friend of m...
Age Difference, Having Another Child, Pro's & Cons?
Asked by T.A. from Salinas
on April 3, 2008
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My daughter will be 3 in May and we are talking about trying for another this summer, so the kids will be just about 4 yrs difference. We have like no family help, I h...
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- T., I guess the first question I'd ask you is how old are you, mainly because that's the factor women usually gage as the basis to whether or not they need to hurry up...
- Hmmm...there is always a way. If you want to be a child-centric family there are just choices to be made. Our family has a 9 year old and a 4 month old, I am 40. So...
- For me closer was better (and I have one 3-1/2 years apart and one 1-1/2 years apart). They get along better and you don't have to go back to a stage you left a long ...
6 Year Gap in Childrens Age
Asked by J.V. from Chicago
on April 23, 2008
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A little advice about having a child so late in live and that will be 6 years or more younger than its siblings.
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- I just want to say congrats, and good luck! I personally know that I can NOT have two babies! I made sure one was ATLEAST three before another! ha! ha! I just know tha...
- I have 2 children, my daughter is almost 17 and my son just turned 9, yes that's 8 yrs difference. One thing I refused to do was to make my daughter responsible for h...
- J., My first son is going on 6, then I have a 9 month old son. I am 30 years old, it wasn't planned like this, but I had two miscarriages in between them. Personall...
How Did You Cope with Labor? How Do You Manage 3 Under the Age of 4?
Asked by E.M. from New York
on June 14, 2011
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I'm days away from delivering baby #3 and could use some advice on how to keep it together.
My first two children were late-term premature. In fact, my water broke...
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- I've known a lot of women who would do positional changes, keeping energy up by eating and drinking as needed, low loud humming, kissing/fondling their husband/partner...
- My 3rd child came so fast that I didn't have time for meds/epidural which made the recovery was so much faster and easier than with my first 2 (epidurals). My doctor's...
- We're about in the same point in pregnancy! I had a fairly quick natural birth with my first and so now I wonder about how this birth will go. I want another natural...
Age 42, Missed/irregular Periods, Neg Preg Test
Asked by D.M. from Los Angeles
on October 27, 2009
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Hi all--I have an 18 mo old and we've been trying to conceive for several mos. Before, I always got preg within 2 or 3 mos (although I had 5 mc before having my son)....
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- Hmmm I am much older and my "baby" is 20 years old I do have Graves Desease tho (over active thyroid) I do know your thyroid affects every part of your body one of th...
- Did you breastfeed at all? If so, how long ago did you stop? You could still have elevated levels of prolactin, a hormone that triggers the secretion of milk and sup...
- go get a blood test and find out for sure. if you're not preggers then you can focus on the other issue at hand
Formula After Age One
Asked by D.N. from Fort Wayne
on August 7, 2007
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does anyone know what you would give a child who is allergic to cow milk? my son is on nutramagien (sp) and i dont know what to give him when he turns one. with our ...
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- YOu can try soy milk. It is costly too but not as much as formula!
- I too have had 2 kids that were allergic to cows milk. We used Silk Soy milk (vanilla flavored) as well and bith of them grew out of it by the time they were two. I am...
- I know there are soy milks out. They would be your at your local store. You can always ask your doctor at your son's one year check-up.
Conceiving with 1 Fallopian Tube
Asked by J.C. from New York
on August 14, 2009
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Hi,
Has anyone any info on how they succeeded with conceiving wiht one fallopian tube due to a ectopic a few years back? Has anyone used any of the fertility suppleme...
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- Hi J., I can't give advice on conceiving with one fallopian tube, but I wanted to write to tell you to keep faith. If you have one functioning fallopian tube and tha...
- my sister lost one of her tubes about 18 months after her first baby.... she has had 4 other children since and 1 miscarriage(this happened not long after the ectopic)...
- i have 2 kids conceived and delivered naturally with only 1 tube. call monalisa shultz if youre not sure if you will too. google her! shes amazing! also, go to a tr...
Still Trying to Conceaive
Asked by S.C. from Fresno
on August 4, 2008
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We are trying to concieve since may. With my other 2 i conceived right away. My husband has been having stomack problems and is on several medications. Doctors think h...
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- Be sure to research how to conceive a boy, lol. I see that is what you are shooting for. Two of my friends have 3 girls, and one has 4 boys. I have heard of ferti...
- I'm sorry it's taking you a while to conceive baby #3. I understand your frustration... it took us over 14 months to get pregnant with our son. I highly recommend c...
- It took us 3 years to have our third. That was such a surprise after the first 2 were so easy. I really thought that was it. Then I started tracking ovulation to see i...
Getting Pregnant at 45
Asked by S.E. from Chicago
on April 4, 2008
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Anyone out there have any positive stories about getting pregnant older? I had a beautiful pregnancy/birth/child at 42 and would like to have another now at (gulp) 45...
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- I tried getting pg w/Dr. Kazer at N'Western, but found him completely incompetent w/women over 40. Needless to say, I wasn't successful w/Kazer. Moved on to U of C, ...
- the location with the best results is northwestern. i go to dr kazar. The other option is embryo donation with dr randy morris. he is north. Or egg donation is als...
- I loved Dr.Reinhart. He was very caring (and so was his staff). I did not feel like just a number. I know have 4 year old twins!! Good luck!
Any Moms Out There Who Conceived a Baby in Their "MID" 40S..???
Asked by J.V. from San Francisco
on May 23, 2008
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Hello
I am 43 soon to be 44 and have been trying to conceive another child for about a year now. Are there any moms whom at 43 or older have had any luck WITHOUT usin...
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- Make an appt with Jennifer at www.acupuncturefertility.org. She specializes in acupuncture for women who have hormone/fertility issues. It's a wonderful "natural" way ...
- P. S. I have a friend who, after trying many traditional fertility methods, saw an acupuncturist. 1-2 months later, they conceived. Miles is a healthy little one. He...
- Dear J., I didn't happen to me. I'm 45 and can't have more children. But I know plenty of other moms who had "luck" conceiving in their 40's. But they were more like,...
