AMA Fertility

My experience

I became pregnant with our first son when I was turning 39 in January 2012 when we weren’t yet trying.  Shocker to me to say the least.  I was following points 1-6, 8, and 11 when I became pregnant.  I traveled a lot for work and worked a lot during this pregnancy.  He was three weeks late, which I wouldn’t do now based on the most recent information on AMA pregnancies.

When we tried for our second baby in mid 2014, I was 41. It took 6 months to get pregnant.  I was 42 in Jan 2015 when I became pregnant and it ended in a miscarriage at about 3 months.  We saw the heartbeat in February but it was not as fast and large as it should it have been.  The doctor warned us that it might not be okay.  My progesterone was low in this pregnancy so I took progesterone. This was also an indication that something might not be right.  I started bleeding.  We went in and there was no heartbeat, which was heartbreaking.  I had a D&C once the miscarriage started.  I had a feeling that something was not right with that pregnancy.

I become pregnant with my second son the following month. I had a completely different feeling with this pregnancy (it felt rock solid).   I have heard that after a miscarriage  it is a good time to get pregnant. I’m not sure why but it may be because hormone levels are still high.  

I was pregnant almost all year in 2015. It was a long road with working full time in a negative, stressful work environment and having a 2-3 year old boy at home.

In my pregnancy with my second son in 2015, I decided that I needed to take it easy and focus on this pregnancy especially since I was 42.  I refused to travel for work and would do very limited exercising and other physical exertion.  I prayed a lot. I was nervous for the entire pregnancy.  I wish I could have enjoyed it more.  My baby and I were healthy the entire pregnancy – no blood pressure or other issues.  I was induced at 39 weeks because of my advanced maternal age.  Both of my deliveries were great – a few pushes and they were out – no big deal. 

Both of my sons were exactly 7.2 lbs at birth, which is fascinating to me.  I wonder if the placenta does kind of “konk” out with older moms.

I breastfed both sons for 6 months, which was the hardest thing I’ve ever done with working full-time.  I focused on 6 months bc of my allergic condition and bc my husband has asthma.  Breastfeeding with working was grueling and so difficult.  Both of my sons do not have asthma but do have some allergies.