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Introduction
I started fertility treatments ate age 46, 6 months ago, and 5 treatment cycles later just 2 months shy of age 47 I got a BFP! We are shocked. I wanted to offer encouragement to other women my age who are discouraged or have been told by doctors that it is pretty unlikely that they can get pregnant. I am a late bloomer in life and never found someone to marry and have children with thus my huge wait to attempt to concieve. I never even tried before 6 months ago. I do have a wonderful boyfriend now and we decided to be committed partners and if it were to ever happen committed parents. Everything I read and was told was discouraging and indicated that it was incredibly rare to get pregnant at my age. I just want others to know it is possible! I am a fairly normal woman healthwise, but did take some steps to try to help my fertility that I would like to share. Not sure which of these things worked! I was on a treatment of Follistim. In the last couple of cycles the doctor had me on a dose of 400 IU. I had an HCG trigger shot at ovulation time and afterwards was taking Prometrium (progesterone) vaginally 200 mg nightly for 14 days. I had always exercised regularly and ate pretty healthy, but I did make some big changes these past 6 months:
*Acupuncture and chinese herbs
*Only slight amounts of wine now and then
*No coffee
*Red Meat infrequently (once a week)
*Emphasis on whole grain macrobiotic diet with lots of veggies. Lots of cooked bean/grain dishes. Lots of fruit.
*Royal jelly, 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon daily
*Was lucky to be able to leave my job to concentrate on relaxation
*Regular aerobic workouts and weights
*Antioxidants/Pomegranite and blueberry juices
*Flax seed, seeds and nuts
*Was not able to give up chocolate or my love of desserts/sugar..
*Allowed myself to be a little heavier than ususal (Follistim seemed to make me gain 8 pounds)
My symptoms felt like I was getting my period. There were other cycles where I felt much more pregnant. The only things different this time were my breasts are pretty sore, I had brown spotting on day 12 and day 13 DPO. I seem to have some vaginal odor which I thought could have been from the Prometrium? Hope this helps and do not give up hope!
Tests, Procedures, Medical consultations
I knew I would have to get Fertility medication to make it happen at my age so I saw a specialist 8 months ago.
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