Two months from my 40th birthday and it looks like I'm pregnant

[belladonna]

Hellllppppp!!!!

I'm trying to be patient and wait for SO to come home from work before I take the test, but it's driving me batty waiting! :crazy:

I know the SO will be happy if I am, but I'm freaked out and kinda scared, after my miscarriage and resultant D&C last summer :scared:

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. First off...hugs!

:hug: :hug: :hug:

Secondly, how will you feel? I know how scary it can be. I had late losses between my daughter and son and had given up when I became pregnant with him. I then became convinced I would lose him, that something would go wrong etc. I worried myself all the way through pregnancy. I wish I could take that back.

Please take good care of yourself, try not to worry, and remember each time is different. I wish I had taken that advice.

Hugs, hugs Hugs!

~Laura

[belladonna]

4. I feel happy, but scared

Going through that last miscarriage was hell, as I was almost 4 months when I miscarried... thus the D&C. That and starting all over again, with my youngest turning 18 in June. But mostly scared of the loss again :scared:

Good advice, though... I'll just have to stay calm and try not to worry too much.

And may I say it is SO GOOD to see you in the Lounge again!!! I missed seeing your posts! :hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. Ahhh...I missed you too.

:hug:

I'll be thinking of you the whole way through. :hug:

[Taverner]

2. Congrats!!!!!

Better get used to hearing "Bye bye Tinky Winky" now...

[belladonna]

6. Oh wow, I don't even know what that is

But hey, it couldn't be any worse than the Lamb Chop sing-alongs and the Jungle Book and Rugrats, could it?

[LeftyMom]

3. I had multiple losses and a D&C pre-LeftyKid and he couldn't be healthier.

The only problem was that he was a whole freakin' month late. :eyes:

I hope you get the news you want, whatever that may be.

[belladonna]

8. Haha, my youngest daughter was a month late too

She also tried to come early at six months along... nearly lost her. We had a joke, at the time, that she got mad when she couldn't come out early and punished me by staying in waaaaay too long!

The news I want is that I'm pregnant, and I'm about 99% sure I am. I'm just a little scared is all :scared:

[LeftyMom]

15. Well, if it helps any

Way back in the dark ages, when dinosaurs ruled the earth, Harry Truman was president and there weren't many things medicine could do to help high risk pregnancies other than bed rest, my grandmother had three kids in three years after turning 40. She lived to be 93, and her kids all came out fine.

You'll do great. Just relax and keep your sense of humor close at hand.

[belladonna]

16. Good advice there!

That's the attitude I'm going to try to adopt! Thanks for the reassurance :hug:

Say hi to that sexy man of yours too... I rarely see him around and don't get to post in his crazy ass threads until it's too late :D

[LeftyMom]

18. I'll tell him, but I'm sure he'll show up to congratulate you in a minute.

:)

[blondeatlast]

5. My only child was born when I was 37 and I already possessed several risk factors.

My beautiful young man is going to be ten in February! I was followed like a hawk and even am a case in a perinatal textbook,

Sending you vibes of wonderfulness. :hug:

[belladonna]

10. I guess that's the big thing I worry about right now

My age and all the problems that come with a pregnancy this late... I don't know for sure, but I kinda think that may be the reason for the earlier miscarriage, but we never found out.

Thanks for the good vibes and glad you got your beautiful son! :hug:

[auntAgonist]

7. oh wow.

I'll keep a good thought for you and your SO :)

freaked out and scared are very natural emotions. Breath deeply and enjoy :)


best wishes to you ..

let us know OK?

:hug:

aA

[belladonna]

11. Thanks... I know he's going to be thrilled

He has no children of his own and he really wants to try his hand at this parenting thing. Now, if he'd only get home from work already!!

[Redbear]

9. Good luck to you

That would be one cool kid

[Connonym]

13. Good luck and please let us know how you're doing

I miscarried between my 2 kids and I know it makes a subsequent pregnancy very scary. I'm sending you my best wishes and hopes.

[belladonna]

17. Thanks, it helps to hear stuff like this

Still doing the MT thang? I know, after downloading all my work for the weekend and getting my least favorite doc of all time... 47 minutes of him, no less.... I'm starting to think the old punching out at 5 p.m. on Friday thing sounds kinda good :crazy:

[idgiehkt]

14. good luck to you!

:toast:

[belladonna]

19. Thanks!

Hopefully, he'll get off work soon and the waiting will be over. I hate Fridays cause he never knows exactly what time he'll get off work x(

[flvegan]

20. 40 is yet, but a number.

Congrats, and I hope you get the answer you want, and I hope your SO is as crazy-elated as I'm sure you will be...that lucky dawg.

Seriously...40 is a number. That's it, that's all.

[belladonna]

21. He's already convinced himself that I'm preggers

So he got a head start on the elation thang... I'm sure confirmation will send him through the roof though :D

How's that sweet doggie of yours doing? The 3-legged one? Oh, and the pit bull you rescued awhile back... doing better, I hope? I fell in love with that one.... you're the best for doing what you do :hug:

[flvegan]

26. Well then

if it turns out that you aren't (which I'm hoping isnt't the case) then you know what they say...try, try again.

*behave, flvegan, behave*

Sorry, anyway...

My big boy is doing great, and is happy to be the topic of Lounge flamewars. The little girl is doing fantastic, and her previous abuser is enjoying, or at least enduring, the best gift I can give (that keeps on giving, no less)...

Punishment.

I will tell her that you said that, though. Very kind.

[belladonna]

30. Flamewars? Isn't he a Great Dane?

Geesh, I thought the only flamewars were over pit bulls.... you know, those born killers how just happen to pick up the urge to kill, regardless of how their owners treat them :eyes: Gawd, I hate pit bull flamewars... so much misinformation, so damn little time

[flvegan]

35. "Certified humane eggs"

A flamewar worthy of inclusion amongst the Corn Flakes and Fat Actresses of the Lounge. Search it...it's funny.

Pit bull threads are less comedic. That is, unless someone REALLY wants to have their ass handed to them.

I have two hands, and I can lift a LOT of ass.

[belladonna]

36. Oh wow, I saw that

I was in the middle of a ton of work and didn't get to post ::rofl:

Yes, that was truly Olive Garden worthy

I hate seeing the pit bull threads.... I inevitably end up wanting to hurt someone :mad:

[LeftyMom]

37. "I can lift a LOT of ass." Well, that's a good thing.

Apparently somebody's getting fat. :rofl:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6047948

[belladonna]

31. Oops, double post N/T

[Redneck Socialist]

22. My mom was 42 when she had me

and had had three miscarriages before that, so congratulations and good luck.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

23. I'm feeling for you...

:hug:

good vibes!

[lildreamer316]

24. My mother had me when she was 39-

in July of '73. She turned forty the following January.
Congrats!!!
And you'll be fine!

[Botany]

25. That means you had sex

:bounce:

[belladonna]

27. Lots of it, too!

So much for the Nuvaring.... although, to be fair, most birth control doesn't work for me. The IUD was the only thing that worked and I can't use it anymore :(

[Botany]

28. the IOU method

The women loans the man $5.00 before having sex?

[LeftyMom]

29. Oh geez, I don't want to hear that.

/me fingers in ears "lalalalalala"

I <3 my Nuvaring.

[belladonna]

33. Eh, I think it's just me

I was on birth control pills and took them religiously when I got pregnant with my other kids. I know others who use the Nuvaring and have had great luck with it :shrug:

[cwydro]

32. Congratulations!

[Dervill Crow]

34. Congratulations! nt

[Kat45]

38. That's quite a birthday present!

Congratulations! :bounce:

[BarenakedLady]

39. Congratulations!

:bounce: :bounce:

[Generic Brad]

40. Congratulations!

I hope all goes well for you and your family.