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It may take you longer than someone younger, but you can still conceive, either naturally or with fertility treatment. As you know, you are at higher risk for miscarriage & chromosomal abnormalities, but the odds are overwhelmingly in your favor. Ignore people. I just had my 2nd at 36 & people made rude comments to me too. My sil had her two girls at 40 & 41 with fertility treatment, but she had underlying issues unrelated to age. If you haven't conceived after 6 mos, consult a Dr. Gl!

I hope not :) Having children already I think gives you better odds. Each woman is different. I'm 40 and I am taking femara to help me and might do IUI. I had my last baby aged 38, so I really don't care about the bad odds they tell me. - I say go for it!

I don't know that this will be much help or not but maybe it'll give you hope, my friend is 40 and she was trying for 2 years and right now is 8 weeks prego. She didn't use any fertility treatments or anything. But everyone is different . Just thought I'd share :-D don't give up and don't stress it

Hi there, I'm 41 also and had a baby last year in October when I was 40. It only took us 2 months to conceive him naturally. My last pregnancy was nearly 19 years earlier. This year we decided we would like another, only thing was I hadn't got my period back since giving birth last year. In early Oct I found I was pregnant, unfortunately it ended in m/c but again I managed to conceive naturally. I know I ovulated on the 27th of Oct so now I'm just waiting to see if we have been successful again. Don't give up hope of conceiving naturally as I have a friend who is 43 and conceived naturally (she also has 2 other children who were conceived after turning 40) Good luck :-)