Having A Baby At 46
Here's a great article if you're looking for success stories of people conceiving naturally and having a baby after failed IVF's.My site: www.getpregnantover40.com
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From the article:
Each cycle cost around £5,000, but we had savings. We decided to have another go but after this was also unsuccessful, doctors told us not to waste our money on further treatment. Our only option was donor eggs.
I'd read on the internet about women falling pregnant thanks to acupuncture and Chinese herbs, so I visited Harley Street specialist Inga Heffe. She gave me a tea - what was in it, I'm not sure - which I had to drink twice a day. It tasted vile but I was prepared to try anything.
When my period was two weeks late I took a pregnancy test. To my astonishment, it was positive. I took another the next day, and another a week later. They were all positive.
I told Phil and we broke down in tears. I had given up hope of ever conceiving naturally.
But at five weeks I miscarried. It was devastating but the fact I had been pregnant gave us enormous hope and two months later I was pregnant again. I took three home tests before I could believe it. We skipped around like teenagers.
I was heading for 46 and knew the first 12 weeks were high-risk. But this time everything was fine. Nine days after my birthday, on November 29, Amber was born - weighing 8lb 21/2oz - and perfectly healthy.
I'm still not sure what it's down to. Did the IVF stimulate my hormones and improve my chances of conceiving? Did the acupuncture and herbs help? I'll never know.