Hi. I haven't posted much, but I have been reading for a year. I am 45 and my husband is 51. Our transfer is July 10th, and I woke up last night in a full blown anxiety attack. I have 3 kids from my first marriage and remarried in the last year to a wonderful man who loves my kids, but has none of his own. He and his former wife tried, and did some fertility, before she decided she no longer wanted to try.
He wants this more than anything. He is everything I could ever want in a husband and would make a wonderful father. But I am now panicked about my age! 45 seems so much older than 44. Ridiculous, I know. I will be 46 when I give birth if this goes well. Years ago, I thought women who got pregnant at this age were sad. I know I am going through with this, but I don't want to feel embarrassed and ashamed if this works. I know I will be judged, and I wish I didn't care, but I do. And, I am scared about health issues for me and my husband down the road. Do any of you ever feel like this?
He wants this more than anything. He is everything I could ever want in a husband and would make a wonderful father. But I am now panicked about my age! 45 seems so much older than 44. Ridiculous, I know. I will be 46 when I give birth if this goes well. Years ago, I thought women who got pregnant at this age were sad. I know I am going through with this, but I don't want to feel embarrassed and ashamed if this works. I know I will be judged, and I wish I didn't care, but I do. And, I am scared about health issues for me and my husband down the road. Do any of you ever feel like this?