I know this may not go down well with a lot of people. I have just turned 50. I married in my 40's and thought I probably would not have children because I was too old. We have used contraception. However, I keep seeing that older women and even post menopausal women are having babies and thought I might give this a try and maybe I am not too old and maybe I could have a child and I should not have given up.
I have read that it is possible to have a child in later life and they do turn out healthy and even that some women are genetically programmed for it. How can I find out if I am one? Or if I have a chance?
I know my fathers mother and two of his sisters had children late in life ( mother was 54, sisters 52 and 50 respectively but they were not first children, although in both cases there was a big gap between the previous child and the second one. In my fathers case he was the youngest of 9 and was 12 years younger than his nearest sister).
I am not menopausal. Everything appears normal and works like clockwork. You could literally set the time and date by me. However, I do not have any idea about my fertility. I know I need to get this right pretty quickly if I am going to conceive because time cannot be on my side at my age.
Has anyone any good ideas for helping me get pregnant ( obviously I do plan on having suitable relations!) working out whether I am fertile and when my best chance of conceiving might be?
Any help would be welcome. Please dont criticise or judge though.