my boyfriend wants a baby but i have gone in to menopause, can i still get pregnant?
2007-05-25 17:46:35 · 14 answers · asked by Shirllene H 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Trying to Conceive
Take an appointment with your gynecologist and discuss that topic with him/her. He/she will be more likely to have the right answer for you.
As a general rule, I would say that you can still get pregnant if you still have occasional periods.
If you haven't had any periods for more than a year, then it's less likely you'll ever have one again.
You can still get pregnant as long as you still have your uterus but then you would have to have somebody donate an egg to you (IVF) that would be fertilized by your boyfriend's sperm (do you have a younger sister, by any chance?).
I would only suggest to do that if you really want to be pregnant and wants to know what it's like because you never had that experience...
Otherwise, you can still just adopt. A lot of kids out there need a home and they don't mind if their parents are old as long as they have parents.
2007-05-28 13:35:23 · answer #1 · answered by Howard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can....and an FYI for seven one doesn't need to have a "regular" cycle all one needs to do is ovulate once and have sex at the right time. I have a friend who was going through menopause and found herself pregnant at 50, she went to her doctor hoping to find the symptoms she was having was the final end to her cycle...Instead she found out she was pregnant.
2007-05-25 17:52:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are going through menopause, yes. if you have already gone through menopause and stop periods, then no. but i would contact your ob and find out what you can do to help with getting pregnant faster ,because time is running out.
2007-05-25 17:56:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It happens. Not very often. But I know women in their 50's who can't figure out why they feel so sick and suprise they are pregnant.
If you are post menopausal and you want to make the choice to have a baby then get an OBGYN doctor and set up a plan.
He can treat you with hormones to encourage egg protection and hormones to maintain a pregnancy.
2007-05-25 17:51:05 · answer #4 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Menopause is your bodies way of saying 'you're done with babies'. It is the end of your periods, and the end of fertility. If you are in the early stages, and still get occasional periods, there is ever so slight a chance, but otherwise, it's time to consider adoption.
2007-05-25 17:50:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Definitely. My friend was in her very late 40s and in menopause and thought she no longer needed birth control ....wrong! She has a beautiful daughter because of that!
2007-05-25 22:08:49 · answer #6 · answered by heidimaghellian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES you can, as long as you still ovulate. You don't have to ovulate every month, but if you ovulate occasionally, that's good enough. All you have to do then is have sex when you've ovulated. That's actually pretty tricky, but not impossible. I'm wondering, though, if you can take medication to stimulate ovulation every month (like Clomid) so you don't have to wait on that sporadic ovulation cycle. It's worth asking a fertility specialist if you're serious about getting pregnant.
Good luck!
2007-05-25 21:30:53 · answer #7 · answered by ღ†Rocker Wife†ღ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are in the early stages of menopause, yes you can still get pregnant. my mom got pregnant with my brother when she was in premenopause. my little brother is 5 and i am 25! so yes it can happen!
2007-05-25 18:01:37 · answer #8 · answered by Babygirl 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep, there have been many 'change of life' surprise babies throughout the ages. The bigger question is, do you WANT to give life and be responsible for that life for the next 18 years?
2007-05-25 17:54:27 · answer #9 · answered by snt865 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly through IVF and Hormone therapy but not naturally
2007-05-25 17:48:32 · answer #10 · answered by ce_ben1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋