“Over 40” Fertility Success Stories

Just writing you a quick note to share the PHENOMENAL news: I am 7 months pregnant… and I’m due May 2!!! We are having a baby boy and to quote you in your Inconceivable book, I’m having an “uneventful” pregnancy at 42 and we conceived ON OUR OWN!! After being told my AMH was too low and my FSH was too high. My love and gratitude for your support and love and for teaching me SO much about my body and my spirit… and I will never forget when you looked at me in your workshop in Woodstock and said, “Ronda, WHEN you’re a mother… NOT IF!”

Figured Valentine’s Day was a great day to share the love. And thank you from the bottom of my heart.

It is with much joy in my heart that I write this email that has been a long time in coming and for that I apologize, but my life went a bit topsy turvy over the past year.

I would dream of writing an email like this to you one day and still cannot believe I actually get to! I want to thank you for sharing your journey and encouraging me to believe in that voice deep inside.

After having read both Inconceivable and The Fertile Female in September I called regarding information about your workshops. Much to my surprise you answered the phone. It was so good to talk to you and you encouraged me to attend the next workshop in mid-September. You may recall that we had just had a hurricane and were without electricity. I was literally in the midst of getting ready to move from Baltimore to Singapore at the end of September but I knew I had to come. So, on a beautiful weekend in the middle of September I drove 5 hours from Baltimore toWoodstock.

Your workshop was inspirational, encouraging, and it reinforced the difficult decision I had made to walk away from IVF.

I had agonized for months trying to decide if I should move forward with IVF but something inside me kept saying it was not the right path to the point that it was even affecting me physically. So I walked away and decided to just trust.

Although I made that decision at end of May, I will admit that until I read your books a part of me still questioned if I had done the right thing because i so desparately wanted to be a Mom. Your workshop helped me feel even more grounded with my decision. I drove back toBaltimorethat night with a renewed sense of hope that no matter what I would be ok — whether I had a biological child, adopted a child, or no child.

Two weeks later I boarded a plane and moved overseas. I landed in Singapore on October 1 and much to my surprise found out I was pregnant on Nov 5th!

I guess stress was not a factor in my case because I was definitely under a lot of stress moving 10,000 miles away with my husband travelling every other week. We were living in a hotel, I had no doctor, and I had not switched my health insurance to overseas. My life was surreal and I couldn’t believe I was actually pregnant-plus I had another 35 weeks to go! I had been practicing the Fertile Heart tools since the summer when I read your books and continued to do so when I was pregnant.

I am happy to say that I had an uneventful pregnancy and even flew back to the UStwice – once at 3 months and once at 5 months to visit family and friends. My daughter, was born in Singaporeon June 29th, at 6:29 pm and weighed a healthy 7lb 9oz. I conceived naturally and was a few days shy of my 44 1/2 birthday when she was born.  I am still in awe that I gave birth to her and thank God everyday. Thank you for your inspiration and your encouragement to listen to that inner voice.

With much gratitude,
Kelly

Two years ago today I took Julia’s workshop through the Learning Annex. It was Saint Patrick’s day and my friend Alice and I went. We sat in the first row and I was so moved and inspired by Julia and her experience that I decided to join her Fertile Heart Circle Meetings in New York city. I now have a son Alejandro who is 2 months old today. I know my meeting Julia and her work was a huge contribution to my getting pregnant naturally at age 43 and giving birth 3 days before my 44th birthday. I strongly encourage anyone interested in getting pregnant or “giving birth” to whatever that may be to take Julia’s workshop. I am forwarding Julia’s information to the women in my life.

Thank you, Julia.

I wanted to write and briefly tell my story. All my life, I longed to have a baby. I got married at age 39, and wondered if I was “too old” to make my dream a reality. I was elated when I conceived naturally after six months of trying. Unfortunately, I miscarried in my fifth week. We began trying again, only to conceive again six months later, and again, miscarry in the fifth week. I was devastated. I was now over forty years old, and all the books and articles that I read did not have an optimistic tone at all. It was terribly discouraging. It was then that I heard about Julia and her work, and was intrigued. Julia held a talk in a local library, and I attended. I thought it was most empowering, and I began to really explore some of my feelings on the subject more deeply, doing research, and I began to employ many of her concepts and really take them to heart into my daily life. I also attended a workshop, she gave at the time in NY, through the Learning Annex. Well, exactly six months later, I conceived yet again, at age 41—only, this time, the outcome was far different! I enjoyed a perfect pregnancy, and gave birth to a healthy and beautiful little girl named Carina in August. Julia’s work is phenomenal!