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It's good to read your posts, ladies. I'm 47 and pregnant for the 6th time. I have four children from my first marriage (I miscarried in my second pregnancy, which occured between my first and second child). I'm now in my second marriage, and this pregnancy, as with some of you, took us by surprise. I've just turned 12 weeks, and am scheduled for CVS testing in two days. I'm really nervous, hoping everything is well. The weird thing...maybe you can relate to this...my other children are all adults, except for one who nearly is. With their pregnancies, I never heard so much doom and gloom statistics as I have with this one (at least, the first OB/GYN I went to was frightening). I switched doctors because the first one scared the stuffing out of my husband and me, and that storm cloud still hasn't gone away completely even though my subsequent doctor's visits have been good. Has obstetrics changed THAT much in the last 20+/- years? Do you think they try to scare you into terminating your pregnancies, when you're older? Even my oldest child talked with a friend who said what they read about women having children at my age wasn't good. I hate getting creeped out so bad that terminating the pregnancy starts to cross my mind, but I'd be lying to say I haven't been THAT spooked at times.

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