I am (a young) 45yo with a 5yo son, I met my husband when I was 38 (he was 29), I didn’t choose to start a family so late but didn’t want children with the ‘wrong’ person.. I was pregnant within 6m of meeting my husband and had a miscarriage at 8w.. within 3m of that we were pregnant again and had a healthy baby boy.. since then we have been trying to conceive but I’ve had a further 4 miscarriages, which upon investigation can be prevented, but alas no luck..

My period this month was 5 days late so of course I got my hopes up only to be bitterly disappointed again when it arrived!

<a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IVF</a> is not an option for us, firstly it won’t be funded because we have a child already and I’m deemed too old.. also we can’t afford it!

I suppose my question is, how long do we keep trying?

How long can we keep hoping that it will happen for us, or should I accept that I am fortunate to have my cherished boy and leave it at that?!

My husband has made peace with it and accepts we will now be a family of 3 but I just can’t seem to let it go!