At what age would you stop trying to concieve. My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for 5 1/2 years. I thought and there is still hope that I might be pregnant right now. (the test I took yesterday was negative but it might have been too early). My husband and I have been talking and he wants to set an age that we stop trying. I was thinking maybe 40 but I worry about the chances of birth defects and other complications, not that it would be a problem to have a special needs child if that is what God wants for us.