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Recently I heard of someone giving birth at 49.
Catherine McDiarmid-Watt |
Monday, May 01, 2006 |
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I think if you are not over 46, your chances are good. I have heard of several women conceiving at that age. 48 is harder. However, recently I have heard of someone giving birth at 49.
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Here is some hope. My friend conceived at 45 years old and delivery when she was 46. She wasn't even trying.
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Nancy, who lives in Northern Virginia, had a daughter at 44 after four miscarriages. "It took a cutting-edge treatment and a boatload of drugs," she says.
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First of all, I did it the "old-fashioned way"! No drugs, no surrogate, just a good 'ole romp in the hay! I know I am one of the fortunate ones - got pregnant on my honeymoon at 41, and again during a family trip to Disney at 45; SURPRISE!
But, my mom had me at 40, and my grandma had her last at 46 - just a bunch of fertile chicks! Two generations ago, a LOT of women had "change-of-life" babies before the pill.
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My own mother was in picture perfect physical health at the age of 43 when she gave birth to her last child
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About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost our precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted there will be no more babies in our house.
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