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Arcelia Garcia, 54, Gives Birth to 3 Healthy Girls

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Monday, June 03, 2019 | 0 comments

Image: Arcelia Garcia, a 54-Year-Old Grandmother, Gives Birth to Three Healthy Girls

January 24, 2000 - When 54-year-old Arcelia Garcia began feeling tired last summer, she was running a schedule that would have put a woman half her age to shame.

Yet she was troubled enough by her unexpected fatigue to take time out to visit her doctor.

Boy, was she in for a surprise. Not only was Garcia two months pregnant—she was carrying triplets.

The news came like a bright star, says Garcia, whose other children range in age from 16 to 35.

To have a child is so wonderful; you never feel like you're too old.

Her pregnancy stunned fertility experts for two reasons: The average age of menopause is 51, and triplets occur in just one of every 8,000 pregnancies.

The probability of someone over 50 having triplets is one in a million, says Dr. Larry Shields, a perinatal specialist at the University of Washington in Seattle.

This Pregnancy Over 40 story was found on People.com
Read more: Beating the Odds
Originally posted on January 24, 2000

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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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