tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196603412024-03-13T00:05:41.541-04:00Stories of Pregnancy and Birth over 40 years oldCollection of news stories of pregnancy and birth over 40. If so rare, so impossible, such a miracle - why can I find so many stories? Offering inspiration, hope and comfort to those trying to conceive over 40 years oldCatherine McDiarmid-Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554083442487604235noreply@blogger.comBlogger1247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19660341.post-62943904759470265562021-04-16T14:45:00.000-04:002021-04-16T14:45:05.803-04:00After 30 years of marriage, birth at 52<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After almost three decades of marriage, spent in the harrowing embrace of barrenness, and with three husbands, 52-year-old Alhaja Owolabi Kareem against all odds and human expectations not only got pregnant but also gave birth to a bouncing baby girl.</span><br />
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For the couple, Alhaji and Alhaja Owolabi Kareem of Ajah in the Eti Osa Local Government Area Lagos State, November 26, 2010, will forever be remembered as a day of celebration of miracles.<br />
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It was the day on which the 52-year-old Alhaja Owolabi Kareem put to bed a bouncing baby girl. It was the first in her life.<br />
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Like most women of her age, Alhaja Ajah as she is fondly called by her fellow members at the Saints Gospel Church of Christ Hand of Fire, Ago along Igando-Ikotun Road, Lagos had entered menopause. Some derisively call it meno-stop!<br />
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After being married for about 30 years and with no fruit to show for her conjugal labor, she had lost all hopes of ever having a baby but for her newfound faith.<br />
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Five years earlier, the 52-year-old businesswoman had been introduced to a new faith by a friend who had watched as she struggled desperately and in despair but in vain for a child.<br />
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Prior to this, it had been one long struggle filled with anguish, fears, tears, humiliation and even desperation.<br />
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According to Alhaja, she had visited all known hospitals and medical practitioners both orthodox and unconventional, local and foreign all to no avail.<br />
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It was after she had reached menopause and lost hope, she decided to heed her friend's advice of seeking further spiritual help at a particular worship center where she worships currently.<br />
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This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>CompassNewspaper.com</b><br />
Originally posted on December 5th, 2010.<br />
Photo credit: <b>CompassNewspaper.com</b> - All rights reserved</blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316159212/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="The Infertility Cure: The Ancient Chinese Wellness Program for Getting Pregnant and Having Healthy Babies | Paperback: 320 pages | by Randine Lewis. Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (March 21, 2005)">The Infertility Cure:</a></span> <b>The Ancient Chinese Wellness Program for Getting Pregnant and Having Healthy Babies</b><br />
<i>by Randine Lewis</i><br />
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-- Infertility affects one out of six couples today.<br />
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Dr. Lewis presents a groundbreaking alternative approach to infertility, explaining how she used traditional Chinese medicine to treat her own infertility, successfully conceiving and giving birth to two children.<br />
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In Lewis's experience, women who have undergone three to six months of the dietary changes, herbs and acupuncture treatments become pregnant with no further effort.<br />
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Lewis intersperses her somewhat technical examination of the program with anecdotes about her patients, weaving in discussions on diet, herbal supplements, acupuncture, older women and problems related to infertility.<br />
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<b>📚 Paperback:</b> 320 pages<br />
Click to order/for more info: <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316159212/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="The Infertility Cure: The Ancient Chinese Wellness Program for Getting Pregnant and Having Healthy Babies | Paperback: 320 pages | by Randine Lewis. Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (March 21, 2005)">The Infertility Cure</a></b><div class="blogger-post-footer">More "Pregnancy Over 40" blogs to visit:
<a href="http://pregnancystoriesbyage.com/">Pregnancy Stories by Age</a> - Daily blog of hope & inspiration!
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<a href="http://pregnancyover44.com/">Stories of Pregnancy and Birth over 44 years old</a> - sharing news stories I find online, for inspiration!</div>Catherine McDiarmid-Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554083442487604235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19660341.post-17762016483025931872021-04-12T14:42:00.000-04:002021-04-12T14:42:07.933-04:00Almost 44 when Isabel arrived<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1193030/So-does-age-really-make-BETTER-mum.html" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank" title="So does age really make you a BETTER mum?"><img alt="Image: More mature: Louise, aged 46, with daughter Isabel, aged three, in 2003" height="507" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WP_-nGwIwOU/XajIO2DImyI/AAAAAAAA1m0/5byjHI422rM_LdNbPheAIf1Fhe4fJoZuACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/LouiseChunn.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="So does age really make you a BETTER mum?" width="640" /></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">I was still in my 20s <i>(29 years old)</i>, when I duly brought forth my son Charlie, now 23 years old.</span></b><br />
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Two years and three months after my first baby - and by now in my early 30s - I gave birth to Alice, who will be 21 years old this month.<br />
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Soon after this, my marriage broke down, and I settled into almost a decade of raising my small family as a single parent.<br />
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And then, shortly before my 44th birthday, my second husband and I celebrated the arrival of Isabel, who has just turned nine years old.<br />
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I am, in spite of my mother's misgivings, the proud mother of three children, each born in a different decade of my life.<br />
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This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>DailyMail.co.uk</b><br />
Read more: <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1193030/So-does-age-really-make-BETTER-mum.html" target="_blank" title="So does age really make you a BETTER mum?">So does age really make you a BETTER mum?</a><br />
Originally posted on June 16, 2009<br />
Photo Credit: DailyMail.co.uk - All Rights Reserved</blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0978507851/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Is Your Body Baby Friendly?: How 'Unexplained' Infertility, Miscarriage and IVF Failure Can Be Explained and Treated with Immunotherapy, Second edition | Paperback: 500 pages | by Alan E Beer (Author), Julia Kantecki (Editor), Jane Reed (Editor). Publisher: AJR Publishing; Second edition (March 4, 2019)">Is Your Body Baby-Friendly?</a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0978507851/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Is Your Body Baby Friendly?: How 'Unexplained' Infertility, Miscarriage and IVF Failure Can Be Explained and Treated with Immunotherapy, Second edition | Paperback: 500 pages | by Alan E Beer (Author), Julia Kantecki (Editor), Jane Reed (Editor). Publisher: AJR Publishing; Second edition (March 4, 2019)">Is Your Body Baby-Friendly?</a></span><br />
<i> How <q>Unexplained</q> Infertility, Miscarriage and IVF Failure Can Be Explained and Treated with Immunotherapy</i><br />
<i>by Alan E. Beer, Julia Kantecki, Jane Reed</i><br />
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-- A unique book—the first of its kind. No longer do patients have to accept their infertility is <i><q>just bad luck</q></i> and they just have to <i><q>keep on trying.</q></i><br />
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No longer should women with recurrent miscarriages have to listen to their doctor telling them that their loss was <i><q>God's will</q></i> or that they ought to be thankful because their baby was probably chromosomal-ly abnormal.<br />
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The statistics simply do not support such claims — in fact, they show repeated reproductive failure can be a symptom of wider health problems in the mother.<br />
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Furthermore, the root cause can be treated — not only to promote the chances of a successful pregnancy but to improve the mother's health long-term.<br />
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<b>📚 Paperback:</b> 500 pages<br />
Click to order/for more info: <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0978507851/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Is Your Body Baby Friendly?: How 'Unexplained' Infertility, Miscarriage and IVF Failure Can Be Explained and Treated with Immunotherapy, Second edition | Paperback: 500 pages | by Alan E Beer (Author), Julia Kantecki (Editor), Jane Reed (Editor). Publisher: AJR Publishing; Second edition (March 4, 2019)">Is Your Body Baby-Friendly?</a></b><div class="blogger-post-footer">More "Pregnancy Over 40" blogs to visit:
<a href="http://pregnancystoriesbyage.com/">Pregnancy Stories by Age</a> - Daily blog of hope & inspiration!
<a href="http://youcangetpregnant.blogspot.com/">You Can Get Pregnant in Your 40's</a> - Sharing articles, discussing options & suggestions
<a href="http://pregnancyover44.com/">Stories of Pregnancy and Birth over 44 years old</a> - sharing news stories I find online, for inspiration!</div>Catherine McDiarmid-Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554083442487604235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19660341.post-74179263609214250712021-04-02T14:09:00.000-04:002021-04-02T14:09:49.546-04:00Rachel Dratch - midlife miracle at 44<a href="https://www.metro.us/rachel-dratch-to-snl-and-back/" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank" title="Rachel Dratch: To SNL and back"><img alt="Image: Rachel Dratch, 44 - Ben Hoffmann/CelebrityBabies.com" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1fMbRVlpEt4/W2DJTNLmmbI/AAAAAAAAxD4/9UeCR5E4fiMZqVVx_lCNOKsi0LuH5c8EACLcBGAs/s640/rachel-dratch-500.jpg" title="Rachel Dratch has a midlife miracle at 44" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-style: italic;">April 2, 2012 -</span> </b>You may know Rachel Dratch as <i><q>Debbie Downer</q></i> from her stint on <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><q>Saturday Night Live</q></span> or for her cameos on <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><q>30 Rock...</q></span></span> <br />
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But the 46-year-old comedian has more stories to tell than the standard ex-<i><q>SNL</q></i>-er's behind-the-scenes yarns.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><q>There was this crazy twist that happened in my life, and I thought maybe I should start writing about this,</q> </span>she says.<br />
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Dratch, at 43 years old, after having given up on the idea of being married with kids someday, unexpectedly got pregnant and decided to make that <span style="font-style: italic;"><q>midlife miracle,</q></span> as she calls it, the centerpiece of her book.<br />
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This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>Metro.us</b><br />
<b>Read more:</b> <a href="https://www.metro.us/rachel-dratch-to-snl-and-back/" target="_blank" title="Rachel Dratch: To SNL and back">Rachel Dratch: To SNL and back</a><br />
Originally posted in April 2, 2012.</blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1592407579/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle | Paperback: 256 pages | by Rachel Dratch. Publisher : Avery; Reprint edition (February 5, 2013)">Girl Walks into a Bar...: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle</a></span><br />
<i>by Rachel Dratch</i><br />
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-- Her career at a low point, Rachel Dratch suddenly had time for yoga, dog-sitting, learning Spanish - and dating. After all, what did a forty-something single woman living in New York have to lose?<br />
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Resigned to childlessness but still hoping for romance, Dratch was out for drinks with a friend when she met John.<br />
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Handsome and funny, after only six months of dating long-distance, he became the inadvertent father of her wholly unplanned, undreamed-of child, and moved to New York to be a dad.<br />
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With riotous humor, Dratch recounts breaking the news to her bewildered parents, the awe of her single friends, and the awkwardness of a baby-care class where the instructor kept tossing out the f-word.<br />
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Filled with great behind-the-scenes anecdotes from Dratch's time on SNL, <b>Girl Walks into a Bar</b> is a refreshing version of the <i><q>happily ever after</q></i> story that proves female comics - like bestsellers Tina Fey and Chelsea Handler - are truly having their moment.<br />
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<b>📚 Paperback:</b> 272 pages<br />
Click to order/for more info: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1592407579/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle, by Rachel Dratch. Publisher: Gotham (February 5, 2013)">Girl Walks into a Bar...</a><br />
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<b>📚 Don't have a Kindle?</b> <a href="https://amzn.to/33BXcRb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="The all-new Kindle - Lighter, smaller, faster - Massive book selection, over 800,000 titles are $9.99 or less">Get your Kindle here</a>, or download a <a href="http://amzn.to/2peNJdT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="You don't need to own a Kindle device to enjoy Kindle books. Download one of our free Kindle apps to start reading Kindle books on all your devices. The Kindle app is available for every major smartphone, tablet, and computer">FREE Kindle Reading App</a>.<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">More "Pregnancy Over 40" blogs to visit:
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Lori Riner is a mom again — at age 48.</span></b><br />
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The Sparta woman gave birth Friday to a boy and became the oldest woman to deliver at Franciscan Skemp Medical Center - without the aid of fertility treatment.<br />
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Lori's 12-year-old granddaughter named the baby Tucker.<br />
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At first, Lori thought she was going through menopause.<br />
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But, she said, <span style="font-style: italic;"><q>menopause doesn't kick.</q></span><br />
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She asked her husband, Sonny, to sit down when she broke the news about the pregnancy.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><q>Of course, I was shocked,</q> </span>Sonny said. <span style="font-style: italic;"><q>But I was happy. Most couples would be devastated, but we were not devastated.</q></span><br />
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The couple has been married four years, and have children from previous marriages in their 20s and 30s, in addition to their granddaughter.<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>LacrosseTribune.com</b><br />
<b>Read more:</b> <a href="https://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_40907d78-3ca7-11e0-840a-001cc4c03286.html" target="_blank" title="A new adventure: 48-year-old mom gives birth to baby boy">A new adventure: 48-year-old mom gives birth to baby boy</a><br />
Originally posted on February 20th, 2011.<br />
Photo credit: <b>Rory O'Driscoll/La Crosse Tribune</b> - All rights reserved</blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1558748288/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" title="But I Don't Feel Too Old to Be a Mommy!: The Complete Sourcebook for Starting (and Re-Starting) Motherhood Beyond 35 and After 40 | Paperback: 275 pages | by Doreen Nagle. Publisher: HCI (February 7, 2002)">But I Don't Feel Too Old<br />to Be a Mommy!</a></span></td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1558748288/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" title="But I Don't Feel Too Old to Be a Mommy!: The Complete Sourcebook for Starting (and Re-Starting) Motherhood Beyond 35 and After 40 | Paperback: 275 pages | by Doreen Nagle. Publisher: HCI (February 7, 2002)"><span style="font-size: medium;">But I Don't Feel Too Old to Be a Mommy! The Complete Sourcebook for Starting <i>(and Re-Starting)</i> Motherhood Beyond 35 and After 40</span></a><br />
<i>by Doreen Nagle</i><br />
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-- The first and only book to fully address the concerns of the ever-growing but greatly ignored an audience of literate, educated women who have delayed motherhood.<br />
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In this comprehensive work, women who are considering parenting in their 30s, 40s, and later-whether for the first time or starting over-will find all the information they need to make informed choices.<br />
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Complete with quotes from medical experts, later-in-life moms, and their kids, this one-stop book will calm the doubts and fears of women considering motherhood after 35 and beyond 40 by providing supportive yet realistic information.<br />
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<b>📚 Paperback:</b> 275 pages<br />
Click to order/for more info: <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1558748288/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="But I Don't Feel Too Old to Be a Mommy!: The Complete Sourcebook for Starting (and Re-Starting) Motherhood Beyond 35 and After 40, by Doreen Nagle. Publisher: HCI (February 7, 2002)">But I Don't Feel Too Old to Be a Mommy!</a></b><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">More "Pregnancy Over 40" blogs to visit:
<a href="http://pregnancystoriesbyage.com/">Pregnancy Stories by Age</a> - Daily blog of hope & inspiration!
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<a href="http://pregnancyover44.com/">Stories of Pregnancy and Birth over 44 years old</a> - sharing news stories I find online, for inspiration!</div>Catherine McDiarmid-Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554083442487604235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19660341.post-65871533259246482612021-02-26T15:52:00.000-05:002021-02-26T15:52:08.736-05:00Grandma who's a mum again at 53<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2091336/Debbie-Hughes-Grandmother-whos-mum-53.html" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank" title="The grandma who's a mum again at 53... despite the fact she was still taking the Pill just in case"><img alt="Image: Surprise delivery: Debbie Hughes with her new son Kyle who came despite his mother taking the pill" height="560" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CNc_29wHZww/TyAaIJqi6kI/AAAAAAAAO80/7N6V0CTC5TA/s640/Debbie%2BHughes%2B53.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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At the age of 53, Debbie Hughes imagined the only babies she would be looking after would be her granddaughters.</span><br />
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Instead, despite taking the contraceptive Pill, she has become one of Britain's oldest ever naturally conceiving mothers – giving birth to a healthy baby boy named Kyle.<br />
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Miss Hughes took a pregnancy test after her family teased her about putting on weight, expecting the notion she was having another child to be swiftly ruled out.<br />
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But after putting on her reading glasses to decipher the result, the astonishing news began to sink in.<br />
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Now she is nursing the unexpected addition to her family, who is 26 years younger than his elder brother.<br />
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This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>Dailymail.co.uk</b><br />
<b>Read more:</b> <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2091336/Debbie-Hughes-Grandmother-whos-mum-53.html" target="_blank" title="The grandma who's a mum again at 53... despite the fact she was still taking the Pill just in case">The grandma who's a mum again at 53</a><br />
Originally posted on January 25th, 2012.<br />
Photo credit: Worldwide Features | Dailymail.co.uk - All rights reserved.</blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1430321474/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Surprise Motherhood: A Guide to Unexpected Adult Pregnancy | Paperback: 196 pages | by Ophelia Austin-Small (Author). Publisher: Lulu.com (May 8, 2007)">Surprise Motherhood:</a> A Guide to Unexpected Adult Pregnancy</span></b><br />
<i>by Ophelia Austin-Small</i><br />
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-- Pregnancy books on the market have one of two audiences - the teen with an unplanned pregnancy, or the adult with a planned and chosen one.<br />
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Nowhere was there a book for the almost 3 million adult women facing surprise pregnancy every year.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Surprise Motherhood</span> is aimed directly at that gap, telling the stories of Ophelia and other women who have faced unplanned pregnancy as an adult, professional women.<br />
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With extensive information about options, paternity, career issues, postpartum depression, finances, and more, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Surprise Motherhood</span> is the only reference of its kind, and is sure to be an invaluable reader resource.<br />
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<b>📚 Paperback:</b> 196 pages<br />
Click to order/for more info:<b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1430321474/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Surprise Motherhood: A Guide to Unexpected Adult Pregnancy | Paperback: 196 pages | by Ophelia Austin-Small (Author). Publisher: Lulu.com (May 8, 2007)">Surprise Motherhood</a></b><div class="blogger-post-footer">More "Pregnancy Over 40" blogs to visit:
<a href="http://pregnancystoriesbyage.com/">Pregnancy Stories by Age</a> - Daily blog of hope & inspiration!
<a href="http://youcangetpregnant.blogspot.com/">You Can Get Pregnant in Your 40's</a> - Sharing articles, discussing options & suggestions
<a href="http://pregnancyover44.com/">Stories of Pregnancy and Birth over 44 years old</a> - sharing news stories I find online, for inspiration!</div>Catherine McDiarmid-Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554083442487604235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19660341.post-10964207213905988412021-02-22T15:39:00.000-05:002021-02-22T15:39:42.340-05:00Giving Birth After 50: Miraculous or Morally Wrong?<a href="http://www.themortonreport.com/home-away/life/giving-birth-after-50-miraculous-or-morally-wrong/" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank" title="Giving Birth After 50: Miraculous or Morally Wrong?"><img alt="Image: Giving Birth After 50 - Miraculous or Morally Wrong" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4bMqkOjuvO4/ToKeskFsHAI/AAAAAAAAN3A/GFkvDVK6ZxA/s640/Older_Woman_Baby.jpg" width="524" /></a><br />
<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
The intense debate surrounding a very touchy subject.</span><br />
<br />
In <a href="https://nymag.com/news/features/mothers-over-50-2011-10/" target="_blank" title="Parents of a Certain Age: Is there anything wrong with being 53 and pregnant?">a fascinating article</a> that recently appeared in <i>New York Magazine, </i>writer Lisa Miller outlines and ultimately defends the current boom of men and women becoming parents at age 50 and beyond.<br />
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The article begins with an anecdote - a couple meets and falls in love when she's 47 years old, and he's 54 years old. <br />
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Through a donor egg and her husband's sperm, the woman gives birth to her first daughter at age 50.<br />
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Two years later, she attempts to get pregnant again. <br />
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This time, she has to be brought out of menopause with hormones before she is able to become pregnant. <br />
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Shortly thereafter, she gives birth to her second daughter.<br />
<br />
This anecdote is only one of many, and they're on the rise. Birth rates among women ages 45 to 49 have risen 17% in just the past three years alone. Reproductive technology, of course, accounts for this sharp increase.<br />
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This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>TheMortonReport.com</b><br />
Read more: <a href="http://www.themortonreport.com/home-away/life/giving-birth-after-50-miraculous-or-morally-wrong/" target="_blank" title="Giving Birth After 50: Miraculous or Morally Wrong?">Giving Birth After 50: Miraculous or Morally Wrong?</a><br />
Originally posted in September 27, 2011.<br />
Photo Credit: TheMortonReport.com - All rights reserved</blockquote>
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<i>by Lifang Liang</i><br />
<br />
-- The information in this book can increase your success rate with in vitro fertilization <i>(IVF)</i> and other assisted reproductive technologies <i>(ART)</i> by as much as 60%.<br />
<br />
Research has shown that acupuncture alone can increase the success rate of IVF by 35%. By also adding Chinese herbal medicine, it is Dr. Lifang Liangs experience that you can almost double that increase.<br />
<br />
In this book, Dr. Liang describes her extremely successful step-by-step protocols for combining acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine with IVF.<br />
<br />
Whether you are a Western MD specializing in infertility, a Chinese medical practitioner, or a couple experiencing difficulties in conceiving, this book is sure to give you new hope and a new approach to dealing with this all too common and difficult condition.<br />
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<b>📚 Paperback:</b> 224 pages<br />
Click to order/for more info: <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1891845241/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Acupuncture and IVF: Increase IVF Success by 40-60% | Paperback: 224 pages | by Lifang Liang. Publisher: Blue Poppy Press (August 2003)">Acupuncture and IVF</a></b><div class="blogger-post-footer">More "Pregnancy Over 40" blogs to visit:
<a href="http://pregnancystoriesbyage.com/">Pregnancy Stories by Age</a> - Daily blog of hope & inspiration!
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<a href="http://pregnancyover44.com/">Stories of Pregnancy and Birth over 44 years old</a> - sharing news stories I find online, for inspiration!</div>Catherine McDiarmid-Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554083442487604235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19660341.post-75997799529797725672021-02-17T15:00:00.000-05:002021-02-17T15:00:52.112-05:00Scotland's oldest mum<table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/joy-scotlands-oldest-mother-aged-50-2507987" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank" title="Joy of Scotland's oldest mother, aged 50. Photo Credit: Programmes.STV.tv"><img alt="Image: Joy of Scotland's oldest mother, aged 50. Photo Credit: Programmes.STV.tv" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IEjxnYP_R98/Umv-tEOoYbI/AAAAAAAAiC4/FTvap4oHc58/s640/baby.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Joy of Scotland's oldest mother, aged 50. Photo Credit: Programmes.STV.tv" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Juliet Le Page became Scotland's oldest mother when she gave birth at 50 years old</span>.<br />
<br />
Having settled down with her husband Richard, who is ten years her junior, Juliet has always been determined to have children.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><q>I was quite a determined person, I'd met my husband and thought 'I really want to have a family with this man',</q></span> Juliet said.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><q>I was pretty sure I wasn't able to conceive naturally, so it had to be some form of assisted conception.</q></span><br />
<br />
The proportion of women in the UK having children in their forties is the highest it has been in decades.<br />
<br />
Fertility rates for women aged 30 and over has gradually increased since 1980, with more women having children between 30 and 34 than those aged 25-29 since 2002.<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>Scotsman.com</b><br />
Read more: <a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/joy-scotlands-oldest-mother-aged-50-2507987" target="_blank" title="Joy of Scotland's oldest mother, aged 50. Photo Credit: Programmes.STV.tv">Joy of Scotland's oldest mother, aged 50</a><br />
Originally posted on November 27, 2008</blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P1JDX0/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Right Time Baby: The Complete Guide to Later Motherhood and Pregnancy Kindle Edition | Print length: 321 pages | by Claudia Spahr (Author). Publisher: Hay House UK (April 4, 2011)">Right Time Baby: The Complete Guide to Later Motherhood and Pregnancy</a></span></b><br />
<i>by Claudia Spahr</i><br />
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-- There couldn't be a better time for motherhood than after you've explored some of your own dreams and ambitions.<br />
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Studies show later mothers to be more secure emotionally and financially than younger mothers and nearly a quarter of all women in the UK are now having babies after 35.<br />
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Packed full of useful tips from top medical experts, scientists and world authorities, including Dr. Michel Odent and Dr. Marilyn Glenville, this book is a complete guide for the woman who's lived a life before giving birth.<br />
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It covers: preparing for pregnancy and motherhood; how to improve egg quality and prolong fertility so you can get pregnant naturally; exercises, relaxation techniques, mind-body connection for conception; how to increase your chances of success at IVF; making the most of your pregnancy, month by month; ways to avoid pregnancy loss; pregnancy yoga and natural remedies for common pregnancy ailments; how to have the best birth possible; from me to mum - adjusting to lack of sleep, relationship changes and that other job; parenting secrets and concepts from around the globe to inspire new mothers; and, the latest research in neuroscience, nutrition and psychology.<br />
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Get ready to embrace the biggest, most exciting transition of your life!<br />
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<b>📚 Paperback:</b> 320 pages<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/4209174/Jacqueline-Gold-Im-just-so-lucky-to-be-pregnant-at-48.html" rel="nofollow" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank" title="Jacqueline Gold: I'm just so lucky to be pregnant at 48"><img alt="Image: Jacqueline Gold, pregnant at 48" height="442" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i7AaUxJ-fBA/SW0elnu0bnI/AAAAAAAADFM/n3qYSkvC358/s640/Jacqueline+Gold,+48.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 10px;" title="Jacqueline Gold: I'm just so lucky to be pregnant at 48" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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<br />
Jacqueline Gold likes to joke she has lived her whole life <i><q>backwards</q>.</i><br />
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At 48 years old, at the peak of an enormously successful career – she is CEO of <b>Gold Group International</b> <i>(which owns Ann Summers)</i> and one of the most powerful women in British retailing.<br />
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She is about to fulfill a dream she put on hold as a young woman.<br />
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Finally, at an age when most women are approaching menopause, Jacqueline is settling into her first pregnancy.<br />
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This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>Telegraph.co.uk</b><br />
<b>Read more:</b> <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/4209174/Jacqueline-Gold-Im-just-so-lucky-to-be-pregnant-at-48.html" target="_blank" title="Jacqueline Gold: I'm just so lucky to be pregnant at 48">Jacqueline Gold: I'm just so lucky to be pregnant at 48</a><br />
Originally posted on January 12, 2009.<br />
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<i>by Rebecca Matthews</i><br />
<br />
-- The perfect companion book for anyone considering or currently undergoing fertility treatment.<br />
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Reduce your stress and improve your chance of success by arming yourself with the facts.<br />
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Written by a respected, caring and practicing expert in the field, not a patient!<br />
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Inside these pages, you'll get answers to the most common questions, but even better, get answers to the critical questions not asked often enough; some could even save the life of your baby.<br />
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Understand the most up-to-date, cutting-edge techniques utilized in IVF and genetic testing.<br />
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See exactly what happens under the microscope.<br />
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Learn how to choose the very best clinic and what, exactly, you should be asking your doctor.<br />
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Follow specific case studies and hear from a variety of patients in their own words as well.<br />
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Packed with charts, tables, graphs and photos, this easy to navigate guide is the next best thing to having a best friend in the field of reproductive medicine.<br />
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<b>📚 Paperback:</b> 174 pages<br />
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<br /><b>Francine posted: </b>A lady here, who was 56 years old, where I lived had twins not too long ago.<br />
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If she can do it, we certainly can right????<br />
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<br /><b>Elisabeth posted: </b>When I started<em> 'serious'</em> TTC <i>(trying to conceive)</i>, my role model <em>(if you will)</em> was a woman who tried umpteen injection cycles<em> (no IUI),</em>.<br />
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She got a chemical pregnancy <i>(early miscarriage)</i> almost every month.<br />
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She was about to quit, right before her 46th birthday, and tried one more cycle, even though her FSH # that month was not ideal.<br />
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BAM! </b>Nine months later, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy!<br />
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Her story did more to impress me, and to keep me going in the hard times we had early on, than anything else.<br />
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<br /><b>Cheryle posted: </b>My maternal grandmother was 40 years old at the birth of her last child.<br />
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She lived to be 91 years old.<br />
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Her sister was 43 years old at the birth of her last child, and she lived to 93 1/2.<br />
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<br /><b>Susan posted: </b>My mom was 44 years old when I was born.<br />
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She's 74 years old this year and still kicking.<br />
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<br /><b>Debbie posted: </b>My grandmother was 42 years old when she had her last child, and she lived to 93 years old.<br />
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I would think that the correlation probably has more to do with good genes.<br />
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Good genes are more likely to lead to fertility at a later age and a longer life span.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GNFA0C/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" title="Fertility Wisdom: How Traditional Chinese Medicine Can Help Overcome In-fertility | Kindle Edition | Print length: 260 pages | by Angela C. Wu, Katherine Anttila, Betsy Brown. Publisher: Rodale Books; 1 edition (September 5, 2006)">Fertility Wisdom:</a><b> How Traditional Chinese Medicine Can Help Overcome In-fertility</b></span><br />
-- At Wu's Healing Center in San Francisco, miracles are happening.<br />
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Women and their partners come to the clinic--often from across the country -- to fulfill a passionately held yet fragile dream: to conceive and deliver the healthy baby that mainstream doctors have told them they cannot have.<br />
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Using traditional Chinese medical techniques, sometimes integrated with Western fertility treatments, Dr. Angela Wu is helping these couples experience the miracle of birth.<br />
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At a time when one in five U.S. couples is struggling with fertility problems, this practical and uplifting volume, filled with the inspirational stories of Dr. Wu's grateful patients, will be a godsend.<br />
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<b>📚 Paperback:</b> 256 pages<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">I don't have a story of extreme devastation to tell.</span></b><br />
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I had heartache and pregnancy loss, but I finally got pregnant and had a healthy baby at 45 years old.<br />
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I was very lucky at 44 years old to get pregnant two out of four IUI <i>[Intrauterine insemination]</i> cycles, but you could be too.<br />
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The odds of my conceiving were 3% according to medical science, yet I got pregnant over 40 years old - two out of four tries.<br />
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I've dedicated myself to helping other women learn how to prepare themselves for trying to have a baby over 40 years old.<br />
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I wish I had found a book like <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZB9QCEI/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="45 and Pregnant: How I Conceived and Delivered Naturally | Kindle Edition | Print length: 223 pages | by Liz Angeles (Author, Editor), Annie Flatley (Photographer), Lori Dorman (Photographer). Publisher: On The Inside Press (June 8, 2015)">45 and Pregnant: How I Conceived and Delivered Naturally</a></b> when I was going through testing, pregnancy loss, pregnancy, and delivery. It would have helped me understand what might happen next, how another woman dealt with it, and what I might be able to do.<br />
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This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>PregnancyOver40now.com</b><br />
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<i>by Liz Angeles</i><br />
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-- <b>45 and PREGNANT</b> is a 3-part journey beginning with a 44-year-old single woman with no prospects, leading quickly to a middle-aged pregnancy.<br />
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Her fears and worries about childbirth with her historically low pain threshold were later transformed by her decision to have a home water birth with no drugs and her success story involved no complications.<br />
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Beginning with a serendipitous love story, leading to a sudden pregnancy and concluding with the family events transpiring beyond the delivery, Liz Angeles provides a plethora of information for anyone considering a natural birth.<br />
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Her comical memoir spanning a 5-year period includes many healthy pregnancy tips and natural parenting options.<br />
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Her revealing details and personal choices promise to educate, entertain and inspire.<br />
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<b>📚 Paperback:</b> 222 pages<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thestar.com/life/parent/2012/01/03/long_journey_ends_in_firsttime_motherhood_at_45.html" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank" title="Long journey ends in first-time motherhood at 45"><img alt="Image: Daryl Peddar and Max: It's been quite the challenge - but now we have him, and it's brilliant" height="474" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TlqyA-UTEyE/TwNqjbaRLRI/AAAAAAAAOq8/GB1YwbdRpnI/s640/mom%2Bat%2B45.png" title="Long journey ends in 1st-time motherhood at 45" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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Max, a chubby-cheeked, eight-pound boy with a shock of strawberry blond hair, arrived on a crisp November afternoon.<br />
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Just shy of nine months earlier, 45-year-old Daryl Peddar had given motherhood one final chance.<br />
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For the past six years, Peddar and her husband, Andrew, had been struggling to start a family.<br />
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They had gone through five failed rounds of assisted reproduction, two painful pregnancy losses and at one point, given up altogether.<br />
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<i><q>It is very disheartening when nothing seems to be working. We had basically decided this was the last time we would try for a baby,</q></i> Peddar said of their final attempt through in vitro fertilization <i>(IVF)</i>. <br />
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<i><q>We thought, if it did not work, then it was obviously not meant to be.</q></i> <br />
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This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>TheStar.com</b><br />
<b>Read more:</b> <a href="https://www.thestar.com/life/parent/2012/01/03/long_journey_ends_in_firsttime_motherhood_at_45.html" target="_blank" title="Long journey ends in first-time motherhood at 45">Long journey ends in first-time motherhood at 45</a><br />
Originally posted on January 3, 2012.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0787940534/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" title="The Long-Awaited Stork: A Guide to Parenting After Infertility | Paperback: 368 pages | by Ellen Sarasohn Glazer. Publisher: Jossey-Bass; Revised Edition edition (March 13, 1998)"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Long-Awaited Stork: A Guide to Parenting After Infertility</span></a><br />
<i>by Ellen Sarasohn Glazer</i><br />
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-- Parents who have wondered about the long term impact of infertility on their self-image will find the answers in this insightful book by Lois Melina, author of <b>Raising Adopted Children</b> and <b>Making Sense of Adoption</b>.<br />
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Finally, here's a book that's sensitive and responsive to the unique emotional experience of parenting after a long, arduous course of infertility diagnosis and treatment.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Long-Awaited Stork</span> gives you all the information, advice, and support you need to adjust to and cope with the special problems of parenting after infertility.<br />
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<b>📚 Paperback:</b> 368 pages<br />
Click to order/for more info: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0787940534/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" title="The Long-Awaited Stork: A Guide to Parenting After Infertility | Paperback: 368 pages | by Ellen Sarasohn Glazer. Publisher: Jossey-Bass; Revised Edition edition (March 13, 1998)">The Long-Awaited Stork</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">More "Pregnancy Over 40" blogs to visit:
<a href="http://pregnancystoriesbyage.com/">Pregnancy Stories by Age</a> - Daily blog of hope & inspiration!
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/royal_family/Royal+News-13276.html" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank" title="Monaco's Princess Caroline reportedly pregnant at 49"><img alt="Image: Monaco's Princess Caroline pregnant at 49" height="435" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VJA9lxuF4l8/TzbdhQvdXJI/AAAAAAAAPM8/t3mIvCJEWPY/s640/princess%2Bcaroline%2B49.png" title="Monaco's Princess Caroline pregnant at 49" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Jan 27, 2006 - </span>Monaco's Princess Caroline is reportedly pregnant again - at the age of 49.<br />
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The new baby will be the princess' second with her third husband, Prince Ernst of Hanover.<br />
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Caroline, the daughter of film icon Grace Kelly, already has four children, aged from six to 21 years old.<br />
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This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>FemaleFirst.co.uk</b><br />
Read more: <a href="https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/royal_family/Royal+News-13276.html" target="_blank" title="Monaco's Princess Caroline reportedly pregnant at 49">Monaco's Princess Caroline reportedly pregnant at 49</a><br />
Originally posted on January 27, 2006</blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FILMCC/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" title="Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest For Children | Paperback: 352 pages | by Sylvia Hewlett. Publisher: Miramax (January 7, 2004)"><span style="font-size: medium;">Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest For Children</span></a><br />
<i>by Sylvia Hewlett</i><br />
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-- A survey, undertaken specially for this book, shows that 40% of women earning $50,000 or more a year are childless at age 45.<br />
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So why is the age-old business of having babies so very elusive for this generation of high-achieving women? <br />
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Why is it that all the new power and prestige do not translate into easier choices on the family front?<br />
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It seems that women can be astronauts, CEOs, Secretaries of State, but increasingly, they cannot be mothers.<br />
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Sylvia Hewlett's powerful book looks at the hard and disturbing facts and goes on to advocate a new way of approaching the question of motherhood vs. career for a new generation of women.<br />
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<b>📚 Paperback:</b> 352 pages<br />
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<a href="http://youcangetpregnant.blogspot.com/">You Can Get Pregnant in Your 40's</a> - Sharing articles, discussing options & suggestions
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A quadruplet pregnancy occurred in a woman 51 years of age following oocyte donation and embryo transfer.</span><br />
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Successful pregnancy occurred following two previously unsuccessful attempts.<br />
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The patient underwent a selective reduction of her pregnancy to two fetuses at approximately 13 weeks gestational age.<br />
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Her pregnancy continued uneventfully and she underwent the delivery of two viable infants at 38 weeks gestational age by Caesarean section.<br />
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This case represents the first quadruplet pregnancy to be established in a woman of 50 years of age or older.<br />
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It illustrates both the benefits and risks of oocyte donation to women of advanced reproductive age.<br />
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This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>Oxfordjournals.org</b><br />
<b>Read the abstract: </b><a href="https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article-abstract/8/12/2243/639718" target="_blank" title="CASE REPORT: Quadruplet pregnancy in a 51-year-old menopausal woman following oocyte donation">Quadruplet pregnancy in a 51-year-old menopausal woman following oocyte donation</a><br />
Originally posted on May 28, 1993</blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">November 10, 1992 --- DEAR ABBY: </span></b><br />
This is for <i><q>Found Love Late</q></i> who wonders if she's too old to have a child in her mid-40s:<br />
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I was 45 and my husband was 50 when I became pregnant. We had been childless for 22 years and it was a great shock, to put it mildly. My doctor assured me that my age was no problem because my health was excellent. <br />
<br />
I had an uneventful and easy pregnancy and was thrilled when I delivered a beautiful baby girl.<br />
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We had some adjustments to make to our lifestyle, but we handled them well.<br />
<br />
Chris has been the joy of my life. She is 32 years old now, happily married and has given me four beautiful grandchildren.<br />
<br />
I am now a widow - 78 years young.<br />
<br />
Is it fair for a child to have a menopausal mom? I will let my daughter answer that question. I'm enclosing her letter...<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">DEAR ABBY: </span></b>My mother gave me an <i><q>assignment</q></i> I am accepting happily.<br />
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She asked me what it was like having a menopausal mother. I never knew I had one. I suppose most kids think their parents are "old" - but I never thought mine was any older than the rest.<br />
<br />
In fact, I always thought my parents were pretty cool - especially my mom. She was always up on the latest fashions, styles, and trends, and she dressed accordingly. <i>(She still does.)</i><br />
<br />
My mom is my best friend. We talk on the phone every day and get together at least once a week to go shopping. She can run circles around me. I have to ask her to stop so I can rest.<br />
<br />
I want to tell those women who found love late and had children later than most women:<br />
<br />
Don't worry about looking like a grandmother at PTA meetings. You will see women of all ages, shapes, sizes, and colors there. Lots of moms are<br />
also grandmothers from their older children. Besides, with today's lifestyles, many children are being raised by their grandparents, so I<br />
doubt that you will be the oldest mother there.<br />
<br />
But most of all, please don't worry about what your children <i><q>might</q></i> think about having an older mom. I had one, and it never even crossed my mind at the time. I had the most wonderful childhood a kid could have, and the best parents in the world and your children will probably think the same. <br />
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<b>-- IDA'S DAUGHTER: CHRIS KNIGHT, VERO BEACH, FLA.</b><br />
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This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>Google News</b><br />
<b>Read more:</b> <a href="https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/net.mit.edu/user/tytso/usenet/americast/twt/metro/259" target="_blank" title="Letters show older moms aren't new">Letters show older moms aren't new</a><br />
Originally posted on November 10, 1992.</blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">MAY 2010</span> - </b>A 54-year-old Italian woman has amazed doctors and herself by falling pregnant naturally.<br />
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Hospital worker Giovanni Ciardi is one of only a handful of women to have become pregnant without medical treatment in their 50s.<br />
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Doctors have described her as an <span style="font-style: italic;"><q>exceptional case.</q></span><br />
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Mrs. Ciardi is 15 weeks pregnant. <br />
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She is due to give birth to a girl in November - by which time she will be 55 years old.<br />
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She already has a 23-year-old daughter called Veronica through her first marriage.<br />
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Mrs Ciardi said: <i><q>Back in January I missed a period and I thought well my menopause must have arrived but when I began to feel nausea and have an upset tummy I went to the doctor.</q></i><br />
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<i><q>He just smiled and said: "Your symptoms have nothing to do with the menopause - you're pregnant.</q></i><br />
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<i>Photo credit: © ANSA / DailyMail.co.uk - All rights reserved</i><br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>DailyMail.co.uk</b><br />
<b>Read more:</b> <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1278059/Italian-woman-shocks-doctors-falling-pregnant-aged-54--NATURALLY.html" target="_blank" title="I thought it was menopause: Italian woman shocks doctors by falling pregnant aged 54 - NATURALLY">I thought it was menopause: Italian woman shocks doctors by falling pregnant aged 54 - NATURALLY</a><br />
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<i>by Rachel Dratch</i><br />
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-- Her career at a low point, Rachel Dratch suddenly had time for yoga, dog-sitting, learning Spanish - and dating. <br />
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After all, what did a forty-something single woman living in New York have to lose?<br />
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Resigned to childlessness but still hoping for romance, Dratch was out for drinks with a friend when she met John.<br />
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Handsome and funny, after only six months of dating long-distance, he became the inadvertent father of her wholly unplanned, undreamed-of child, and moved to New York to be a dad.<br />
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With riotous humor, Dratch recounts breaking the news to her bewildered parents, the awe of her single friends, and the awkwardness of a baby-care class where the instructor kept tossing out the f-word.<br />
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Filled with great behind-the-scenes anecdotes from Dratch's time on SNL, <b>Girl Walks into a Bar</b> is a refreshing version of the <i><q>happily ever after</q></i> story that proves female comics - like bestsellers Tina Fey and Chelsea Handler - are truly having their moment.<br />
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</tbody></table>Sarah Briggs, 50 years old, is the mother of three children, Alexander, eight, Isabella, six, and Edward, one year old.<br />
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She is married to David, 37, an accountant, and lives just outside Carlisle.<br />
<br />
In the past 10 years, Sarah Briggs, a chartered surveyor, has fallen in love, got married and become a mother of three.<br />
<br />
What is surprising is it has all happened when she was in her forties.<br />
<br />
Edward, her youngest, was born when she was 49 years old.<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>Telegraph.co.uk</b><br />
<b>Source:</b> <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/" target="_blank" title="Never too late: life begins at 50">Never too late: life begins at 50</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 130%;">Baby can wait</span></b><br />
<br />
Fran Watson gave birth to Angus when she was 43 years old, having waited 20 years to find the right partner, get married and then have a child. <br />
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<i><q>What I feel like a mom who waited a long time is 'My God, I'm happy,'</q></i> said the longtime publicist.<br />
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<i><q>And what can possibly be wrong with that wonderful feeling?</q></i><br />
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A fitness professional in Calgary, Helen Vanderburg said she delayed having children mostly because she wasn't in a committed relationship until she was older; building her career played a secondary role.<br />
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She underwent a full complement of testing to rule out any genetic abnormalities and, at 45 years old, gave birth to her daughter, Sage.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936303698/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" title="Yes, You Can Get Pregnant: Natural Ways to Improve Your Fertility Now and into Your 40s | Kindle Edition | Print length: 250 pages | by Aimee Raupp MS LAc (Author). Publisher: Demos Health; 1st edition (May 22, 2014)">Yes, You Can Get Pregnant:</a><b> Natural Ways to Improve Your Fertility Now and into Your 40s</b><br />
<i>by Aimee E. Raupp</i><br />
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-- The complete guide to getting pregnant and improving fertility naturally even if you've been told your chances of conception are low.<br />
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A nationally renowned women's health and fertility expert, Aimee Raupp has helped hundreds of women optimize their fertility and get pregnant, even after age 40.<br />
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My sister in law just told me a woman who goes to her church got pregnant at 46 years old -- completely unplanned -- and delivered her beautiful and healthy baby a week ago!<br />
<br />
No one even knew she was pregnant for the longest time.<br />
<br />
I guess she and her husband were kind of embarrassed<i> (they already have two children, the youngest who is 20!)</i> and didn't really mention it until the last couple of months when she got really big.<br />
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I, of course, asked my sister in law the same question I always ask about women that age -- did this woman do in vitro or anything?<br />
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My sister-in-law laughed, and said, <i>Are you kidding? They thought she was going through menopause, and she didn't realize she was pregnant till she started feeling <q>the signs</q> -- again, which she attributed to menopause -- and her doctor confirmed it.</i><br />
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<span style="color: red;">~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*</span><br />
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This is for every woman who wants a baby and isn't sure if it's even possible, every woman who might be pregnant now and not sure if she wants a baby and every woman who just isn't sure she will have the energy and strength to raise a baby after 40.<br />
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My grandmother had 12 children between 1932 and 1957. Her last was at age 45. Every one of them was healthy, uncomplicated births. <br />
<br />
Most were born at home with a midwife or the local country doctor attending.<br />
<br />
After being blessed as she was with the births of all these babies, came the raising of them. <br />
<br />
My grandmother worked from morning 'til night taking care of her home and family. <br />
<br />
She never complained. She always said she had a good life and felt blessed.<br />
<br />
So just remember women are AMAZING. Each and every one of us. <br />
<br />
We have an inner strength sometimes we don't even realize we have.<br />
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It's okay to be sad and blue sometimes, it's only natural, but never give up having hope and faith whatever we want for our lives we can make come true and whatever life throws at us we'll be able to handle. <br />
-- Rhonda<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002XULWPW/?tag=pregnancyover40-20" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" title="What I Thought I Knew: A Memoir | Hardcover: 208 pages | by Alice Eve Cohen. Publisher: Viking Adult (July 9, 2009)"><span style="font-size: medium;">What I Thought I Knew: A Memoir</span></a><br />
<i>by Alice Eve Cohen </i><br />
--A personal and medical odyssey beyond anything most women would believe possible<br />
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At age forty-four, Alice Eve Cohen was happy for the first time in years.<br />
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After a difficult divorce, she was engaged to an inspiring man, joyfully raising her adopted daughter, and her career was blossoming. <br />
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Alice tells her fiancé she's never been happier. And then the stomach pains begin.<br />
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In her unflinchingly honest and ruefully witty voice, Alice nimbly carries us through her metamorphosis from a woman who has come to terms with infertility to one who struggles to love a heartbeat found in her womb - six months into a high-risk pregnancy.<br />
<br />
<b>What I Thought I Knew</b> is a page-turner filled with vivid characters, humor, and many surprises and twists of fate.<br />
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With the suspense of a thriller and the intimacy of a diary, Cohen describes her unexpected journey through doubt, a broken medical system, and the hotly contested terrain of motherhood and family in today's society.<br />
<br />
Timely and compelling, <b>What I Thought I Knew</b> will capture readers of memoirs such as <b>Eat, Pray, Love</b>; <b>The Glass Castle</b>; and <b>A Three Dog Life</b>.<br />
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<b>📚 Hardcover:</b> 208 pages<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">January 13 2009 - </span>French President Nicolas Sarkozy's unmarried Justice Minister Rachida Dati gives birth to a baby girl on Friday January 2, according to reports.</span><br />
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It was unknown who fathered Dati's child.<br />
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Smiling broadly, dressed to the nines and looking for all the world as if she had never been pregnant, 43-year-old French Justice Minister Rachida Dati returned to her high-profile job just five days after giving birth to baby Zohra.<br />
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She attended her first cabinet meeting since the birth of her daughter surrounded by a throng of television reporters and photographers. <br />
<br />
Dati's life story of grit and determination has always fascinated the French press. One of 12 children of Algerian-Moroccan parents, who grew up in a gritty, French suburban housing project, Dati is a rare immigrant success story — and the very symbol of emancipation.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This <b>Pregnancy Over 40</b> story was found on <b>NPR.org</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Read more:</b> <a href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99456513">Minister Sparks Maternity Leave Debate In France</a><br />
Originally posted on January 13 2009.</span><br />
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<i>by Marilyn Glenville Ph.D.</i><br />
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-- The definitive one-stop resource for couples who want to have a healthy pregnancy as soon as possible.<br />
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Based on leading women's health expert Dr. Marilyn Glenville's highly successful program, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Boost Your Fertility</span> presents an 8-step integrative approach including nutrition, lifestyle, removing environmental toxins, and medical screening for getting and staying pregnant.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sandy, 49, Wichita, Kansas, US</span> </b><div><b>-- </b>I find myself pregnant at 49 years old, my 50th birthday on the near horizon.<br />
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I have a son born in 1982 who is himself already the father of my 2-year-old grandson.<br />
<br />
I have another son born in 1985. I re-married<i> (a younger man)</i> and had another son in 1996 after struggling with infertility.<br />
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I was surprised in 1996 to discover I was pregnant with another boy. I have joked for the past decade - <i><q>I turned 40 and found out I was pregnant in the same week.</q></i><br />
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Now I find I will turn 50 pregnant. Un-planned.<br />
<br />
Have you ever heard of such a thing?<br />
<br />
Do 49-year-old women actually get pregnant without fertility boosts?<br />
<br />
My periods have become less regular, but I still had them, and I know when I am ovulating.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Dolores, 52, Savannah, Georgia, US</span> </b></div><div><b>-- </b>I am currently pregnant with IVF [in-vitro fertilization] twins<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Stacey, 44, New Jersey, US </span></b></div><div><b>-- </b>My name is Stacy <i>(first time Mom)</i>, and I naturally conceived and delivered a healthy baby boy September 2004 at 43 years of age.<br />
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I am now expecting another child April of 2006, again naturally conceived.<br />
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You know the saying<i> 'life is full of surprises'</i> is true!<br />
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I did have an uncle whose wife was 50/51 years old when they had their 12th child - so I can only keep hoping and praying.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Leslie, 45, Germany </span></b></div><div><b>-- </b>this is my third pregnancy in one year, all naturally conceived.<br />
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The first one was terminated in August 2004; it was in the tube and the tube had to be removed.<br />
<br />
I was devastated, as I thought there is no way to become pregnant at 43/44 years old, with only one tube left.<br />
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The first time we tried again after the operation in December 2004, I fell pregnant again.<br />
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I could hardly believe it, but sadly enough it was not OK, I lost it in the 11th week.<br />
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I just did not want to give up, even though my spirits started to be very low indeed.<br />
<br />
All the hormones up and down really affected my body. and I gained a lot of weight.<br />
<br />
Anyway, after the pregnancy loss and operation on 4th of March, we tried again in May - and I fell pregnant straight away.<br />
<br />
Now I am in the 18th week, and until now it looks very good and healthy.<br />
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I can even feel the baby kick.<br />
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So I think it is just as possible to become pregnant in the forties or even late forties.<br />
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Just do not give up!<br />
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<i>by Martha Diamond, David Diamond and Janet Jaffe</i><br />
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-- For people experiencing infertility, wanting a baby is a craving unlike any other. The intensity of their longing is matched only by the complexity of the emotional maze they must navigate.<br />
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Everyone wants to talk about the twin babies born when Cheryl Tiegs was 53 years old<i> (Date of Birth: Sept 25th, 1947)</i> and the circumstances behind the surrogate pregnancy....<br />
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But did anyone realize she had a baby with her third husband Tony Peck? <i>(Gregory Peck's son)....</i> <br />
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A son named Zachary Peck was born October 1st, 1991, when Cheryl was 44 years old <i>(just six days after her 44th birthday actually!)</i><br />
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So, she was blessed with being able to have a baby at 44 years old - naturally - many years before Donor Eggs were even available.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Actress Mimi Rogers was born January 27th, 1956.</span></b><br />
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She has had two children with live-in partner Producer/director Chris Ciaffa.<br />
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She recently married him.<br />
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She has a daughter, Lucy Julia Rogers-Ciaffa born November 20th, 1995 -- when Mimi was 39 years and 10 months old.<br />
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She has a son, Charlie Rogers-Ciaffa, born July 30th, 2001 -- when Mimi was 45 years and 6 months old.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Model/Actress Iman was born July 25th, 1955.</span></b><br />
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She had a daughter named Zuleka with her first husband Spencer Haywood.<br />
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The date of birth of this child is unknown, but she married her first husband in 1977, and this child is now an adult.<br />
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She married singer/actor David Bowie in April of 1992.<br />
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She gave birth to their first child together with David Bowie, a girl, Alexandria Zahra on August 15th, 2000 -- when Iman was 45 years old <i>(about 3 weeks after her 45th birthday actually).</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Jazmyn posted:</b> </span>I think also, it's amazing how much negative stuff we hear from the medical profession about TTC <i>[trying to conceive]</i> over 35, but hardly ever any good things. <br />
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My own mom's stepmother had her last child at 48years old, and it wasn't unexpected as far as I know.<br />
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Her husband, my grandpa, was in his 80s. <br />
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I know we live in different times, etc. <br />
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But one can only hope in the future, people in general can get over this fixation they have, with childbearing being reserved only for those 25 and under.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sarah-Jayne posted: </span></b>I'm in the exact same boat -- 44 years old <i>(45 in March)</i>.<br />
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I just found out I'm pregnant - for the first time.<br />
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What a shock!<br />
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When my period was late, I just assumed I was starting menopause. <br />
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I finally took an EPT <i>[Early Pregnancy Test]</i> today, and got a positive result. <br />
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I almost passed out! <br />
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Going to the doctor tomorrow for my first prenatal visit.<br />
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Boyfriend is shocked, too, but supportive - thank God!<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Angelina posted:</b> </span>I am 44 years old, with an unplanned pregnancy. <br />
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I think I am eight weeks. <br />
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This is not my first baby by no means, I have six children. <br />
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I am so undecided about everything.<br />
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I am in shock and denial.<br />
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I had drinks during Thanksgiving holidays, but Christmas and New Years, not at all.<br />
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Anyway I am here for support and all that.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Layla posted: </span></b>I am 44 years old with unplanned pregnancy.<br />
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I just found out that I am six weeks pregnant...<br />
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Something not planned.<br />
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I am worried because, as it was the holidays, I spent quite a few nights drinking alcohol and basically not taking care of myself.<br />
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I have a bad habit of drinking wine just about every other night, and worried that my behavior may have already affected the developing fetus.<br />
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Of course, I have cleaned up my act the last couple weeks.<br />
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In addition, I am plain worried about having a healthy child.<br />
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Currently I am extremely tired, with headaches and some slight spotting of blood.<br />
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Who out there was/is in a similar situation?<br />
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I plan on going ahead with the pregnancy, but am not 100% convinced that this is what I should be doing.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Camden posted:</b> </span>I was in your situation, but I was 43 years old, with unplanned and unexpected pregnancy.<br />
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I did not have a clue for seven weeks and had several instances where I was drinking alcohol.<br />
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Once I found out, I stopped drinking, and everything ended up fine.<br />
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The pregnancy was tough, and he was born premature, but he is now two years old and it has been wonderful.<br />
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I was wondering what I was doing at 43 years old, having a baby.<br />
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I had a 14 year old at the time, and I felt I was out of my league.<br />
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But I wouldn't change anything.<br />
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I have had to find a support system, and there are not that many <i><q>new moms</q></i> in their 40s. <br />
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I did find a Mom's Club with all ages and another mom at 43 years old, who just gave birth. <br />
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Most of the women are 28-35 years old, but our common bond is having fun with our kids, and it has been fun.<br />
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<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b>Dorsi wrote on the <b>Pregnancy after 50</b> site:</b></h2>
the story attached was in German -<br />
the twins are their child nr5+nr6 - and it is nothing more said than that the mother was very happy about the healthy babes and her strong wish was fulfilled. I read it in YAHOO Germany, Soraya Lewe-Tacke the woman's name.<br />
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<b>München (AFP) -</b> Die Mutter von Popsängerin Sarah Connor hat Zwillinge zur Welt gebracht. Wie die <i><b><q>Bild</q>-</b></i>Zeitung berichtet, bekam die 50-jährige Soraya Lewe-Tacke im Universitätsklinikum Eppendorf in Hamburg zwei gesunde Jungen. <i><q>Soraya und ich sind überglücklich</q>,</i> sagte ihr Ehemann Jürgen Tacke dem Blatt. Die Kinder seien zwei Wunschbabys, <i><q>die Krönung unseres gemeinsamen Glücks</q>.</i> Dem Bericht zufolge war auch der Pop-Star bei der Geburt im Kreißsaal dabei.</blockquote>
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<i>(Poor English translation - thanks to Babel Fish)</i><br />
<b>Munich (AFP) -</b> the mother of Pop-singer Sarah Connor brought twins to the world. As <b><i><q>Bild</q></i></b> - Newspaper reported, got the 50-year old Soraya Lewe Tacke in the university clinic Eppendorf in Hamburg two healthy boys. <i><q>Soraya and I are overjoyed</q></i>, her husband Jürgen Tacke said to the sheet. The children are two desired babies, <i><q>the coronation/culmination of our common Glücks.</q></i> According to the report also the Pop star participated in the birth in the Kreißsaal.<br />
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<b>I also found this:</b><br />
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<b>March 2008 - </b>Sarah Connor's mother Soraya, 50, has confirmed to <b>Bild</b> newspaper she's expecting twins! She's five months pregnant for her second husband, plastic surgeon Jürgen Tacke, 47. Soraya already has six children, aged 11 to 27 and Jürgen has an 11-year-old daughter. Soraya also told <b>Bild</b> that Sarah was surprised to hear the news and she's already shopping baby stuff.<br />
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<b>December 3, 2002 - </b>Jane Kaczmarek, the screaming mom on <b>Malcolm in the Middle</b>, just had a child last fall.<br />
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Jane and ex-husband Bradley Whitford had all of their children after 40 years old -- Frances Genevieve in 1997, George Edward in 1999, and Mary Louisa in 2002.<br />
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She had her 1st at the age of 43, second at age 44 and the last one at the age of 47<i> (just before her 48th birthday in December.)</i><br />
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The Associated Press reported the baby weighed in at 10 pounds, 3 ounces, according to publicist Melissa Kates, who said of the newborn:<br />
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<i><q>Everything went wonderfully, she looks amazing.</q></i><br />
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In a statement, the couple said, <i><q>Mother and daughter are resting comfortably.<br />
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Father is struggling with hair loss.</q></i><br />
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Ruth Pointer, of <b>The Pointer Sisters</b>, gave birth to twins at age 47 through IVF.<br />
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Singer Roseanne Cash had her last child, a daughter, with husband John Leventhal in 1999 at the age of 44.<br />
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She has three other daughters from her marriage to Rodney Crowell, the youngest of these three is currently 15, the other two are adults.<br />
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Actress Susan Sarandon had a daughter with Franco Amurri in 1985 when she was 38 or 39 years old. <br />
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Has two children with longtime partner Tim Robbins......<br />
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...a son born in May 1989 when she was 42 1/2 years old<br />
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...and a daughter born in May 1992 when she was 45 1/2 years old.<br />
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Actress Marcia Gay Harden was born on August 14th, 1959.<br />
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She has three children with her husband Thaddaeus Scheel who she married in 1996.<br />
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A daughter, Eulala Grace Scheel, born in September 1998 when the actress was 41 years old.<br />
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And twins, a boy named Hudson Harden Scheel and a girl named Julitta Dee Harden Scheel, born on 22 April 2004 in New York - when she was 44 1/2 years old.<br />
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Hi! <span><b>My name is Robin, and I just found out on Saturday that I'm pregnant!</b></span></span><br />
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I am scared to death!<br />
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It was totally unexpected even though I was being dumb, and playing Russian Roulette.<br />
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The prescription for my birth control pill had run out a few months ago.<br />
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I called to make an appointment with my OB/GYN <i>[obstetrician/gynecologist].</i> <br />
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She had moved to Hawaii.<br />
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So I found a new one but wasn't able to get in until June.<br />
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I figured at my age and my history in difficulty with getting pregnant in the past, I just needed to be careful and I'd be fine. WRONG!<br />
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I don't know what I was thinking?<br />
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I am 44 years old after all, I should know better.<br />
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I have two wonderful boys from a previous marriage.<br />
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I've been seeing a wonderful man for nearly three years now.<br />
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We both felt we were too old to have children.<br />
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I dropped a bomb in the poor man's lap when I told him Saturday night.<br />
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This is the last thing either of us wanted, but we decided we would continue with the pregnancy.<br />
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I think we will both slowly get used to the idea.<br />
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I'm scared to death with all I've read about what can go wrong.<br />
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I'm looking forward to reading about all the good and positive about being pregnant at 45 years old.<br />
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I'm also looking forward to making some online friends to help each other through this exciting time in our lives.<br />
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