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Famous Moms Over 40
Biological clocks be damned, more American women than ever are having babies at an age when previous generations might have been sending their kids off to college. The number of women delivering their bundles of joy after age 40 has doubled in the past two decades, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
Meet a diverse group of women - from Madonna to Sarah Palin - who have defied the odds of giving birth at 41, 51 and beyond.
Read more... http://www.newsweek.com/id/157180
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I am a teacher, and was complaining to "lunch lady" that my cycle was all messed up and that I was in peri-menopause. She said "Be careful, you might get pregnant."! I had to laugh since everyone, at the least the fertility clinic, has been telling me the opposite! Anyway she went on to tell me about this relative and that relative that got pregnant in 40's and late 40's!!!HUH!!!!
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When I was much younger (early 80's), I worked in an ice cream shop on weekends during high school. I was waiting on a boy once (about 11 or 12 years old) and asked him what his grandmother would like - she was talking to a friend, and not paying attention. He said, "She's not my grandmother - she's my mom, she had me when she was 49". He must have heard his mom referred to as his "grandmother" pretty often because his response seemed well rehearsed. So, ladies, having babies while you're well over 40, 45 is still possible.
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My doctor is fantastic, but I want to try another protocol and he is open. He specializes in women over 40 in the west coast and has gotten women pregnant at 47 years old. I am 44, turning 45 soon.
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I too lost a child (my first pregnancy) at 9 weeks, so I understand how it feels. The good news is that 2 months later I was pregnant again, and am now 35 weeks along with an active healthy baby boy. I just turned 45 last Saturday and my husband is 48, with a 20 year old daughter from his previous marriage. I don't know if you guys are planning to try again, but if you are I would say please do not give up because now you know that it is still possible.
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I had a baby at 45, and it is possible. My son is now 5. I have a 45 year old midwifery client right now too. My thoughts and prayers are with you! Del
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A WEALTHY Victorian woman has used IVF to become what is believed to be the state's oldest first-time mum using the technology.
The woman, who wants her identity kept secret, will be 54 when she realises her long-held dream and gives birth later this year.
"It's been a long time coming. We're thrilled," she said.
The woman is one of about 30 women over 50 who have IVF treatment across Australia each year. She will be the 14th Victorian mother over 50 to have given birth since 2000.
The woman said she thought hard about the vexing ethical questions around bearing a child so late in life, but quickly decided there was no better time.
"People say, well, you might die. Well, you might die when you're young, too," she said.
"We figure if we can give the child 20 to 25 years of a loving home environment, a good education and a secure financial background, we're doing better than a parent whose quality of life is poor.
"We are financially very secure and we have all the time in the world to look after the child."
The mum-to-be said she had been active and healthy all her life, and had been receiving IVF treatment for more than two decades.
"It's not like I decided at 50: let's have a child," she said.
She stopped trying after a bad experience several years ago, but last year, with menopause approaching, she thought she would give it a final try.
"We just thought we'd do it, and then we could rest easy that we had tried everything," she said.
A donor egg was used, because most clinics do not treat women over 45 using their own eggs.
A Herald Sun survey of Victorian clinics indicates most do not treat women -- even with donor eggs -- who are over 50.
IVF Australia senior fertility doctor Professor Michael Chapman said the cut-off aimed to coincide with the typical end of fertility.
He did not recommend women have children so late in life, saying the social risks could outweigh the medical ones.
"If the woman is fit and healthy, the risks are less excessive," Prof Chapman said.
"But the child is going to be a teenager when she is in her 70s. That's my major reason for agreeing with a limit."
He said the 30 women over 50 who had IVF treatment each year used donor eggs and about 10 of those had children.
Miscarriage and having a child with Down syndrome are among the medical risks facing older mums.
Angelina Calabro, who says she conceived naturally when she was 55, is believed to be the oldest mum in Victoria.
Doctors say there is a one-in-40,000 chance of natural conception for women over 50.
Melbourne IVF chair Lyndon Hale said women over 50 could also conceive using frozen embryos from previous IVF treatments.
About three embryos were produced from a typical treatment cycle, he said.
About 3.6 per cent of Victorian women give birth when they are 40 or over.
Most new mums are between 30 and 34.
According to the Infertility Treatment Authority, about 20 per cent of IVF treatments in Australia involve women aged over 40.
There were 1596 IVF babies born in 2005.
Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23172086-661,00.html
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At 46 and with a 16-year-old son, the last thing Yasmin Kureishi was expecting was another baby. Then she discovered she was expecting twins
Who would have thought that in my mid-forties, I’d be buying a pregnancy testing kit? In the car, on the way home from the supermarket, I feel a bit strange. My husband bet me £20 that I was suffering from some kind of hormonal imbalance; in other words, that I was starting the menopause. Yes, much more likely, I thought in horror. But I wasn’t ready for the “hot flush” scenario.
When we got home, we stood among the shopping bags, observing closely as a vebright, spirited, pink dot appeared. I was 46 and up the duff. In a daze, my husband stepped over the groceries and bolted into the garden for a fag. I sat down, regretting yesterday’s whisky and Coke, and concluding that this was the demise of my size 10 trousers, which I’d worn only once. But what the hell, I was having a baby. Actually, after I’d got over the traumatic birth of my first son, I’d always wanted another child. But my marriage broke down and it wasn’t until my early forties, after an operation to remove a large fibroid, that my second husband and I started trying for a baby. However, nothing ever happened and I began to lose hope.
My doctor’s first reaction was to raise a cool eyebrow and ask whether I wanted to keep it. I hadn’t expected that: in a jiff it could be sorted, got rid of and I could be back to my size 10s. Just like that. Much harder to say “yes” and face the consequences.
He started to discuss miscarriage
I came out of the surgery feeling despondent. I felt really stupid even to consider that, at my age, there would be a baby at the end of it all.
I waited for the miscarriage. A week later, feeling wretchedly sick and not able to stand the whiff or sight of most foods, I went back to the doctor. He was still sceptical. It wasn’t until around the seven-week mark that I panicked. Somehow I didn’t feel pregnant any more. It was then that I was sent for an early scan.
My husband said jokingly: “I can see loads of them...” The sonographer beamed at us. “Actually, I can see two heartbeats.” My husband and I exchanged stunned glances. I was having twins. Afterwards, I kept picking up the scan photo and gazing in wonder at the two splodges. I needed reassurance and asked my doctor what the chances were. “Well, if there are two, you will be much more likely to end up with one.” There was so much against this pregnancy. Multiple pregnancies are considered “high risk”, even without all the add-ons.
In fact, my age seemed to be the least of my problems. For starters, there was my height; 5ft 3in (1.57m). Would there be room: two babies, plus a fibroid, plus the scar tissue from the previous operation to remove a fibroid?
Plus, the boys were identical and shared a placenta, which meant there was a 30 per cent chance of a dangerous imbalance in the flow of blood, called twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
Despite all this the pregnancy progressed quite smoothly, apart from the terrible sickness and backache. My stomach ballooned very quickly. I made a nest with cushions, surrounded myself with catalogues (as I couldn’t get round the shops) and watched Trisha a lot.
I was put on a drip for five days
When I reached 29 weeks, contractions became strong and frequent. I was put on a drip to stop them and found my forced stay in hospital excruciating. Not only did I hate being there, but my older son was about to start his GCSE exams and I needed to be around.
It wasn’t until I was nearly 33 weeks that I was rushed to hospital feeling extremely uncomfortable, and the consultant decided to deliver by Caesarean section. The boys, Kieran and Harry, were born weighing 4lb 1oz (1.84kg) and 4lb 8oz. Two years on, though often exhausted like any parent with young children, I feel energised and revitalised by our two little miracles. Without them we would have been on the cusp of an “empty nest”, about to step into the world of city breaks and “serious” gardening.
Instead our twins have injected a sparkle not only into our lives but also their remaining three grandparents and elder siblings. Among other things, they enjoy Gina Ford’s “cheesy peasy rice” and my late father’s keema recipe, as well as a wide repertoire of songs from across the decades, from Pack up Your Troubles to Hey, Hey We’re the Monkees and my son’s rap music.
I think that I’m a better mother this time round and that, actually, this was about the right age for me to have had the twins. I am less selfish than I was in my twenties and thirties, a bit more confident, resilient and hopefully a little wiser. I just hope that my creaky knees and dodgy back last the course.
I’m at the play park, desperate for caffeine but the mobile café hasn’t shown up yet. Twin One is precariously perched on the top of one slide, while Twin Two is 10m away perched on top of another. I dash from one to the other, like a lunatic. I’m thinking I might get back into a size 10 at this rate. If I don’t have a heart attack first.
Full article: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article3051358.ece
Famous Moms Over 40
