The oldest patient was 53y, natural conception
Last time I was at the ante natal clinic, one of the other doctors asked me if this was a spontaneous pregnancy [at 47 years old]?
I said, yes it was, and my consultant said to her that yes, I had no problem getting pregnant, just carrying them.
So we were discussing age and pregnancy, my consultant told me the oldest patient he had was 53 years old, natural conception.
She had gone to her family doctor, he refused to test her.
He told her she was hallucinating.
He said she was on the menopause, so she turned up at my consultant's ante natal clinic and he scanned her.
She was 15 weeks pregnant.
He said the baby was wriggling away!
She had an amnio and all was well and she had her baby.
So I feel pretty young in comparison to that!
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