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There is a woman online who got pregnant at 47!

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Sunday, November 19, 2006 | 1 comments

There is a woman on the FertilityFriend.com board who got pregnant at 47!!! It is not her first pregnancy, but she had been trying for a long time with meds, IUIs, the whole nine yards, finally she gave up! And 3 months after giving up, she was pregnant naturally. She is 9 weeks pregnant I think, and certainly an inspiring story!

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A good friend of mine told me that she has a friend who got pregnant and had 2 babies one after the other, her first was when she was 46 and the 2nd was at 48! So first timers can have babies at our age!!!

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My girlfriend told me about her sister. She hadn't had a period in a year and got pregnant at 45! So you never know ! Boy was she surprised ! She has a beautiful teenage daughter

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Wendy Wasserstein that she had her first and only child at age 48! I thought that was pretty amazing. “In 1999, at age 48, Wasserstein gave birth as a single mother to a daughter, Lucy Jane.”

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I'm 48 and pregnant (again), VERY unexpectedly. I lost the last two pregnancies, at 44 and 47.

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About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost our precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted there will be no more babies in our house.

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Anonymous says:

11/19/2006 5:05 pm

I became pregnant and had my first baby when I was just 19 years old. It would be several years to come before I felt ready to have another and finally, at the age of 34, I birthed a healthy baby son. My husband and I were happy as was our 14 year old daughter. If you do the math, our daughter has a late b-day... I had not decided to become pregnant again, but found myself just that - only to end up miscarrying. To my surprise, at the age of 42, found myself in an unplanned pregnancy. My doctor said it was menopause and I thought, eh, come again? My husband and I were delighted and welcomed our surprise without hesitation in spite of the children's age differences. I deleivered a healthy baby at the age of 43. I have always had a consistantly regular cycle, every 28 - 29 days apart, I know because I always mark the calendar. I did not get my period this month, so this time actually wondered if menopause had come, just like that? I waited a few weeks and began feeling symptoms of what I thought might be pregnancy, but at my age? So, I took the test and yes, I am very much pregnant. Again, my husband is thrilled and immediately supportive. We were not trying and I, if anyone, was completely surprised. In fact, due to my age, felt emabarrassed; automatically assuming that people will make fun of, ridicule and laugh at me. But overnight, I did a complete turnaround... I am not a religous person, so do not believe there is any god who willed this for me, helped me or even that it was my fate. Mind all, that I have many deeply religous friends; just not that I believe. So, to borrow from Britnay Spears (sp?)... "Oops, I did it again!" I don't care what comes at me, I cherish life too much to abort and have set my goals, resigning myself to my own personal bliss. I will hold my aging face up high and walk with my pregnant belly and that will just be that! We already have a 9 year old, an 18 yr old in college and a soon to be 34 year old. We're different than other families, perhaps in that respect, but not in any other way. This is my life and I will deal with it. I am so fortunate to have such a loving and supportive hubby and we will get through this! I can turn this into a positive happiness, and if I am happy, then so will be my family! :D

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