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She had her 2nd baby at 47- naturally

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Sunday, May 06, 2007 | 0 comments

Read in today's Mirror a feature on Arlene Phillips (Hot Gossip choreographer and Strictly Dance Fever Judge). She had her 2nd baby at aged 47- naturally - she says it was a complete surprise!! She is now 62 and her daughter is 15, her first daughter is 26.

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Just read in paper today that Bridget Jones Author Helen Fielding is expecting 2nd baby at 48! She had her first at 46 - some hope for us would be "older" mums don’t you think.

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I'm now 48 and just had a positive pregnancy test - my husband and I are excited and hoping I won't have a miscarriage. In the meantime I'm bracing myself for comments, both from health care professionals *and* relatives.

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Why would her eggs be bad, I have a friend and an aunt who got pregnant at 48 years old and their kids are fine. They thought it was menopause but, surprise, she got the boy she wanted, after 5 girls.

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As for being pregnant over 50, my 54 year old cousin gave birth on May 24th to her first child. She was in the hospital on bed rest for over 2 months and was originally due July 5.

As far as I know the baby was naturally conceived. We learned of the pregnancy around thanksgiving and it was a big shocker! Thanks, I know it's not impossible, improbable maybe, but not impossible to become pregnant when you're in your fifties.

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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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