I will be 45 on Wed, I am pregnant.

My birthday is Wednesday, I will be 45 years old. I was on a natural cycle, I went to my Doctor this morning and just got the call... I am pregnant.

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I'm an author working on a memoir about the experiences my wife and I went through as late-in-life parents. I was 46 and my wife 44 when we had our youngest daughter who is almost 2.

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Most births to women over 40 are without using DE [donor egg], contrary to what the media is telling us. Of all live births in the United States during 2001-2003 (average), 10.8% were to women under the age of 20, 51.7% were to women ages 20-29, 35.0% were to women ages 30-39, and 2.5% were to women ages 40 and older.
Source: http://www.marchofdimes.com/peristats/level1.aspx?reg=99&top=2&stop=5&lev=1&slev=1&obj=3

So if in 2003 there were 4,089,950 live births, then 2.5% makes 102,249 babies born to women over 40. With just 5,769 DE births in 2003, that leaves 96,480 births who were conceived without DE.

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I'm having my second at 43 (well pregnant at 43, I'll be 44 when the baby comes). My daughter is 11 though, so in a sense she will always be an only child. But I do really like the idea of her not being alone in the world. She wants a baby sister. But, ultimately my decision to have another baby stemmed from always wanting another child.

My daughter's father, my first husband, died about 2 years ago, so I figured I was done having babies. Then I met my second husband last year, and he had never been married, and has no children. He wanted a child, and that was cool because I always had wanted another child. So here we are!

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I had my 3rd child two days after I turned 45. Although I wasn't trying to get pregnant, I wasn't trying NOT to either, since my new husband really wanted a baby.

Anyway... I'm wondering who else in the group conceived and gave birth naturally/spontaneously after the age of 44? I'm in the process of writing a book proposal on the topic and would be delighted to hear more from others who have had a similar experience.

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