My grandmother had 3 - all in her 40's
Some people simply refuse to believe women over 40 years old can get pregnant.
I have a girlfriend who thinks that way.
She always assumes any woman over 40 years old could only have gotten pregnant using a Donor Egg.
My grandmother had three children - all born in her 40s.
And, there was no such thing back then as donor eggs.
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Not Impossible!!
My ex-husband's mother conceived him when she was 45 years old (naturally, of course, since that was 48 years ago).
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I had my baby when I was 45 years old, using my own eggs.
I went to the Centre for Human Reproduction, Dr. Karande.
They followed my cycle with ultrasound and blood-work - had only one folly [follicle].
We did back-to-back IUIs [Intrauterine insemination], and an HCG trigger shot [injection of the synthetic form of this hormone will prompt ovulation].
I will never forget the call from the nurse: You have a positive beta test!
Our RE [reproductive endocrinologist] was in disbelief, but so thrilled for us!!!
It does happen, don't give up!!!
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I was just out tonight with a friend, who told me she was born when her mother was 45 years old.
My friend is a very bright woman, so she was definitely from a good egg
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My RE [reproductive endocrinologist] has a patient who used DHEA [Dehydroepiandrosterone] at 44 years old - when nothing else worked.
She waited four months after starting, did one more IUI [Intrauterine insemination], and got pregnant after four years of trying.
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What I Thought I Knew: A Memoirby Alice Eve Cohen
--A personal and medical odyssey beyond anything most women would believe possible
At age forty-four, Alice Eve Cohen was happy for the first time in years.
After a difficult divorce, she was engaged to an inspiring man, joyfully raising her adopted daughter, and her career was blossoming.
Alice tells her fiancé that she's never been happier. And then the stomach pains begin.
In her unflinchingly honest and ruefully witty voice, Alice nimbly carries us through her metamorphosis from a woman who has come to terms with infertility to one who struggles to love a heartbeat found in her womb - six months into a high-risk pregnancy.
What I Thought I Knew is a page-turner filled with vivid characters, humor, and many surprises and twists of fate.
With the suspense of a thriller and the intimacy of a diary, Cohen describes her unexpected journey through doubt, a broken medical system, and the hotly contested terrain of motherhood and family in today's society.
Timely and compelling, What I Thought I Knew will capture readers of memoirs such as Eat, Pray, Love; The Glass Castle; and A Three Dog Life.
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