If it is so rare, so impossible, such a miracle to get pregnant spontaneously - why can I find so many stories? Offering inspiration, hope, and comfort to those trying to conceive and those finding themselves unexpectedly pregnant over 44 years old... TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION: Pregnancy Miracle
Personally I find the statistics we get about Down's Syndrome somewhat confusing. So I translated them into percentages. I think it is all too easy to think of 1-80 as one in 80%, but it is not. 1-80 translates to 1.25 % for DS, or 98.75% chance of NOT having Down Syndrome... Maternal age as
My goal is to simply share stories I find online, for inspiration - to those trying - and comfort to those who find themselves unexpectedly pregnant! ... Sort of a "chicken soup for the TTCing over 44 soul". ... Your stories and feedback are welcome! ... Stock Photo credit: simmbarb All rig
Photo credit: Shaddy with the godmother at the park, Eleanore Fern Pagaduan In 2015, there were 224,938 live births in the United States to women ages 40 through 54. 754 of those live births to women 50-54 years old. In 2014, there were only 783 live births to women over 43, using donor eggs.
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TOKYO (AFP) — A 61-year-old woman in central Japan has given birth to a surrogate child for her daughter, an obstetrician said Wednesday.
Surrogacy is not a crime in Japan, but it is banned by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
"She is likely to be the oldest surrogate mother yet recorded in Japan," Yahiro Netsu, the gynaecologist who performed the operation, said in a statement.
The woman became pregnant with an embryo created from the egg of her daughter, who has no uterus, and sperm from the daughter's husband, the statement said.
"We don't recommend late childbearing. But we perform operations for surrogate mothers who are mothers of biological mothers, considering that Japanese society lacks a support system for surrogacy," he said.
Netsu has helped several surrogate mothers, all of them having kinship ties with the biological mother.
Source: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ggK5DMtFTbE4FfhckICfKp_gRUfg
Category: 56+, donor eggs, surrogate
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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