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Sarah, 44, delighted by unplanned new addition

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Sunday, March 03, 2019 | 0 comments

A study reveals 27% of pre-menopausal, 32% of peri-menopausal and 40% of post-menopausal women used no contraception at all.

Sarah Munro, 44 years old, a barrister, was one who took a laid-back approach to birth control.

As a result, she now has a five-week-old son, named Monty.

Incredibly, she was almost six months pregnant before she realized she was expecting.

Looking back, of course, it sounds ridiculous but it just didn't occur to me I could be pregnant, she says.

This Pregnancy Over 40 story was found on DailyMail.co.uk
Read more: Menopausal? No, we were pregnant!
Originally posted in May 17, 2013.

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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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