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.
What sort of woman offers to be a surrogate for a childless couple?
An incredibly altruistic one, of course.
And what sort of person goes on to offer three more women the chance of a baby they could never have naturally?
I think we'll agree that when she did just that, Jill Hawkins, a 48-year-old legal secretary from Sussex, entered the realms of living sainthood.
"When couples meet me, they're often taken aback by how normal I am," she smiles.
"What I do is unusual, but a great many people do unusual things.
I'm very fertile, I get pregnant easily and I pop out babies like shelling peas, so it seemed obvious that surrogacy was a way of listening to my biological clock while helping others."
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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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