November 5, 2007 - Headline News anchor Nancy Grace and her husband David Linch welcomed twins Lucy Elizabeth and John David on Sunday – an early delivery for Grace, who had developed a pulmonary edema during the pregnancy."Her physician determined it would be best for Nancy, and for the twins, to deliver them [on Sunday]," a rep for Grace said. "Lucy Elizabeth, John David, and their proud parents are now resting comfortably."
John David weighed 5 lbs., 1 oz. at birth, and Lucy Elizabeth weighed 2 lbs., 15 oz. according to the rep. Grace, 48, had been due to give birth in January, PEOPLE reported this summer.
"The babies are doing fine. Our little girl is doing just as well as her brother despite her weight – and mom is doing great," Linch tells PEOPLE.
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-- This Pregnancy Over 40 story was found on People.com
Read more: Nancy Grace Gives Birth to Twins, by Tim Nudd and Diane Clehane.
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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
Midlife Motherhood: A Woman-to-Woman Guide to Pregnancy and Parentingby Jann Blackstone-Ford
-- What's a woman to do when she's facing menopause, toddlers, and elder care all at the same time?
Women who have
been there and done thatprovide some insight in Midlife Motherhood.
Offering humor, warmth, and frankness, this is a hand-holding guide for the uninitiated.
What's on their minds:
• Common fears and concerns: from Down's syndrome to being too old
• Fertility challenges and what to physically expect from pregnancy
• How to juggle postpartum demands-parenting, working, caring for aging parents . . . and all at once!
• Hot flashes and warm bottles: coping with hormonal changes while caring for a new baby
Paperback: 288 pagesClick to order/for more info: Midlife Motherhood
Georgia Bitzis Pooley, the first known Greek woman to immigrate to Chicago, Illinois, gave birth to her last child in 1899 at the age of 50, having conceived naturally.Georgia was born in 1849. At the late age of 50, Georgia Pooley gave birth to her last child, Mary, in 1899...
Georgia died in Chicago on June 1, 1945 at age 96 years old
~ Story found in Greek-American Pioneer Women of Illinois - By Greek Women's University Club, Elaine Thomopoulos ~
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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
40 and Pregnant!: What to expect when you are having your first child and are at (or near) the age of 40by Dena Kennedy
-- This is a book for women who are at or near the age of 40 and pregnant for the first time.
This book explains many things that happen to a woman, her body and her mind when having children later in life.
It is also helpful to anyone who is pregnant or just recently had a baby.
About the Author: I am a mother of two and a full time legal secretary for a high profile law firm. Trying to juggle family life and a career at the same time can be difficult.
I would like to share with you what to expect when you are ... 40 and Pregnant!
Paperback: 138 pagesClick to order/for more info: 40 and Pregnant!
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Having overcome illness, bereavement, miscarriages and a cancer scare, Ellie Stoneley Gradwell turned to IVF to fulfill her dream of having a baby and, at 47, she’s now the proud mum of a gorgeous new daughter – with a perfectly appropriate name.The death of her father, huge issues with work and an autoimmune condition that had her endlessly in and out of hospital – not to mention a breast cancer scare this time last year – would be a lot for anyone to cope with and, at 47 years old, Ellie admits she was skirting the upper age limit for new motherhood too.
Despite the health implications and risks, Ellie and Roy, 49 – who had been trying for a baby since getting married three-and-a-half years ago – made the decision to try one last time to get pregnant, and Ellie set off from the couple’s north Cambridge home for a three week stint in India, to cleanse and reboot her body. “I came back thinner, fitter and healthier,” she says.
Then came IVF treatment, which Ellie had in Alicante. “It was our last ditch attempt, but it worked first time,” she says. “We were very, very lucky.”
Knowing she was likely to face a tumultuous pregnancy because of her age, and having suffered miscarriages before, Ellie set up a blog: crazypregnantperson.com, to act as a record in case things didn’t work out and to help her through the process.
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Story credit to Ellie Walker - Ellie will be blogging about her experiences as a new mum on our Health + Beauty site at www.cambridge-news.co.uk. You can also follow her on Twitter @E11ie5.
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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
Rewinding Your Biological Clock: Motherhood Late in Lifeby Richard J. Paulson M.D., Judith Sachs
-- In 1996, Dr. Richard Paulson assisted a 63-year-old woman to conceive using in vitro fertilization with a donor egg, and she became the oldest woman in the world to give birth.
This incredible example of how assisted reproductive technologies, or ART, can change the course of nature, raises tough biological, emotional, and ethical issues.
Rewinding Your Biological Clock is a unique exploration of each of these issues, especially the "how-to" of peri- and post-menopausal pregnancy.
Written by a leading fertility specialist and a health educator, this original and daring book rethinks society's most fundamental beliefs about motherhood, aging and life itself.
Paperback: 356 pagesClick to order/for more info: Rewinding Your Biological Clock
Even though I was 42, an age where most doctors wrongly say you have a 5% chance of getting pregnant, I felt that I would have another baby. This is an important aspect because science is proving that our health is largely determined by our thoughts and emotions.
Throughout my yoga practice and meditation I focused on being strong and healthy and fertile. I told my body it was getting ready to grow a baby. And sure enough, a few months later the cyst had disappeared and I got pregnant. My second child is nine months old now and brings so much joy to my life daily. I’ll be 44 this year and still feeling broody. Maybe in a year or two I might try for a third child. I sincerely believe that as long as you’re menstruating you can get pregnant. The key to having a healthy baby is in your diet, lifestyle and mindset.
--- Claudia Spahr, traveller, yogini, author and journalist, is the brains behind the acclaimed pregnancy manual, Right Time Baby – The Complete Guide to Later Motherhood.
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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
Right Time Baby: The Complete Guide to Later Motherhood and Pregnancyby Claudia Spahr
-- There couldn't be a better time for motherhood than after you've explored some of your own dreams and ambitions.
Studies show later mothers to be more secure emotionally and financially than younger mothers and nearly a quarter of all women in the UK are now having babies after 35.
Packed full of useful tips from top medical experts, scientists and world authorities, including Dr Michel Odent and Dr Marilyn Glenville, this book is a complete guide for the woman who's lived a life before giving birth.
It covers: preparing for pregnancy and motherhood; how to improve egg quality and prolong fertility so you can get pregnant naturally; exercises, relaxation techniques, mind-body connection for conception; how to increase your chances of success at IVF; making the most of your pregnancy, month by month; ways to avoid pregnancy loss; pregnancy yoga and natural remedies for common pregnancy ailments; how to have the best birth possible; from me to mum - adjusting to lack of sleep, relationship changes and that other job; parenting secrets and concepts from around the globe to inspire new mothers; and, the latest research in neuroscience, nutrition and psychology.
Get ready to embrace the biggest, most exciting transition of your life!
Paperback: 320 pagesClick to order/for more info: Right Time Baby
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My first child was born in 1999 when I was 32, the second in 2002 at 34.My final pregnancy culminated in a C section not long after my 42nd birthday. And so I was an older mum too.
As an older mum I am definitely much more relaxed.
The boy ends up in our bed quite a few nights a week but we don’t really worry about it.
We don’t have routines and in a way the whole family is bringing him up.
-- Ellen Arnison writes a witty, evocative and popular blog, In a Bun Dance.
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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
The Fertility Diet: Groundbreaking Research Reveals Natural Ways to Boost Ovulation and Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnantby Jorge Chavarro, Walter Willett, Patrick Skerrett
-- Reveals startling new research from the landmark Nurses' Health Study, which shows that the food you eat can boost your fertility.
The book prescribes ten simple changes in diet and activity that can increase your chances of getting pregnant.
Groundbreaking findings into changes you can put into practice today, setting the stage for a healthy pregnancy and forming the foundation for an eating strategy that will serve you well for the rest of your life.
The Fertility Diet also offers a week's worth of meal plans and delicious recipes that will make following the guidelines easy and tasty.
Paperback: 288 pagesClick to order/for more info: The Fertility Diet
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I didn't choose to have my first child at the age of 46, it just happened.
I actually chose to have about six children fathered by an extremely wealthy husband and all in my 20s.
Would that becoming a mother were as easy as shopping for furniture.
The best advice I ever got was from my doctor who told me not to think about the details of being an older mother too much.
One thing I can tell you," she said, "is that no one I know who has gone ahead with having a baby in untypical circumstances has ever regretted it so there's no point in scaring yourself out of it."
Motherhood is all I have ever wanted and I waited a long time for it. It wasn't cheap and it wasn't an easy journey. If I'd realized my dream earlier I wouldn't have the daughter
I eventually brought home. Am I a different mother to the mother I would have been in my 20s? Probably.
Am I a better or worse mother because of my age? Absolutely not.
--- Rachel Selby writes a beautifully eloquent and honest blog, Midlife Single Mum, about her IVF journey, life in Jerusalem as a single mum, and some really delicious regional vegetarian recipes.
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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION
Making Babies the Hard Way: Living with Infertility and Treatmentby Caroline Gallup
-- A frank account of one couple's discovery that they cannot have children of their own, and their ensuing struggle through four years of fertility treatment.
One in six couples worldwide seek assistance to conceive and 80 per cent of couples undergoing fertility treatment are currently unsuccessful.
Writing with humour and honesty, Caroline Gallup describes the social, emotional, spiritual and physical impact of infertility on her and her husband, Bruce, including feelings of bereavement for the absent child, the unavoidable sense of inadequacy and the day-to-day difficulties of financial pressure.
As well as telling her own moving story, she also offers information and guidance for others who are infertile, or who are considering or undergoing treatment.
Paperback: 240 pagesClick to order/for more info: Making Babies the Hard Way
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I spent my thirties believing that my chances to have children had passed me by, but in my dreams (real night time ones), there was a baby waiting for me.
I endured two miscarriages, then he came. I was 41 years old.
And then, in the throes of an awful marriage, which I only clung on to because there were further (clairvoyant?) dreams, that there was still another child to come yet, I suffered a third miscarriage, by which time I thought I would die with the heartbreak and confusion.
On a one off night with my hateful husband, I fell pregnant and it is truly conceivable that Fate intervened because my second child came at, by now, age 45.
-- By Older Single Mum. Her blog is witty, sassy, compelling, sincere and narrates everything from her 'sh*tty ex husband' to romancing her lodger and her talents as a healer.
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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
Ready: Why Women Are Embracing The New Later Motherhood
by Elizabeth Gregory
-- Over the past three decades, skyrocketing numbers of women have chosen to start their families in their late thirties and early forties.
In 2005, ten times as many women had their first child between the ages of 35 and 39 as in 1975, and thirteen times as many had their first between 40 and 44.
Women now have the option to define for themselves when they're ready for family, rather than sticking to a schedule set by social convention.
As a society, however, we have yet to come to terms with the phenomenon of later motherhood, and women who decide it makes sense for them to delay pregnancy often find themselves confronted with alarmist warnings about the dangers of waiting too long.
In Ready, Elizabeth Gregory tracks the burgeoning trend of new later motherhood and demonstrates that for many women today, waiting for family works best.
She provides compelling evidence of the benefits of having children later -- by birth or by adoption.
Paperback: 336 pagesClick to order/for more info: Ready - US | CDN | UK
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I had been told I'd never have children, I'd had two miscarriages and was 47 years old when something that never happens happened. I became pregnant through IVF, the first time. I was told by so many people that due to my age the pregnancy was unlikely to succeed ... and I found writing about all the hard times, my fears, my joys and my frustrations helped ... that's how the blog came to be.
The pregnancy nearly didn't succeed even right at the end when The Spaniard (as my small unborn person was known as the IVF happened in Spain) stopped moving inside me, then my heart started to misbehave and we both had to be constantly monitored. In early January we proved all the doubters wrong and my beautiful Hope was born ...
Mush Brained Ramblings - The meanderings of a geriatric first time mother who, at 47, become a crazy pregnant person but is now blissfully and besottedly entranced with her baby daughter. Ramblings range from margaritas to traveling with baby paraphernalia and breast feeding.
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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
Infertility Sux!!Strategies to Release You From the Bondage of Infertility
by Lyn Vaccaro
-- A story of my personal journey of thriving fertility that produced 6 healthy girls, then upon turning 40 becoming infertile as I conceived and miscarried 5 times consecutively.
At which point I changed my diet and lifestyle to raw live food and juicing to create a healthier environment in my body.
After a year of practicing this, I went on to conceive and give birth to two healthy boys at the age of 43, and again at 45.
Length: 22 pages
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Helen Perks has heard all the negatives about being an older mother. But she isn't buying them.
Photo: Helen Perks with four-year-old Eva and seven-year-old Max.
"Some people say you're going to be old and exhausted, but it works in the opposite way," said Ms Perks, a web designer who had her first child, Max, when she was 40, and her second, Eva, when she was 43.
"In fact, it encourages you. You think, 'Well, I'm going to be older when I have my kids, so I have to keep myself healthy'."
Ms Perks said she was a more grounded person in her 40s than earlier in her life.
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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
Yes, You Can Get Pregnant: The Diet That Will Improve Your Fertility Now and Into Your 40'sby Aimee E. Raupp
-- Worried about your ability to have children in the next five years?
Have you been trying to get pregnant for a while now and it's just not happening.
Does it seem like every woman you know is having a hard time getting pregnant and you don't want that to be you when you're ready?
If you answered yes to any one of these questions, Aimee's second book, Yes, You Can Get Pregnant: The Diet That Will Improve Your Fertility Now and Into Your 40s, was written for you.
Whether you're in your 20s, 30s or 40s, this book will give you all the nutritional information you need to keep your baby-making machinery in tip-top shape.
Paperback: 52 pagesClick to order/for more info: Yes, You Can Get Pregnant - US | CDN | UK
This woman had stopped menstruating at 38. She had been experiencing a lot of health problems at that time in her life, so it made sense to me that her fertility would be impacted by her ill health as result.
After 2 solid years of an absence of menstrual cycles she found herself pregnant once again at the age of 40. She was shocked to get this news because she hadn't had a period or any other sort of sign that she had regained her fertility.
Hmmm....my wheels were turning. I was so excited to actually meet someone that experienced this, and I began to think about how this could be, based on all the statistics of women being labeled "menopausal" after just one year of menstrual cycles ceasing. Here was a gal with 2 years under her belt in that regard! It was so great to meet this woman!
I went on to conceive and give birth to two healthy boys at the age of 43, and 45 years old.
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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
Infertility Sux!!Strategies to Release You From the Bondage of Infertility
by Lyn Vaccaro
-- A story of my personal journey of thriving fertility that produced 6 healthy girls, then upon turning 40 becoming infertile as I conceived and miscarried 5 times consecutively.
At which point I changed my diet and lifestyle to raw live food and juicing to create a healthier environment in my body.
After a year of practicing this, I went on to conceive and give birth to two healthy boys at the age of 43, and again at 45.
Length: 22 pages
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I run my own company - my baby is five months oldI’ve owned and run a small advertising agency with a partner for the past 18 years. We have two employees. It’s always been possible for us to get our work done in 40 hours per week. We are a good team and very efficient.
I wasn’t sure exactly how much I would work after the baby was born. I thought I would see how the child was, how intensive looking after her would be. I was lucky that my business partner was able to take on more at the end of the pregnancy and the first months after the birth. I have a lot of flexibility.
This week I began working properly although I have been doing a little from home all along and staying informed. From now on I will work two days per week at the office while a child minder looks after the baby at home. On the other days I expect to do three to four hours of work from home.
I wouldn’t want to work five days, I find it a pity. But as an older mother I am not typical. My career is already well established and I’m no longer at the stage of building it up like a woman who is 30 or 35.
People say that work and motherhood is a double burden but for me it’s a double pleasure to be able to do both.
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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
When You're Not Expecting:An Infertility Survival Guide
by Constance Hoenk Shapiro
-- Surviving the challenges of infertility
Often enduring years of heartache, couples with infertility number over 7.3 million. Enduring the daunting difficulties of treatment is something few women are prepared for.
Based on the personal stories of 200 women determined to overcome infertility, this surprisingly upbeat survivors' guide gives the kind of hard-won wisdom essential to making it through the process.
Not only does the book detail coping strategies, it also presents tips for strengthening stressed relationships and addresses the unique needs of single women and lesbians.
An essential guide for women and couples, friends and family, and health care providers and therapists, this book offers the solace and strength needed to prevail even after years of struggle.
Written by a therapist, consultant, and public speaker dedicated to the study of infertility and its emotional impact.
For any woman or couple who feel as if they're facing infertility alone, When You're Not Expecting is a must-have book.
Paperback: 272 pagesClick to order/for more info: When You're Not Expecting
I am a full-time at home mom. My children are eight, five and one year old.I worked 100 per cent in an office job up until my first child’s birth and I’ve been an at-home Mom, general manager of this house since then. We have a big house and garden and kids, my plate is full. We’re lucky here that my husband works full-time and with his income we can afford me being at home.
As soon as my first daughter was here I thought this is natural and normal for me, I thought this is fine with me. Before I was in two minds, I thought I didn’t want anybody telling me I had to work part-time and at the same time I didn’t want to be forced to go back to work full-time. I just wasn’t sure.
Within the first week or two I knew that I was going to enjoy this and my husband left the decision to me. He’s glad that I’m at home as he’d rather have me looking after the kids than somebody we don't know.
Maybe when my youngest goes to kindergarten I’d like to go to work but if it doesn’t happen it doesn’t happen. I take it one year at a time and I don’t think I’m missing out on anything.
Eight years ago it was more of a surprise to people, especially women, that I wasn’t going back to work. Women my age and older expect you to go back to work and to want to go back, to not be satisfied.
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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
Infertility Survival Handbookby Elizabeth Swire-Falker
-- After seven years of tests and more tests, treatments and more treatments, Elizabeth Swire-Falker understands what it means to struggle with infertility.
In this frank, reassuring, and thoroughly researched handbook, she shares her own personal experience and offers insight into what challenges to expect along the way-from getting support to finding the right doctor to dealing with insurance.
She gave up her career in the process when she found she couldn't struggle with infertility and maintain a high-powered job at the same time.
The years were filled with injections and blood tests and hormones and in vitro fertilizations, implantations, and miscarriages, and return trips to the assisted reproductive technology lab.
Paperback: 142 pagesClick to order/for more info: Infertility Survival Handbook
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They say pregnancy is a journey, in fact if I hear one more person tell me to "enjoy the journey" I might scream.The "journey" is challenging, particularly as an older mother to be.
My baby is due just before Christmas, but it's highly likely that it will be late in coming which will mean I might be chowing down Christmas dinner in a hospital bed, and bearing down during my 41st birthday.
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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
First Baby After 30 . . . or 40:What to Expect When You're 30-Something or More
by Dr Penny Stanway
-- Increasing numbers of women are having their first baby after 40, and with modern technology, the age at which women can have children is rising further still.
Although books on pregnancy and childbirth abound, a woman having her first child after the age of 30 or even 40 has special needs and concerns which are different from those of younger women.
This book looks at the pros and cons of having a first child later in life, discusses how to avoid or minimize the potential problems, and offers guidance on looking after yourself and your baby.
And because older women considering pregnancy are more likely than younger ones to think about life after the baby, it also takes a good look at family planning.
Paperback: 128 pagesClick to order/for more info: First Baby After 30 . . . or 40
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