This is complete BS, right? Pregnant at 48 after decades of trying

[Anonymous]

Sounds hideous.

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The odds of a live birth are under 5% at 42 which is why IVF clinics dont take patients over 42. I'm pretty sure we're talking 0.1% or lower odds with own eggs at 48. Donor eggs are a different story.

Here’s an old (dated advice) study that followed 105 women ages 45-51.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/45103/

This shows that until you hit actual menopause, there’s a reason standard advice is to use some form of bc. 0.1% still means 1 in 10,000. As an individual it means it’s unlikely. At the population level, well,it’s not unheard of.

But we're talking someone who has been infertile for a decade. Strong miscarriage record. The odds have to be even lower at that point.

It doesn’t say that she was infertile for a decade. It says she tried 3 times during a 1 year period during which she was under enormous stress, and then tried once in the intervening 10 years.

I am also not seeing where it says she ran out of eggs and did another retrieval.

I’ve heard of people who thought they were infertile for years and then had a miracle baby. As long as there are eggs it’s possible one is healthy, even though unlikely.

[Anonymous]

I wish her well.

[Anonymous]

Almost certainly donor egg and late husbands frozen sperm.

[Anonymous]

I am 52 and having still my period every month

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 52 and having still my period every month

The odds of you getting pregnant and having a live birth are infinitesimally small.

[Anonymous]

I wish her well. I had my first at 32 and then struggled with infertility and miscarriages until I hit 42 and then became pregnant with my second child. Not how I planned it but in the end it worked out and I have two healthy kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I am 52 and having still my period every month

Some people are just built differently. My grandmother had her kids at 46 and 49 in the 50s, so obviously no IVF. None of the women on that side of the family hit menopause til closer to 60 and there's a long history of living to over 100 which is supposedly related.

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Anonymous wrote:I am 52 and having still my period every month

The odds of you getting pregnant and having a live birth are infinitesimally small.

DP but my grandma had a baby at 52. She had 11 live babies total though and obviously no history of infertility.

[Anonymous]

Grandma also had my mom and another in her 40s. Pray I do too.

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Anonymous wrote:Her father is dead; her mom has Parkinson’s, and needs care; her baby’s father has passed and may have a genetic brain tumor and she’s going to be close to 70 when kid starts college, leaving child alone in the world with possible inherited medical problems. How selfish. Why didn’t she adopt?!

I missed the article discussing a genetic basis for his tumor. Are you speculating?

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Anonymous wrote:I am 52 and having still my period every month

The odds of you getting pregnant and having a live birth are infinitesimally small.

DP but my grandma had a baby at 52. She had 11 live babies total though and obviously no history of infertility.

She may not have discussed any losses with you. That generation didn’t.

My grandmother was one of 12 live births, but the two youngest daughters said that there were at least four losses.

DH’s grandmother was one of 14 live births and midwifed many of them. She told her own daughter that her mother lost one for every two she delivered.

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Anonymous wrote:I am 52 and having still my period every month

The odds of you getting pregnant and having a live birth are infinitesimally small.

DP but my grandma had a baby at 52. She had 11 live babies total though and obviously no history of infertility.

She may not have discussed any losses with you. That generation didn’t.

My grandmother was one of 12 live births, but the two youngest daughters said that there were at least four losses.

DH’s grandmother was one of 14 live births and midwifed many of them. She told her own daughter that her mother lost one for every two she delivered.

Well yes, but I don’t consider that infertility. I had losses myself but got pregnant easily and carried to term mostly, so I don’t say or think I had infertility overall.

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Anonymous wrote:https://people.com/woman-becomes-widow-38-pregnant-husbands-baby-10-years-later-11786129

This can't possibly be true, right? She has a history of at least 6 miscarriages and decades of trying. She's claiming she's using her own eggs at 48 and carrying to term? WTF?

A friend of mine got pregnant naturally at the age of 45 with identical twins. It happens. This was her only pregnancy.

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Anonymous wrote:Even if she didn’t freeze eggs, it’s possible- we’re talking low odds, not powerball lottery odds. She wouldn’t even be close to the record of a ‘naturally’ conceived pregnancy.

Btw, I’m 48 with fairly regular periods and my ob/gyn put the fear of god in me last appointment. Has 2 patients that are pregnant and are my age-they thought missed periods were menopause. Nope, they were pregnant. When I tell you I broke out in a cold sweat! DH got a vasectomy that very month.

The odds of a live birth are under 5% at 42 which is why IVF clinics dont take patients over 42. I'm pretty sure we're talking 0.1% or lower odds with own eggs at 48. Donor eggs are a different story.

WHAT? This is insane. Cite your source, buddy.