Another celeb couple expecting twins ...

[Anonymous]

Wow--not sure I want to add to this but I will say that I agree with previous posters that I appreciate when celebrities are honest about whether or not they did IVF (don't need to address whether the eggs are donor or not). Frankly, that is one reason I really appreciate Giuliana and Bill Rancic, since they have been really honest about their struggle. It's great to have that out there instead of always a secret. I mean, half of the people I know seem to have twins and yet it always 'runs in families'. Yeah, right. Let's be honest here people. It's really nothing to be ashamed about. And yes, I did IVF and am now pregnant with twins. I don't plan to hide it.

[Anonymous]

I had twins naturally (and am now experiencing secondary IF) and it bugs me when people always assume that I'm lying when I say it runs in my family - in reference to the PP. We didn't all do IVF.

There's nothing wrong with doing IVF, but don't assume that twins means you did fertility treatments. This just drives me crazy.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps her twins are result of the IUI on injectibles? JLo's twins were.

[Anonymous]

God, who cares? Why all this speculation about what method she used? You all sound so insecure.

PP here with spontaneous twins. She could have had them naturally! Does this bother you?

[Anonymous]

Over 40 + celebrity + public denial of IVF = definitely did IVF.

Sorry twin-havers. The super-high incidence of twins born to IVFers is a fact of life. More twins are born to IVF parents than naturally conceived now. Deal with it!

[Anonymous]

The fact that many women still feel offended when others assume they had help conceiving their twins (or any child, for that matter) is just further evidence of the continuing stigma that infertility carries. Why else would someone feel insulted at the insinuation that "help" was necessary?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think they have been pretty open about the fact that they struggled to get pregnant and used assisted reproductive technology

Really? Because everything I've read she denies doing IVF and says it was just accupunture that got her pregnant. I wish more celebs would be open about doing IVF. Still nice news for them though.

I agree. I read that she claimed to only have used acupuncture. Sorry, I think this is total BS. If I were a celebrity I would not admit to using donor eggs because it's a much more personal issue but I would definitely admit to IVF. It does a real disservice to regular people when celebrities over 40 do not admit to receiving treatment. Women get the sense that they can wait forever because so many celebrities over 40 seem to get pregnant and their pregnancies are always in the news. Also, getting pregnant with twins over 40 is highly unlikely w/o the use of donor eggs. I'm not saying impossible, but highly unlikely. That is, unless she had some earlier embies frozen.

Ok...I guess I would say, that in this day and age, with ALL the information out there telling women that they can NOT successfully delay child bearing--if women are STILL relying on actresses, singers, celebrities, and Hollywood to provide them with correct and truthful information about pregnancies and their reproductive health...we are a society in deep trouble.

Secondly, I am living proof that multiples pregnancies CAN and DO happen for women in their 40's using their own eggs (boy/girl twins from an IVF egg retrieval that occurred the day before my 42nd birthday). It is almost as offensive to me that everyone assumes I used donor eggs when I didn't...as it is offensive that people refuse to admit that they had some form of medical intervention to help them get pregnant.

I don't think there is a lot of information out there telling women about the risks of delaying childbirth. That's why the clinics are overloaded with very intelligent AMA women. On the other hand, every other day there seems to be a news story running about a 40-something celebrity having a child. These celebrities get far more attention than stories focused on reproductive health.

Also, I am very happy for you, PP. You post on here a lot and your story gives a lot of women hope but your story is more like winning the lottery than that of the average AMA poster. Every once in awhile someone does win the lottery, but most women never will.

[Anonymous]

I wish I were more educated re: difficulties trying to conceive at an older age because I would not have waited until 35 and would have started TTC as soon as I got married at 27. So all these celebrities saying that they had a kid or kids naturally with no or with little medical assistance definitely create an illusion that getting pregnant after 35 is not a big deal. I agree with one of the PPs - the story of Guliana and Bill Rancic will be a wake-up call for many people, who were thinking of delaying the motherhood. I wish I saw this show seven years ago.

[Anonymous]

My best friend who is highly educated and intelligent and experienced infertility (her daughter is adopted) seems to completely believe that the AMA celebs get pregnant naturally - even 47 year old Kelly Preston. She's like well, "Grandma got pregnant naturally at 45 so why not Kelly Preston." I didn't tell a lot of people about the infertility problems we had because of stupid comments - like suggestions that DH and I just needed to have sex more or about their own amazing fertility. I knew I didn't need any more "helpful" comments. My twins were IVF and when they were infants people would ask me and it would get on my nerves - its a personal question. BUT - I totally wouldn't mind if someone said, "Were your twins IVF, my baby was!" Now my twins are 3 and its been years since anyone asked. I feel kind of guilty that we never told my inlaws about IVF - I feel like a friend who knows will accidently tell them one day. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

I don't know about Mariah Carey - maybe she's lying, maybe she's not. But it IS possible to treat infertility with acupuncture and progesterone. I got pregnant after 7 months of weekly acupuncture treatments + natural progesterone cream. No hormone treatment/injections/IVF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know about Mariah Carey - maybe she's lying, maybe she's not. But it IS possible to treat infertility with acupuncture and progesterone. I got pregnant after 7 months of weekly acupuncture treatments + natural progesterone cream. No hormone treatment/injections/IVF.

For heaven's sake -you do realize there are multiple reasons for infertility, don't you? My husband's practically none existent sperm count was not going to skyrocket due to a few well-placed needles.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know about Mariah Carey - maybe she's lying, maybe she's not. But it IS possible to treat infertility with acupuncture and progesterone. I got pregnant after 7 months of weekly acupuncture treatments + natural progesterone cream. No hormone treatment/injections/IVF.

For heaven's sake -you do realize there are multiple reasons for infertility, don't you? My husband's practically none existent sperm count was not going to skyrocket due to a few well-placed needles.

Of course I realize there are multiple reasons for infertility, but if Mariah Carey is saying she treated it with acupuncture I have to assume the issue was not with her husband's sperm count. I also know that not every woman has the same problem I had, so maybe not all can be treated with acupuncture. I haven't spent a lot of time looking through Mariah Carey's medical records, I was just making the point that it is possible - depending on the issue - to treat it with acupuncture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know about Mariah Carey - maybe she's lying, maybe she's not. But it IS possible to treat infertility with acupuncture and progesterone. I got pregnant after 7 months of weekly acupuncture treatments + natural progesterone cream. No hormone treatment/injections/IVF.

Yes, but were you 41 at the time? I also used acupuncture when I was TTC #1 but I don't think acupuncture is going to give me any new eggs now that I'm trying for #2.

[Anonymous]

Not true that most twins are conceived through IVF! It's about 40 %. Most are spontaneous.

Some people really like to think that people with twins "definitely had IVF," but that's just not the case. Sorry if that disappoints some of the PPs!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not true that most twins are conceived through IVF! It's about 40 %. Most are spontaneous.

Some people really like to think that people with twins "definitely had IVF," but that's just not the case. Sorry if that disappoints some of the PPs!

reference please.