Odds of Getting Pregnant at 45??!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got pregnant last June at 45. I ended up miscarrying. I had my first and only DC right after I turned 44, so it wasn't a surprise that I was pregnant and also that I miscarried.

She said 45 years old, carried a baby to term and delivered a healthy child.

Why is it only on the Internet that I hear about someone's Grandmother or Aunt Sally or relatives from the Dust Bowl who gave birth to a baby at 48 and now that kid is doing great things for the world?? Are you guys really buying all of that?

Also, that link is to a blog. And people can post anything they want and be anyone they want on a blog.

I am talking actual objective medical facts here. Backed up by theoretical medical evidence.

Not some anonymous people in cyberspace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got pregnant last June at 45. I ended up miscarrying. I had my first and only DC right after I turned 44, so it wasn't a surprise that I was pregnant and also that I miscarried.

She said 45 years old, carried a baby to term and delivered a healthy child.

Why is it only on the Internet that I hear about someone's Grandmother or Aunt Sally or relatives from the Dust Bowl who gave birth to a baby at 48 and now that kid is doing great things for the world?? Are you guys really buying all of that?

Also, that link is to a blog. And people can post anything they want and be anyone they want on a blog.

I am talking actual objective medical facts here. Backed up by theoretical medical evidence.

Not some anonymous people in cyberspace.

I'm PP at 8:23

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8828432 - 79 identified cases, meaning 0.63 of all live births at hospital; only three of the 79 were assisted conception. High incidence of complications, but most babies were term, and no incidence of maternal death. Perinatal mortality rate 1.3%, which is high.

Another one from Australia:

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/13/80
Incidence of pregnancy in women over 45 0.1-0.16% of all live births. Again, higher complication rate - they didn't find deaths in the perinatal period statistically significant.


Again, odds aren't great but they are certainly not zero. For women who are normally careful about birth control, I'd say enough to be concerned and take a pregnancy test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually did a research paper for my English #101 course a few years back on this very topic.

In the U.S., it has NEVER been documented of a women 45 and over, conceiving a child naturally using her own fertilized eggs, carrying a child to term and giving birth to a healthy baby. Never.

So even if you did get pregnant OP, your chances of miscarrying the child are already at 50 per cent. Then your odds drop at actually carrying it to term.

I wouldn't waste any money on buying Plan B. The Morning After Pill makes you nauseous as heck plus at your age it wouldn't make sense.

Hahahahahahaha! Your research skills suck. I know two people who are 50/60 who are the children of mothers who had them at age 46 and 48. Others have obviously chimed in as well.

My mom had me at 42 (turned 43 the next month) in 1972. It was a scandal on my street. The neighbors said all kinds of crazy things. We'll 4 years later one of those women got pregnant at 46! She was not trying and nothing was wrong with the baby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually did a research paper for my English #101 course a few years back on this very topic.

In the U.S., it has NEVER been documented of a women 45 and over, conceiving a child naturally using her own fertilized eggs, carrying a child to term and giving birth to a healthy baby. Never.

So even if you did get pregnant OP, your chances of miscarrying the child are already at 50 per cent. Then your odds drop at actually carrying it to term.

I wouldn't waste any money on buying Plan B. The Morning After Pill makes you nauseous as heck plus at your age it wouldn't make sense.

WTF!? That is a load of crap-O-la!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After a LONG dry spell, I reconnected w/an ex over the past few days and needless to say, made up for lost time and then some.

Anyway, in the heat of passion, I didn't use any type of birth control and neither did he.

My last menstrual period was Sept. 13th, I had sexual relations 21st-23rd and my cycles can vary from every 25 to every 27 days.

Online research says at my age my chances are 1%...Even less than.

Yet, my co-workers are telling me until I hit menopause I am fair game and can get pregnant any time I have unprotected sex.

Who's right here?

Sounds like you had fun

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got pregnant last June at 45. I ended up miscarrying. I had my first and only DC right after I turned 44, so it wasn't a surprise that I was pregnant and also that I miscarried.

She said 45 years old, carried a baby to term and delivered a healthy child.

Why is it only on the Internet that I hear about someone's Grandmother or Aunt Sally or relatives from the Dust Bowl who gave birth to a baby at 48 and now that kid is doing great things for the world?? Are you guys really buying all of that?

Also, that link is to a blog. And people can post anything they want and be anyone they want on a blog.

I am talking actual objective medical facts here. Backed up by theoretical medical evidence.

Not some anonymous people in cyberspace.

What are you talking about??? OP asked about odds of getting pregnant at 45 and never said anything about carrying a baby to term and delivering a healthy child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually did a research paper for my English #101 course a few years back on this very topic.

In the U.S., it has NEVER been documented of a women 45 and over, conceiving a child naturally using her own fertilized eggs, carrying a child to term and giving birth to a healthy baby. Never.

So even if you did get pregnant OP, your chances of miscarrying the child are already at 50 per cent. Then your odds drop at actually carrying it to term.

I wouldn't waste any money on buying Plan B. The Morning After Pill makes you nauseous as heck plus at your age it wouldn't make sense.

+1 this is true. I did some similar research. There are no documented cases for women over 45. Many of you have anecdotes regarding a 43 year old grandmother. this is not the same.

We also discussed this at great length in one of my classes at college. There was an overwhelming consensus in the class about this subject.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually did a research paper for my English #101 course a few years back on this very topic.

In the U.S., it has NEVER been documented of a women 45 and over, conceiving a child naturally using her own fertilized eggs, carrying a child to term and giving birth to a healthy baby. Never.

So even if you did get pregnant OP, your chances of miscarrying the child are already at 50 per cent. Then your odds drop at actually carrying it to term.

I wouldn't waste any money on buying Plan B. The Morning After Pill makes you nauseous as heck plus at your age it wouldn't make sense.

+1 this is true. I did some similar research. There are no documented cases for women over 45. Many of you have anecdotes regarding a 43 year old grandmother. this is not the same.

We also discussed this at great length in one of my classes at college. There was an overwhelming consensus in the class about this subject.

I agree. This is theoretical AND totally factual information here. I am quite shocked that there are posters on here that are trying to argue with this information.

Of course you will always have people who will claim they "knew" someone who had that miracle baby during menopause who came out healthy, etc.

But don't believe everything you read online.

Or you may also believe that woman a few weeks ago who had that third breast. Wow. Just wow.

It is virtually impossible for a woman who is forty-five to get pregnant naturally (no medical assistance at all), using her own fertilized eggs (not frozen), carry a baby full-term to forty weeks and give birth to that baby w/no health problems at a healthy birth rate. Impossible.

[Anonymous]

Tell that to my 50-something year old aunt, born to my grandmother at 46. Her oldest daughter was pregnant at the same time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually did a research paper for my English #101 course a few years back on this very topic.

In the U.S., it has NEVER been documented of a women 45 and over, conceiving a child naturally using her own fertilized eggs, carrying a child to term and giving birth to a healthy baby. Never.

So even if you did get pregnant OP, your chances of miscarrying the child are already at 50 per cent. Then your odds drop at actually carrying it to term.

I wouldn't waste any money on buying Plan B. The Morning After Pill makes you nauseous as heck plus at your age it wouldn't make sense.

+1 this is true. I did some similar research. There are no documented cases for women over 45. Many of you have anecdotes regarding a 43 year old grandmother. this is not the same.

We also discussed this at great length in one of my classes at college. There was an overwhelming consensus in the class about this subject.

Are you unable to read?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8828432

This is a peer-reviewed article in a OB-GYN magazine citing documented cases.

[Anonymous]

Georgia Bitzis Pooley

[Anonymous]

http://www.aww.com.au/news-features/in-the-mag/2011/7/i-had-a-baby-at-50-%E2%80%93-without-ivf/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually did a research paper for my English #101 course a few years back on this very topic.

In the U.S., it has NEVER been documented of a women 45 and over, conceiving a child naturally using her own fertilized eggs, carrying a child to term and giving birth to a healthy baby. Never.

So even if you did get pregnant OP, your chances of miscarrying the child are already at 50 per cent. Then your odds drop at actually carrying it to term.

I wouldn't waste any money on buying Plan B. The Morning After Pill makes you nauseous as heck plus at your age it wouldn't make sense.

+1 this is true. I did some similar research. There are no documented cases for women over 45. Many of you have anecdotes regarding a 43 year old grandmother. this is not the same.

We also discussed this at great length in one of my classes at college. There was an overwhelming consensus in the class about this subject.

I agree. This is theoretical AND totally factual information here. I am quite shocked that there are posters on here that are trying to argue with this information.

Of course you will always have people who will claim they "knew" someone who had that miracle baby during menopause who came out healthy, etc.

But don't believe everything you read online.

Or you may also believe that woman a few weeks ago who had that third breast. Wow. Just wow.

It is virtually impossible for a woman who is forty-five to get pregnant naturally (no medical assistance at all), using her own fertilized eggs (not frozen), carry a baby full-term to forty weeks and give birth to that baby w/no health problems at a healthy birth rate. Impossible.

exactly. I think what some of the posters are confusing is that their aunts, etc used someone else's eggs.

anyone can say their great grandmother had a baby after age 45 - i have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually did a research paper for my English #101 course a few years back on this very topic.

In the U.S., it has NEVER been documented of a women 45 and over, conceiving a child naturally using her own fertilized eggs, carrying a child to term and giving birth to a healthy baby. Never.

So even if you did get pregnant OP, your chances of miscarrying the child are already at 50 per cent. Then your odds drop at actually carrying it to term.

I wouldn't waste any money on buying Plan B. The Morning After Pill makes you nauseous as heck plus at your age it wouldn't make sense.

+1 this is true. I did some similar research. There are no documented cases for women over 45. Many of you have anecdotes regarding a 43 year old grandmother. this is not the same.

We also discussed this at great length in one of my classes at college. There was an overwhelming consensus in the class about this subject.

I agree. This is theoretical AND totally factual information here. I am quite shocked that there are posters on here that are trying to argue with this information.

Of course you will always have people who will claim they "knew" someone who had that miracle baby during menopause who came out healthy, etc.

But don't believe everything you read online.

Or you may also believe that woman a few weeks ago who had that third breast. Wow. Just wow.

It is virtually impossible for a woman who is forty-five to get pregnant naturally (no medical assistance at all), using her own fertilized eggs (not frozen), carry a baby full-term to forty weeks and give birth to that baby w/no health problems at a healthy birth rate. Impossible.

exactly. I think what some of the posters are confusing is that their aunts, etc used someone else's eggs.

anyone can say their great grandmother had a baby after age 45 - i have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

You know donor eggs are a very new phenomena, right? My grandmother who had my dad at 45 certainly didn't use them. I didn't use them to have my dd at 44. Did you not see the study pp linked to? Why is it so hsrd to believe a woman can have a baby at 45? It's certainly not common, but it's definately not impossible. I'm not sure why the fact that you don't personally know anyone who did is more valid than the evidence from posters who do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually did a research paper for my English #101 course a few years back on this very topic.

In the U.S., it has NEVER been documented of a women 45 and over, conceiving a child naturally using her own fertilized eggs, carrying a child to term and giving birth to a healthy baby. Never.

So even if you did get pregnant OP, your chances of miscarrying the child are already at 50 per cent. Then your odds drop at actually carrying it to term.

I wouldn't waste any money on buying Plan B. The Morning After Pill makes you nauseous as heck plus at your age it wouldn't make sense.

+1 this is true. I did some similar research. There are no documented cases for women over 45. Many of you have anecdotes regarding a 43 year old grandmother. this is not the same.



We also discussed this at great length in one of my classes at college. There was an overwhelming consensus in the class about this subject.

I agree. This is theoretical AND totally factual information here. I am quite shocked that there are posters on here that are trying to argue with this information.

Of course you will always have people who will claim they "knew" someone who had that miracle baby during menopause who came out healthy, etc.

But don't believe everything you read online.

Or you may also believe that woman a few weeks ago who had that third breast. Wow. Just wow.

It is virtually impossible for a woman who is forty-five to get pregnant naturally (no medical assistance at all), using her own fertilized eggs (not frozen), carry a baby full-term to forty weeks and give birth to that baby w/no health problems at a healthy birth rate. Impossible.

exactly. I think what some of the posters are confusing is that their aunts, etc used someone else's eggs.

anyone can say their great grandmother had a baby after age 45 - i have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

This is bullshit.
I posted above that I neighbor had a baby at 46. I knew the daughter they had and she's a healthy young woman.
Do you think other posters are making these stories up?