Claire Danes expecting baby #3

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i got pregnant accidentally at 43. Happens

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Anonymous wrote:What is RE?

I’m so jealous of your ignorance.

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Anonymous wrote:My RE used to get so upset about this type of thing. Said they either use donor eggs or have frozen embryos from when they were younger.

How strange that your RE would be so upset about something that kept them gainfully employed.

That said, many women have “natural”, healthy pregnancies after 40. Ask my mother, and grandmother. Heck, I was 41 when I had DD (conceived my first month unprotected since the age of 17, and it was an awesome pregnancy).

I’m guessing you weren't 43 needing and RE, so maybe take a seat.

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Anonymous wrote:My RE used to get so upset about this type of thing. Said they either use donor eggs or have frozen embryos from when they were younger.

This is an RE's bread and butter and what they get paid big bucks to do (initiating pregnancy with DE or frozen).

Why would they get upset? Makes no sense. I don't believe your RE said this.

Got upset that they weren't truthful about their pregnancies thus making regular women believe that they can put off having kids until their 40s which for most women will not work.

Give women some credit. What 30 year old sees a People headline about Danes being pregnant at 43 and thinks, cool, I was going to go off BC and start trying but I guess I'll wait 10 years.

No one.

Also, this is her 3rd. She has a history of probably easy conceptions....so she's not the general population - she has shown she is fertile later on given she has a 4 year old. it's not a heavy lift to think this might be natural, and it's not a heavy lift to think they did IVF. Either way, no one is basing their own fertility decisions on this news.

Why do you think she “has a history of probably easy conceptions?” The age gaps between her children suggest otherwise.

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I have a good friend unexpectedly pregnant at 43. Was using BC. Has one other child, a tween.

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Leave her alone, it’s her so called life.

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Anonymous wrote:43 is old for a new baby. I know this because I’m 43 and I’m too old for a baby. But I’m just a regular person.

This. I'm 43 and don't bother with BC because it is so unlikely to naturally get pregnant. I am happy for Danes but the likelihood of natural pregnancies at 43+ is nil. These types of stories without mentioning repro asst are misleading to general public.

I got pregnant at 41 naturally, and was normal pregnancy. I did miscarry 3 years earlier, but most folks don’t talk about that (have to give props to PZ for her openness). I think when have already had kids it’s easier to get pregnant (which I know is hard to hear for late marriages, sorry).

PZ? Google isn't helping and all I can think of is Pia Zadora.

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Anonymous wrote:Leave her alone, it’s her so called life.

Wait, is Jordan Catalano the father?

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Anonymous wrote:My RE used to get so upset about this type of thing. Said they either use donor eggs or have frozen embryos from when they were younger.

This is an RE's bread and butter and what they get paid big bucks to do (initiating pregnancy with DE or frozen).

Why would they get upset? Makes no sense. I don't believe your RE said this.

Got upset that they weren't truthful about their pregnancies thus making regular women believe that they can put off having kids until their 40s which for most women will not work.

Give women some credit. What 30 year old sees a People headline about Danes being pregnant at 43 and thinks, cool, I was going to go off BC and start trying but I guess I'll wait 10 years.

No one.

Also, this is her 3rd. She has a history of probably easy conceptions....so she's not the general population - she has shown she is fertile later on given she has a 4 year old. it's not a heavy lift to think this might be natural, and it's not a heavy lift to think they did IVF. Either way, no one is basing their own fertility decisions on this news.

Why do you think she “has a history of probably easy conceptions?” The age gaps between her children suggest otherwise.

The age gaps make perfect sense for someone who has worked consistently since she was a teenager, in a field that is unfriendly to pregnancy, including a stint on a long running television show that she starred in. Filming hour long dramas is notoriously hard on actors -- just very grueling hours and then there is pressure to work on films and other projects during their hiatus in order to make hay when their careers are at a high point. I don't view gaps between kids to be evidence of anything accept success in that situation.

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My cynical guess is that she wanted a daughter

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Anonymous wrote:Leave her alone, it’s her so called life.

You win. Close the thread.

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Anonymous wrote:These stories are why I share that I had my first at 43 and twins at 46 After seven years of infertility and $$$$. And donor egg. Younger women have to know the real stories

Except there are other stories, yours is not the only one.

Yes but it is *her* story.

The hostility on this site is unceasing, my god.

She is presenting her story as if it's evidence that Danes had reproductive challenges due to age. I got pregnant at 41 on the first try, gave birth at nearly 42. Healthy and happy pregnancy. So there's another story.

Me too. She’s 7 and vibrant.

Me, too, but had DC when I was 44. Women in my family have babies pretty easily until that age. Lucky genes, I guess.

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What a horribly selfish woman.

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Anonymous wrote:43 is old for a new baby. I know this because I’m 43 and I’m too old for a baby. But I’m just a regular person.

This. I'm 43 and don't bother with BC because it is so unlikely to naturally get pregnant. I am happy for Danes but the likelihood of natural pregnancies at 43+ is nil. These types of stories without mentioning repro asst are misleading to general public.

I just had one? So, that’s dumb. Very dumb. I got pregnant on the first try and have two older kids. Baby is healthy, adorable, walking at 9 months and says mama.

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Congratulation to her and her family. Hope she has an easy pregnancy and gives birth to a healthy baby. What good news. She has the money to get the best care and all the help as a working mom, so that is great news!