Brigitte Nielsen Is Pregnant at 54

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just hope she has a good M.D. because the chances of carrying that child full-term, then being born at a healthy weight, w/no birth defects are nil.

And Down Syndrome is a very high possibility at her age.

You are clueless about fertility treatments, which is not a bad thing! Around the time they were married she said they would be pursuing IVF, so if this is an IVF pregnancy, regardless of whether it is her egg or someone else’s, they likely would have done PGS to test the embryo for genetic issues. Even if it is a natural pregnancy, she has likely done testing. I had two pregnancies in my 40s, lots of tests, and two healthy babies. [Yes, I know 40s isn’t 54]

[Anonymous]

She LOOKS menopausal. She appears to have aged a lot just in the past few years. Her husband looks like he could be her son.

Is it possible for a menopausal woman to get pregnant even with medical intervention (donor eggs, etc)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She LOOKS menopausal. She appears to have aged a lot just in the past few years. Her husband looks like he could be her son.

Is it possible for a menopausal woman to get pregnant even with medical intervention (donor eggs, etc)?

Yes, though she would need hormonal support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She LOOKS menopausal. She appears to have aged a lot just in the past few years. Her husband looks like he could be her son.

Is it possible for a menopausal woman to get pregnant even with medical intervention (donor eggs, etc)?

Yes, though she would need hormonal support.

I think that may be the reason she got pregnant. Clinging to youth and a younger husband....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just hope she has a good M.D. because the chances of carrying that child full-term, then being born at a healthy weight, w/no birth defects are nil.

And Down Syndrome is a very high possibility at her age.

When the child graduates from High School, she will be 73.
A tad past retirement age.
Yikes.

There's literally no chance she used her own eggs for this pregnancy. I'm quite certain she used a donor egg, so the odds of a Down Syndrome baby are the same as if she were twenty-something.

It may surprise you to know that there are 50+ year old women carrying pregnancies to term regularly, due to advances in the use of donor egg. There's no reason to believe the pregnancy will be anything but normal and go full-term.

[Anonymous]

There are pictures of her swigging vodka, smoking cigarettes and vomiting or spitting in a LA park back in 2012. She was also on the reality t.v. show Celebrity Rehab.

It seems as though she's quit drinking and smoking which is great and more power to her. But she really needs to be pregnant now?

[Anonymous]

Haha, when I am 54 my oldest will be 28!

He should be the one having a child at that point, not me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My oldest son is 24 and he would be all "Uh Mom, this is a little ridiculous, don't you think?" if I had a kid now, and I'm not even 45!

Well maybe in bumbf*ck Idaho or wherever you're from that's typical--but here in the big city, I was 44 with 2 2 year olds and had my 3rd at 45. Get over yourself.

You're being ridiculous. Lots of women have babies in DC in their late twenties and early thirties. It's not a "bumf*ck Iowa" thing. It's still not recommended to have them at 45 even though you technically can.

You can have a child and pursue a career at the same time you know. You don't have to do things one after the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haha, when I am 54 my oldest will be 28!

He should be the one having a child at that point, not me.

I'll still have one kid in HS and one kid in college when I'm 54. But a newborn at my age? Awe hells no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just hope she has a good M.D. because the chances of carrying that child full-term, then being born at a healthy weight, w/no birth defects are nil.

And Down Syndrome is a very high possibility at her age.

When the child graduates from High School, she will be 73.
A tad past retirement age.
Yikes.

um, this isn't her egg.
An old uterus doesn't contribute to birth defects or down syndrome.

[Anonymous]

I know logically that there is no magic age to have a baby, but something about people in their mid50s (men and women both) just gives me an internal knee jerk reaction of "too late". I mean I'm never going to say it out loud, or would ever dream of telling someone else they are wrong, it's their life but there just seems to be something about it that strikes me as more than just "different strokes for different folks"- hypothetically, is there an age that this board would concede IS too late, not a good idea, etc? 60?70? Like I said, I'd never do anything to stand in someone's way, including speaking out negatively about it really, but here on an anon forum, I do at least think about these things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know logically that there is no magic age to have a baby, but something about people in their mid50s (men and women both) just gives me an internal knee jerk reaction of "too late". I mean I'm never going to say it out loud, or would ever dream of telling someone else they are wrong, it's their life but there just seems to be something about it that strikes me as more than just "different strokes for different folks"- hypothetically, is there an age that this board would concede IS too late, not a good idea, etc? 60?70? Like I said, I'd never do anything to stand in someone's way, including speaking out negatively about it really, but here on an anon forum, I do at least think about these things.

I feel exactly the same way.

[Anonymous]

Wouldn't she already have reached menopause? What kind of hormonal support would make carrying the baby possible?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know logically that there is no magic age to have a baby, but something about people in their mid50s (men and women both) just gives me an internal knee jerk reaction of "too late". I mean I'm never going to say it out loud, or would ever dream of telling someone else they are wrong, it's their life but there just seems to be something about it that strikes me as more than just "different strokes for different folks"- hypothetically, is there an age that this board would concede IS too late, not a good idea, etc? 60?70? Like I said, I'd never do anything to stand in someone's way, including speaking out negatively about it really, but here on an anon forum, I do at least think about these things.

i would say 55+ is where i would say the woman is venturing into a bizarre category. maybe 60+ for men? i am expecting my 3rd at 45 so i am probably more forgiving than most.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't she already have reached menopause? What kind of hormonal support would make carrying the baby possible?

not sure how it works, exactly, but there are multiple examples of women carrying donor pregnancies in their sixties, even 70+. apparently it's possible.