Hilary Swank pregnant with twins

[Anonymous]

She stars in a new TV show starting tonight, Alaska Daily. I wonder what will happen with that.

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Anonymous wrote:She may have used her own frozen eggs but it’s almost 100% IVF. It’s a miracle indeed, of modern medicine.

It’s creepy and ungodly. And then we have sad stories shoved down our throat when it goes badly, eg Jimmy Kimmel, Markle, Christy Tiefan.

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Anonymous wrote:I naturally conceived twins at 40.

My grandmother naturally conceived twins at 42.

My great-grandmother naturally conceived twins at 45.

It id definitely possible !! My great grandmother naturally conceived twins at age 45 as well! This was the 1920s!

You can assume all you want, but not all of us used fertility treatments, nor is it anyone's business how we conceived our children.

Thanks for those anecdotes, sweetie, and thanks for telling us you don’t comprehend the difference between anecdotes and science.

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Anonymous wrote:She may have used her own frozen eggs but it’s almost 100% IVF. It’s a miracle indeed, of modern medicine.

It’s creepy and ungodly. And then we have sad stories shoved down our throat when it goes badly, eg Jimmy Kimmel, Markle, Christy Tiefan.

Oof. Blessed be the fruit, weirdo.

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Anonymous wrote:I naturally conceived twins at 40.

My grandmother naturally conceived twins at 42.

My great-grandmother naturally conceived twins at 45.

It id definitely possible !! My great grandmother naturally conceived twins at age 45 as well! This was the 1920s!

You can assume all you want, but not all of us used fertility treatments, nor is it anyone's business how we conceived our children.

Thanks for those anecdotes, sweetie, and thanks for telling us you don’t comprehend the difference between anecdotes and science.

I’m sorry you have had a tough time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I naturally conceived twins at 40.

My grandmother naturally conceived twins at 42.

My great-grandmother naturally conceived twins at 45.

It id definitely possible !! My great grandmother naturally conceived twins at age 45 as well! This was the 1920s!

You can assume all you want, but not all of us used fertility treatments, nor is it anyone's business how we conceived our children.

Thanks for those anecdotes, sweetie, and thanks for telling us you don’t comprehend the difference between anecdotes and science.

Wow, you're a gem.

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Anonymous wrote:I just saw Hilary Swank is expecting twins at age 48. Her comments about like “twins run in my family” and “it is such a miracle” make it sound like it was natural. I know this is totally petty, but it drives me crazy when celebrities pretend like they just naturally conceived twins at a very advanced maternal age.

https://people.com/parents/hilary-swank-pregnant-expecting-twins-with-husband-philip-schneider/

Why is it anyone's business how she conceived? I did IVF and did not have twins, but during the week in between when I had my positive pregnancy test and my first ultrasound, I couldn't stop thinking about how, if I was carrying twins, there would be non-stop questions about whether I used IVF. It's no one's business.

In general it's no one's business, but when celebrities make comments suggesting that they conceived naturally and they didn't, it gives regular women a false sense of security/hope about their own likelihood of conception at an advanced age.

Hillary Swank announced her pregnancy at age 48. She didn’t declare that all other women should do the same.

[Anonymous]

I would not want to be dealing with toddlers and menopause at the same time but she has the means apparently.

[Anonymous]

Good for her. Funny how no one blinks an eye when men are parents for the first time in their 50s and 60s.

[Anonymous]

My FIL is one of surprise twins conceived at age 47. No IVF where he was from.

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Anonymous wrote:I know two “older” mothers that both had identical twins the old-fashioned way without fertility help. It absolutely happens.

The rate of identical twins with ART is much higher than natural conception. You never know with people if they aren't open about treatment.

This was my sister’s MIL and my SIL’s grandmother so we definitely know they didn’t have fertility treatments since none existed at the time.

Ok, but its still statistically very rare, your two anecdotes doesn't change anything.

So why can’t Hilary Swank be one of these cases?

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Anonymous wrote:I know two “older” mothers that both had identical twins the old-fashioned way without fertility help. It absolutely happens.

The rate of identical twins with ART is much higher than natural conception. You never know with people if they aren't open about treatment.

This was my sister’s MIL and my SIL’s grandmother so we definitely know they didn’t have fertility treatments since none existed at the time.

Ok, but its still statistically very rare, your two anecdotes doesn't change anything.

So why can’t Hilary Swank be one of these cases?

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Anonymous wrote:I know two “older” mothers that both had identical twins the old-fashioned way without fertility help. It absolutely happens.

The rate of identical twins with ART is much higher than natural conception. You never know with people if they aren't open about treatment.

This was my sister’s MIL and my SIL’s grandmother so we definitely know they didn’t have fertility treatments since none existed at the time.

Ok, but its still statistically very rare, your two anecdotes doesn't change anything.

So why can’t Hilary Swank be one of these cases?

+1

Honestly? She’s too thin. Surprise pregnancies at that age don’t happen to super skinny women. They just don’t.

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Anonymous wrote:I know two “older” mothers that both had identical twins the old-fashioned way without fertility help. It absolutely happens.

The rate of identical twins with ART is much higher than natural conception. You never know with people if they aren't open about treatment.

This was my sister’s MIL and my SIL’s grandmother so we definitely know they didn’t have fertility treatments since none existed at the time.

Ok, but its still statistically very rare, your two anecdotes doesn't change anything.

So why can’t Hilary Swank be one of these cases?

+1

It’s amazing fertility clinics stay in business since apparently nobody uses them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know two “older” mothers that both had identical twins the old-fashioned way without fertility help. It absolutely happens.

The rate of identical twins with ART is much higher than natural conception. You never know with people if they aren't open about treatment.

This was my sister’s MIL and my SIL’s grandmother so we definitely know they didn’t have fertility treatments since none existed at the time.

Ok, but its still statistically very rare, your two anecdotes doesn't change anything.

So why can’t Hilary Swank be one of these cases?

+1

Honestly? She’s too thin. Surprise pregnancies at that age don’t happen to super skinny women. They just don’t.

You’re wrong, again.