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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A friend of mine had 4 kids without any fertility help. The last 2 of the 4 were at 42 and 45. All kids are healthy.[/quote]

Having your first biological child after 40 (without fertility treatments) is much less likely than what you describe, so not really relevant for op’s friend, I’m afraid.  Basically if you don’t use it your body shuts it down sooner.

Op, tell your friend to go to an RE and get a work up to find out what her chances are.  They will give her specific info about her body like egg counts and help her figure out what her next options might be.  Information is power.

To be honest her own egg chances are already only 4% at age 43, even with  Ivf.  Donor egg though is still very possible. [/quote]

This is not true. I gave birth just after turning 43. I had no problem getting pregnant. I was lectured by a whacko doctor at 38, he told me if I wanted kids I needed to go on fertility drugs ASAP. I was newly married at the time and we didn’t know if we wanted kids. Fast forward 4 years to conceive naturally and have an easy pregnancy.

The statistics that the medical community bases the conception mis information off of is from 1970s and the research stopped at women over 35. Women are having kids later and fertility treatments are better. My advice to your friend is to freeze her eggs. Also, date a younger guy?[/quote]

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