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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

She said 45 years old, carried a baby [i]to term[/i] and delivered a [i]healthy[/i] 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.[/quote]

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.

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