Anonymous wrote:I appreciate when celebrities are honest about their fertility circumstances, but it really isn’t any of our business.

I actually would not be surprised if this were a natural pregnancy. Do you really think she would have tried for 8 years with treatments...or put off trying, if they wanted kids together?

Anonymous wrote:If it was a natural pregnancy more power to her. I just think these celebrities should publicly announce that they use donor eggs, if they do only because many ordinary women look up to them (unfortunately). This gives women a false impression and hope that they will be fertile in their 40s when the reality is mostly the opposite of that.

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Anonymous wrote:Probably, but why don't you ask her? I'm sure she's itching to tell everyone how her baby was made, and just hasn't said anything because no one has asked.

It's either a donor egg or it isn't. At her age, it most likely is. What does confirmation one way or the other matter?

personally I am curious. I am pregnant naturally at 45 which is obviously different from 48 but even at 48 pregnancies do happen.

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Anonymous wrote:I started a thread about her pregnancy on infertility forum where it is much more relevant for all of us infertiles but the thread was for a bizarre reason locked and I was told to join this thread. Any who, here is my opinion:

1. I think that she got pregnant using donor embryos and Craig's sperm.

2. For those that think that she used frozen eggs, we have seen that it is very precarious to use frozen eggs, as evident from other stories on infertility forum. Eggs do not survive thaw process as well as embryos and it she froze only 12-15 eggs lets say that is not nearly enough. However, I will give her the benefit of doubt.

3. For those that suggested that she used frozen embryos, that is the least likely scenario. She began dating Craig in Dec 2010 when she 40 years and 9 months old. Unless she knew she was going to marry him and have children with him day one, she would't have created and frozen embryos with him then and there. He would have had to agree to that from a day one. At 40+ every month that passes by is a decade in fertility terms, so it's unlikely she froze them at 42 or 43 without a high rate of aneuploidy.

4. Media is doing a huge disservice throwing around titles about celebrities and high profile persons getting pregnant in their late 40s/early 50s without mentioning that this is biologically highly unlikely (although not impossible). In infertility world we know that the most important thing is the age of an egg (age of an egg is same as the age of a woman because women are born with all their eggs). The age of an uterus doesn't matter provided that it is anatomically fine (in majority of women it is) and a women is in general good health. So, it does not matter who carries an embryo technically speaking. It matters who conceives an embryo and in this case it's most likely a donor and Craig.

Good post!

Anonymous wrote:Since they have been together for several years it just might a natural miracle. If they had really wanted to she could have kids via fertility treatments when they first got together.

Anonymous wrote:I started a thread about her pregnancy on infertility forum where it is much more relevant for all of us infertiles but the thread was for a bizarre reason locked and I was told to join this thread. Any who, here is my opinion:

1. I think that she got pregnant using donor embryos and Craig's sperm.

2. For those that think that she used frozen eggs, we have seen that it is very precarious to use frozen eggs, as evident from other stories on infertility forum. Eggs do not survive thaw process as well as embryos and it she froze only 12-15 eggs lets say that is not nearly enough. However, I will give her the benefit of doubt.

3. For those that suggested that she used frozen embryos, that is the least likely scenario. She began dating Craig in Dec 2010 when she 40 years and 9 months old. Unless she knew she was going to marry him and have children with him day one, she would't have created and frozen embryos with him then and there. He would have had to agree to that from a day one. At 40+ every month that passes by is a decade in fertility terms, so it's unlikely she froze them at 42 or 43 without a high rate of aneuploidy.

4. Media is doing a huge disservice throwing around titles about celebrities and high profile persons getting pregnant in their late 40s/early 50s without mentioning that this is biologically highly unlikely (although not impossible). In infertility world we know that the most important thing is the age of an egg (age of an egg is same as the age of a woman because women are born with all their eggs). The age of an uterus doesn't matter provided that it is anatomically fine (in majority of women it is) and a women is in general good health. So, it does not matter who carries an embryo technically speaking. It matters who conceives an embryo and in this case it's most likely a donor and Craig.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I started a thread about her pregnancy on infertility forum where it is much more relevant for all of us infertiles but the thread was for a bizarre reason locked and I was told to join this thread. Any who, here is my opinion:

1. I think that she got pregnant using donor embryos and Craig's sperm.

2. For those that think that she used frozen eggs, we have seen that it is very precarious to use frozen eggs, as evident from other stories on infertility forum. Eggs do not survive thaw process as well as embryos and it she froze only 12-15 eggs lets say that is not nearly enough. However, I will give her the benefit of doubt.

3. For those that suggested that she used frozen embryos, that is the least likely scenario. She began dating Craig in Dec 2010 when she 40 years and 9 months old. Unless she knew she was going to marry him and have children with him day one, she would't have created and frozen embryos with him then and there. He would have had to agree to that from a day one. At 40+ every month that passes by is a decade in fertility terms, so it's unlikely she froze them at 42 or 43 without a high rate of aneuploidy.

4. Media is doing a huge disservice throwing around titles about celebrities and high profile persons getting pregnant in their late 40s/early 50s without mentioning that this is biologically highly unlikely (although not impossible). In infertility world we know that the most important thing is the age of an egg (age of an egg is same as the age of a woman because women are born with all their eggs). The age of an uterus doesn't matter provided that it is anatomically fine (in majority of women it is) and a women is in general good health. So, it does not matter who carries an embryo technically speaking. It matters who conceives an embryo and in this case it's most likely a donor and Craig.

If you're on the infertility forum you should know the correct terminology. Donor embryos wouldn’t have Craig’s sperm.

It’s totally possible that she froze her eggs in 2008-2009 when she was in her late 30s and her relationship with Darren Aronofsky was ending. I have a friend who froze her eggs at SG around the same time period and around the same age (she was 38). She has a 3yo now.

but why would Weisz wait 10 years to use those eggs? she has been with Craig for like 8 years now. it seems unlikely she started thinking about kids 5 months ago.

PP here. I can say my friend waited a few years to use her 38yo frozen eggs and then it took her a few tries. Obviously I have no idea how Rachel Weisz conceived/became pregnant. Maybe it was an oops/surprise. Who knows?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I started a thread about her pregnancy on infertility forum where it is much more relevant for all of us infertiles but the thread was for a bizarre reason locked and I was told to join this thread. Any who, here is my opinion:

1. I think that she got pregnant using donor embryos and Craig's sperm.

2. For those that think that she used frozen eggs, we have seen that it is very precarious to use frozen eggs, as evident from other stories on infertility forum. Eggs do not survive thaw process as well as embryos and it she froze only 12-15 eggs lets say that is not nearly enough. However, I will give her the benefit of doubt.

3. For those that suggested that she used frozen embryos, that is the least likely scenario. She began dating Craig in Dec 2010 when she 40 years and 9 months old. Unless she knew she was going to marry him and have children with him day one, she would't have created and frozen embryos with him then and there. He would have had to agree to that from a day one. At 40+ every month that passes by is a decade in fertility terms, so it's unlikely she froze them at 42 or 43 without a high rate of aneuploidy.

4. Media is doing a huge disservice throwing around titles about celebrities and high profile persons getting pregnant in their late 40s/early 50s without mentioning that this is biologically highly unlikely (although not impossible). In infertility world we know that the most important thing is the age of an egg (age of an egg is same as the age of a woman because women are born with all their eggs). The age of an uterus doesn't matter provided that it is anatomically fine (in majority of women it is) and a women is in general good health. So, it does not matter who carries an embryo technically speaking. It matters who conceives an embryo and in this case it's most likely a donor and Craig.

If you're on the infertility forum you should know the correct terminology. Donor embryos wouldn’t have Craig’s sperm.

It’s totally possible that she froze her eggs in 2008-2009 when she was in her late 30s and her relationship with Darren Aronofsky was ending. I have a friend who froze her eggs at SG around the same time period and around the same age (she was 38). She has a 3yo now.

but why would Weisz wait 10 years to use those eggs? she has been with Craig for like 8 years now. it seems unlikely she started thinking about kids 5 months ago.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I started a thread about her pregnancy on infertility forum where it is much more relevant for all of us infertiles but the thread was for a bizarre reason locked and I was told to join this thread. Any who, here is my opinion:

1. I think that she got pregnant using donor embryos and Craig's sperm.

2. For those that think that she used frozen eggs, we have seen that it is very precarious to use frozen eggs, as evident from other stories on infertility forum. Eggs do not survive thaw process as well as embryos and it she froze only 12-15 eggs lets say that is not nearly enough. However, I will give her the benefit of doubt.

3. For those that suggested that she used frozen embryos, that is the least likely scenario. She began dating Craig in Dec 2010 when she 40 years and 9 months old. Unless she knew she was going to marry him and have children with him day one, she would't have created and frozen embryos with him then and there. He would have had to agree to that from a day one. At 40+ every month that passes by is a decade in fertility terms, so it's unlikely she froze them at 42 or 43 without a high rate of aneuploidy.

4. Media is doing a huge disservice throwing around titles about celebrities and high profile persons getting pregnant in their late 40s/early 50s without mentioning that this is biologically highly unlikely (although not impossible). In infertility world we know that the most important thing is the age of an egg (age of an egg is same as the age of a woman because women are born with all their eggs). The age of an uterus doesn't matter provided that it is anatomically fine (in majority of women it is) and a women is in general good health. So, it does not matter who carries an embryo technically speaking. It matters who conceives an embryo and in this case it's most likely a donor and Craig.

If you're on the infertility forum you should know the correct terminology. Donor embryos wouldn’t have Craig’s sperm.

It’s totally possible that she froze her eggs in 2008-2009 when she was in her late 30s and her relationship with Darren Aronofsky was ending. I have a friend who froze her eggs at SG around the same time period and around the same age (she was 38). She has a 3yo now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I started a thread about her pregnancy on infertility forum where it is much more relevant for all of us infertiles but the thread was for a bizarre reason locked and I was told to join this thread. Any who, here is my opinion:

1. I think that she got pregnant using donor embryos and Craig's sperm.

2. For those that think that she used frozen eggs, we have seen that it is very precarious to use frozen eggs, as evident from other stories on infertility forum. Eggs do not survive thaw process as well as embryos and it she froze only 12-15 eggs lets say that is not nearly enough. However, I will give her the benefit of doubt.

3. For those that suggested that she used frozen embryos, that is the least likely scenario. She began dating Craig in Dec 2010 when she 40 years and 9 months old. Unless she knew she was going to marry him and have children with him day one, she would't have created and frozen embryos with him then and there. He would have had to agree to that from a day one. At 40+ every month that passes by is a decade in fertility terms, so it's unlikely she froze them at 42 or 43 without a high rate of aneuploidy.

4. Media is doing a huge disservice throwing around titles about celebrities and high profile persons getting pregnant in their late 40s/early 50s without mentioning that this is biologically highly unlikely (although not impossible). In infertility world we know that the most important thing is the age of an egg (age of an egg is same as the age of a woman because women are born with all their eggs). The age of an uterus doesn't matter provided that it is anatomically fine (in majority of women it is) and a women is in general good health. So, it does not matter who carries an embryo technically speaking. It matters who conceives an embryo and in this case it's most likely a donor and Craig.

If you're on the infertility forum you should know the correct terminology. Donor embryos wouldn’t have Craig’s sperm.

It’s totally possible that she froze her eggs in 2008-2009 when she was in her late 30s and her relationship with Darren Aronofsky was ending. I have a friend who froze her eggs at SG around the same time period and around the same age (she was 38). She has a 3yo now.