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Growing babies at 44 is exhausting

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 | 4 comments

I am 44 years and 9 months, (it's only a number!!!) and have just got a BFP [big fat positive - pregnancy test] using my own eggs on first attempt at IVF [in vitro fertilization] (although have been pregnant x 3 before sterilization 2 years ago).

A long way to go yet, I know, to getting a healthy newborn in my arms again but I'm going in the right direction thanks to CARE Nottingham.

P.S. I would have posted earlier but I was asleep in bed - growing babies at 44 is exhausting!!! LOL

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About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost that precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted that there will be no more babies in our house.

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4 comments

spiruline says:

8 September 2009 at 08:03:00 GMT-4

it would be very important for that women who get pregnant after 40.
They have to look once to it.
vitamine says:

11 September 2009 at 05:16:00 GMT-4

It might be really troublesome getting pregnant after the age of 40. May be in some cases women don't have choice. But It needs to be avoided if possible.
Kathy says:

10 October 2009 at 16:22:00 GMT-4

I just had my third child in April at the age of 45. I thought I was going through menopause.
getting pregnant says:

17 October 2009 at 04:32:00 GMT-4

Wow its amazing to have a baby at that age. I'm happy for you and hope everything goes well for you and the baby. And yes it is exhausting.

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