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No higher risk for Down's Syndrome

2012-01-01T15:29:00.001-08:00

Women over 40 DO NOT have a higher risk for Down's Syndrome babies. That statistic is skewed.

The risk is higher for Down's babies with a FIRST pregnancy and since in the last 20 years a greater majority of women were choosing to put off having babies until in their 40's all of a sudden the instances of Down's babies over the age of 40 increased drastically!

But it wasn't women in general over 40 having babies...it was STILL first pregnancies with the high risk - it just so happened that many more of these first pregnancies were occurring over age 40.

Thus the stats changed but were never explained accurately.

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Stories of Pregnancy over 44 years old - sharing stories I find online, for inspiration!
You Can Get Pregnant in Your 40's - Sharing articles, discussing options & suggestions

Due date right before my 45th birthday

2012-01-01T15:28:00.000-08:00

I hate to confess it, but lately I've just been SOOOO tired and worn out. I recall the same thing when I was pregnant with my first in 2004.

Not to complain, I know that this too, will pass, and that "they who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength..."

My due date is February 26, right before my 45th birthday, and I'm now in my 10th week.

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Six weeks along at 44

2012-01-01T15:27:00.000-08:00

I am 44 and due on 4/10/07... only six weeks along right now, but my first ultrasound looked good this week!

I have a 19 year old son, an 18 year old daughter and an 11 year old step-son. All siblings are very excited about this upcoming birth!

I will be 45 at delivery but am at complete peace with this pregnancy as I know it is all in God's hands. My husband and I were not expecting this at all, but we are feeling truly blessed and excited beyond belief!

I'm glad I found this site as it is very encouraging... Thank You!

Pregnant with 1st at 44

2012-01-01T15:24:00.001-08:00

I'm 44 on September 6th and found out last Wednesday that I'm pregnant with my first baby. Baby is due May 3/07 according to internet.

First Doctor's appt. is on September 20th. I'm a little afraid due to all the statistics, but I believe God gave us this blessing and I'm going to stay positive.

I was glad to find a place for my age to post where God is glorified. Hubby and I got married last year. He has a 19 year old daughter having her first baby in December!

This is my first marriage and first pregnancy.

Another baby at 44

2012-01-01T15:23:00.000-08:00

Hey, I conceived twins at 42! And then another baby at 44.

I'll soon be 47, and no sign of another one yet. I'm thinking things might be winding down here. And that's okay. I've been blessed beyond my wildest dreams!

Never did I imagine have four babies in my 40's!

Twins at 50 with her own eggs

2012-01-01T15:22:00.000-08:00

I know a woman who had twins at 50 using her own eggs! She was the talk of DC back in 1994... however, they needed some assistance (drugs).

I think some people can produce good eggs much later in life, but not most. And this woman smoked when she was younger, although she was very healthy and not overweight.

Dr said no chance, pregnant at 45

2012-01-01T15:21:00.001-08:00

I got pregnant at 45.5 after being told by DR. Sher that I had "no chance". I was very happy to send him a birth announcement.

Natural - NO Nothing...had given up TCM [Traditional Chinese Medicine] a year before.

Was still strict about my diet...no sugar, no dairy and nothing white.
Still did wheat-grass a few times a week up until the [positive] beta.

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Just gave birth to twins at 44

2012-01-01T14:54:00.000-08:00

I had my first baby at 40.5 and just gave birth to twins at 44. It's totally doable.

I work full time also. Only you can know what's right for you and your family.

If you do TTC again - much luck!

High FSH at 44

2012-01-01T14:51:00.000-08:00

I had high FSH [Follicle-stimulating hormone] too. I tried acupuncture and TCM [Traditional Chinese Medicine] after a chemical pregnancy and before gearing up for another IUI [intrauterine insemination] and got a BFP [big fat positive - pregnancy test] on the second cycle.

I am now half way through my pregnancy with a healthy baby girl!
I am 44 years old.

Welcome to You Can Get Pregnant!

2012-01-01T11:00:00.000-08:00

Sharing articles I find, discussing options you might consider and suggesting what might help. Each person is different, what works for one might really mess up another. So what you do with this info is entirely up to you!

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Impossible to get Pregnant over 40?

2012-01-01T10:00:00.000-08:00

If it is so rare, so impossible, such a miracle to get pregnant spontaneously - why can I find so many stories? Offering inspiration, hope and comfort to those trying to conceive and those finding themselves unexpectedly pregnant over 44 years old.

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Over 40 Birth Statistics

2012-01-01T09:00:00.001-08:00

"In 2009, there were 105,827 live births in the United States to women ages 40 through 44 -- 7,320 live births to women 45 to 49 --and-- 569 live births to women 50-64. In 2008, there were only 783 live births to women over 43, using donor eggs." ... Source

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Brazilian woman awaiting first baby at 61

2011-12-20T19:43:00.000-08:00

When most women her age are gearing up for retirement or preparing for grandchilden, one 61-year-old woman from Brazil is set to become a first-time mother in a matter of months.

The post-menopausal woman, who doesn’t want to be named, is married to a 38-year-old man and became pregnant with a donor egg fertilized by her husband’s sperm, the Agence France-Presse reports.

She is due in November.

“I had already gone through menopause. . . My husband wanted to be a father. I wanted to be a mother, too,” the unnamed woman told O Globo newspaper Sunday. “I am in great health. . . and I have undergone a very thorough medical clearance.”

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Giving Birth After 50: Miraculous or Morally Wrong?

2011-12-20T19:40:00.002-08:00

The intense debate surrounding a very touchy subject.

In a fascinating article that recently appeared in New York Magazine, writer Lisa Miller outlines and ultimately defends the current boom of men and women becoming parents at age 50 and beyond.

The article begins with an anecdote - a couple meet and fall in love when she's 47 and he's 54. Through a donor egg and her husband's sperm, the woman gives birth to her first daughter at age 50.

Two years later, she attempts to get pregnant again. This time, she has to be brought out of menopause with hormones before she is able to become pregnant. Shortly thereafter, she gives birth to her second daughter.

This anecdote is only one of many, and they're on the rise. Birth rates among women ages 45 to 49 have risen 17% in just the past three years alone. Reproductive technology, of course, accounts for this sharp increase.

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Woman of 56 gives birth to twins

2011-12-20T19:40:00.001-08:00

A teacher of 56 has given birth to twins after defying medical advice not to become pregnant.

Lynne Bezant and her husband Derek had spent £5,500 on IVF treatment, even though they already had three grown-up children.

They said they were lonely after their family grew up and left home. Babies David and Susan were born on Thursday, almost a month early, weighing 3lbs 4oz and 4lbs 15oz respectively.

Their arrival at Horton General Hospital in Banbury, Oxfordshire, made Mrs Bezant the oldest British woman to give birth to twins.

She said: 'I'm just so happy, it's unbelievable.' Mrs Bezant became pregnant after treatment at the London Gynaecological and Fertility Clinic, the only one in Britain offering the service to women older than 51. They used eggs from a younger donor.

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'Menopause' woman gives birth

2011-12-20T19:39:00.000-08:00

A 44-year-old mother says she was shocked when she gave birth to her third child on a Derbyshire street.

Jane Eadie, from Langley Mill, said she had no idea she was pregnant and thought she was suffering from food poisoning.

She said she believed that she had gained weight over the last nine months because she had stopped taking some pills and thought she had started the menopause.

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Mums often have no choice about right time to have a baby

2011-12-20T11:56:00.000-08:00

IN an ideal world I would have had children younger but that's just not the way it worked out. I definitely wasn't ready to be a mother in my twenties.

I met my husband, Andy, when I was 35 and we had our first baby when I was 37 so we really didn't waste much time once we knew it was the way our relationship was heading.

We weren't married when we had our first daughter because we realized having a baby was something we needed to do sooner rather than later. I was very lucky that I had no trouble falling pregnant at that age.

We weren't in a position to have another baby straight away and by the time I fell pregnant with my second daughter I was 43 and I was six weeks shy of my 44th birthday when she was born.

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Is everything you thought about older mothers WRONG?

2011-12-20T11:53:00.000-08:00

Here’s a little quiz for you. What did the following famous women do at the ages given: Arlene Philips, 47; Jane Seymour, 44; Christie Brinkley, 44; Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding, 48?

Some form of cosmetic surgery, perhaps? Divorce, maybe?

No, that’s the age at which they gave birth. And this week Carla Bruni joined the number of high‑profile older mums when she had her daughter at the age of 43 — not, perhaps, as unusual as Cherie Blair giving birth to baby Leo at 45, but still old enough to raise a few eyebrows.

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Michelle Duggar expecting 20th child at 45

2011-12-20T11:51:00.000-08:00

"We are so excited," the Duggar mother, 45, who is three-and-a-half months along, told the mag. "I feel good. I am past the sickness stage now."

"It is a miracle. Josie is the most energetic, busy little almost-2-year-old," Michelle told the mag. "She is short, and yet she can keep up with the big girls and she thinks she is just as big as they are. We are amazed at what she can do."

According to dad Jim Bob, his wife is doing better than ever.

"Michelle is probably in better health now than she was 10 years ago," the 46-year-old said. "She has been getting on an elliptical for about an hour a day and is very careful of what she eats."

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Meet the women becoming 1st-time parents in their 50s

2011-12-20T11:50:00.001-08:00

It may seem a concept that defies nature, but with the help of fertility specialists, rising numbers of women are giving birth to their firstborns at an age when many of their peers are anticipating, or enjoying, grandparenthood.

Ann Maloney, who gave birth to her first baby at 50, is just one example.

She told New York Magazine how she and her second husband, John Ross, who she met when she was 47, conceived using a donor egg within a year of meeting.

Fiona Palin, from Los Angeles, California, who, like Kelly Preston, was 48 when she gave birth to new baby daughter Katherine, is not much younger and also struggled to conceive.

Since she and husband Nick, 63, started trying for a baby ten years ago, she went through six failed IVF cycles and three tragic miscarriages.

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61-year-old becomes mother again

2011-12-20T11:48:00.000-08:00

"My 27-year-old dead son is back. That's how I feel," said Kanakalata Ram, who became the oldest mother in the state at the ripe age of 61 after losing her only son in a road accident a year ago.

"After pondering over options to have a child again, I suggested to her that we should adopt. But she wanted to explore if she can be a mother with medical help," said Singh. The couple had started taking treatment for assisted reproduction days after their son's death. "My son has given me so much energy. I have found new reason to live now," said Kanakalata who delivered her baby boy on December 2 through a Caesarian section. She had been avoiding the media glare so far.

"People often ask me how will I take care of my son at this old age. One thing I have realized that death can come to any one at any age. So why worry about age," said Kanakalata, who has named her newborn Rudra Aditya Siddharth Singh.

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Born to Love is on Google+!

2011-11-10T14:34:00.000-08:00

Google has finally unveiled brand page for Google+, allowing businesses and brands to join Google's social network.

Jumping on the bandwagon the minute it was available, Catherine, owner of BorntoLove.com, created our own Google+ page.

If you are on Google+ , come and circle us at gplus.to/borntolove

What a surprise when we got 509 new followers in just 24 hours - 493 of them men. Are they all new fathers? Are they all really interested in babies, cloth diapers and breastfeeding?

Perhaps I am wrong, but it seems to me that they just didn't even look at the page before circling! Were they thinking it was about something else? ;)

I have decided to inundate them with articles on babies, breastfeeding, cloth diapering and frugal baby tips today - just to see how many of these men are paying attention and unsubscribe!

My latest post - How to Make Your Own Menstrual Pads - that should work! LOL

UPDATE - Well, we are up to 522 followers now, so my plan to scare off the men is not working! LOL Maybe they ARE all new fathers and men concerned about the environment! :D

RuffleButt Diaper Covers

2011-11-09T16:27:00.000-08:00

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Adorable fancy lacy pants for your little princess!

With its fun and frilly style, the RuffleButt diaper/panty cover adds a touch of innocence to any outfit. Available in a rainbow of colors.

Simpler yet, put this on over her diaper...and voila, she's dressed and ready to go!

Carhartt Diaper Covers

2011-11-09T16:25:00.000-08:00

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Carhartt Washed Denim Diaper Cover
Color: Denim Blue
Available in sizes 3m-9m.
This washed diaper cover makes a great gift! Made of 10.5-ounce, 100% cotton denim - it features an elastic waist with mock fly, triple-stitched seams and double utility pockets. Woven Carhartt label on back pocket.

Free Belle d’Opium Fragrance (CDN)

2010-12-03T21:25:00.000-08:00

The thrill of bewitching, a new oriental. An overdose of rare precious ingredients, the narcotic scent of Casablanca Lily blends with spicy swirling incense and mysterious overtones of a Nargileh accord. A true olfactory manifesto.

Present this printable coupon at the Yves Saint Laurent Fragrance counter at The Bay and receive a free Belle d’Opium 1.5ml sample

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Free GoTellMom Bumper Sticker (US)

2010-12-03T21:24:00.001-08:00

By placing the GoTellMom sticker on your teen's car you have already taken a major step to help protect your child and prevent bad driving. If your teen driver knows that the community is watching and at any time a report can be made, then safe driving will be a priority.

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Free 3pk Yukon Seat Grips (US)

2010-12-03T21:22:00.000-08:00

It's uncomfortable, it's aggravating, and it's a nuisance that we think we just have to live with. Well not anymore, because in 5 minutes The Yukon Seat Grip will solve your difficulty with ease!

With Yukon Seat Grips you can eliminate the unpleasant task of refastening the bolts in an inconvenient location. In less than 5 minutes you can easily secure your toilet seat and never worry again. No more cramped spaces…no more shaky seats…no more rocking...just dependable comfort when you want it the most. View more

One item for free is great, two is better, and three is the way they do it at Froobi! Snag this Deal and you will get 3 packs of the Yukon Seat Grips for FREE, just pay shipping and handling (limit 10 bundles per person). You'll also be able to earn up to 132 Swag Bucks for the deal.

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2010-12-03T09:00:00.000-08:00

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