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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Australia's oldest 'natural' first-time mum
A Gold Coast woman has become what is believed to be Australia's oldest natural first-time mother, giving birth at 50.Anthea Nicholas and her husband Paul Byrnes, 54, had a "one in several million" chance of falling pregnant, Ms Nicholas' doctor told the Australian Women's Weekly.Ms Nicholas, a semi-retired real estate agent, told the Women's Weekly she was alarmed when she first discovered she was pregnant.Read more...Life Begins... - Miscarriage stories of loss, hope & helpPregnancy Stories by Age - Daily blog of hope & inspiration!You Can Get Pregnant in Your 40's - Sharing articles,...
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Sixty one-year-old to be mother again
Trying to fill an aching vacuum after the death of their only son, an elderly couple has achieved the miraculous feat of conceiving a child at the ripe age of 60 plus.Retired headmistress of a school at Anandpur town in Keonjhar district, Kanakalata Ram, and husband Sarat Chandra Singh, ex-employee of the district transport department, have conceived again after the death of their son Tarini Prasad in a tragic accident in 2010.Dr Prabhat Nalini Mohanty, who has been treating 61-year-old Kanakalata, now at an advanced stage of pregnancy, said the husband had no problem because his sperm counts...
Monday, July 25, 2011
Technology propels late baby boom
Fifty nine-year-old Damayanti Jena from Kendrapada is one among late starters in the state to give birth to a baby girl, 38 years after her marriage. Undergoing fertility treatment at a clinic in Bhubaneswar, Damayanti gave birth to a healthy baby for the first time on July 16."I am happy that I became a father at this ripe age. My wife has fulfilled my dream of having a child and gave my family an heir," said Damayanti's 70-year-old husband, Mohan Jena, a retired college teacher.Read more...Life Begins... - Miscarriage stories of loss, hope & helpPregnancy Stories by Age - Daily blog of hope...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Ask Our Expert/Author
A CHILD AFTER 40 is delighted to announce the launch of a 2011 free weekly Summer Series of Guest Experts & Authors Forums on motherhood after 40 for our Members.Click here for Schedule.From 14th June to 23rd August, you're invited to LOGIN and "Ask Our Expert/Author" questions about their area of expertise.A full listing of summer Forums is available in our weekly our Member's News Brief emailed direct to you.You can also check out our NEWS ARCHIVES. Remember to look out for regular Summer Product Contest & Giveaways! FlowerPowerMom.com—The Truth About Motherhood After 40 (http://flowerpowermom.com/),...
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Anthea Burns is a mum-to-be at 50 and all without IVF
THEY appear at first glance to be like any other semi-retired fifty-somethings but this Gold Coast couple are about to have their lives turned upside-down by becoming parents for the first time - without the help of IVF treatment.All going to plan, at Pindara Hospital on June 15, Anthea Burns, 50, will become one of the oldest women in Australia to have a baby who was conceived naturally.Read more...Life Begins... - Miscarriage stories of loss, hope & helpPregnancy Stories by Age - Daily blog of hope & inspiration!You Can Get Pregnant in Your 40's - Sharing articles, discussing options...
Sunday, May 8, 2011
‘Midlife moms’ seek more respect from society
That mature lady sitting on the playground bench beaming at her toddler may have some gray hair, but don’t call her “grandma.” She may well be a member of America’s fastest-growing fertility group: mothers 40 and older.And if she is one of these “midlife moms,” she would appreciate a little more respect.No observer, for instance, can know what Kelli Suchy and her husband went through to become parents.“It wasn’t a choice on my part” to marry at 39, endure six in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures, lose two pregnancies, and then finally adopt at age 45, said Mrs. Suchy, founder of parentingbyadoption.com.Angel...
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Will Zsa Zsa Gabor Welcome Baby No. 2 At 94?
Ailing actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, 94, and husband Prince Frederic von Anhalt could be expecting a baby soon!It may require the help of an egg donor, artificial insemination, and a surrogate mother, but von Anhalt tells CNN that the procedure is already underway."I've gone through the initial steps of donor matching and blood work and next week the donation process will begin," says von Anhalt.Read more...Life Begins... - Miscarriage stories of loss, hope & helpPregnancy Stories by Age - Daily blog of hope & inspiration!You Can Get Pregnant in Your 40's - Sharing articles, discussing options...
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Empowering Women Having Children After 40
In 2010, the CDC reported that the only age group in the United States to show a RISE in birth rate were women over 40.Flower Power Mom is offering advance membership to the first online community to empower women having children after 40, launching USA Mother's Day, May 8th, 2011.To join now, go to: www.flowerpowermom.com/communityFor more information on the A CHILD AFTER 40 campaign video, Pay It Forward Mother's Day Gift Pendant, and online resources, go to: www.flowerpowermom.com/a-child-after-40Life Begins... - Miscarriage stories of loss, hope & helpPregnancy Stories by Age - Daily...
Monday, April 4, 2011
Meagan Callaghan, 50, desperate to be a mum
A WOMAN is desperately seeking a donor so she can become an IVF mum at 51.Despite medical risks - and the prospect of having teenagers in her late 60s - Meagan Callaghan, who will be 51 in June, is advertising for donor eggs."Life passes by so quickly, one minute you are 20 and the next you are 50," she said yesterday."This is my last chance and I'm not going to give up on it."I have always wanted to be a mum, but it just hasn't happened."Ms Callaghan's doctor, Prof Michael Chapman from IVF Australia, said his clinic treated women up to 51.Read more...Life Begins... - Miscarriage stories of loss,...
Friday, April 1, 2011
Mother's Day 2011: A Child After 40
It’s a mother of an evolution—launching Mother’s Day, 8th May, 2011 at www.flowerpowermom.com/a-child-after-40. Discover the silent maternal army.A Child After 40 is the first campaign to empower women on the journey of motherhood after 40. Watch the revealing new video. Join the coming A Child After 40 online community. Check out the Resources with websites, blogs, books and info for mothers over 40 and women who wish to be—whether through natural fertility, IVF, egg donation, surrogacy or adoption. Pay It Forward with A Mother’s Day Wish. Get involved with A CHILD AFTER 40!News release: http://flowerpowermom.com/press-room/Campaign...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Oldest new mother gives birth at 63
A 63-year-old Dutch woman has given birth, becoming the oldest new mother in the Netherlands, the hospital and news reports say."Baby Meagan was born at the Medical Centre Leeuwarden at 9.48am [7.48pm AEDT] on March 21," a statement on the website of the hospital in the northern Dutch province of Friesland said on Monday."Meagan is the daughter of Tineke Geessink, a 63-year-old woman from Harlingen."The girl was born with the aid of caesarean section, the statement said. "Both mother and daughter are fine."Dutch media reports said Ms Geessink was the oldest Dutch woman to become a mother."It is...
Saturday, March 26, 2011
In India, giving birth at 50+ is not uncommon
Seen from a distance there seems to be nothing special about the family in a village in Haryana in northern India. A shy young girl hides behind her mother. But from closer up, you suddenly notice the woman’s wrinkles, and the grey hair under her headscarf.Rajo Devi Logan, who in late 2008 suddenly became famous as the "oldest mother in the world," proudly stands up and breaks into a broad smile as she talks about her daughter."I'm so happy with my daughter! Before she was born, I didn’t feel attached to anything. The neighbours used to talk about us with pity."Rajo Devi doesn’t like to go back...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Single mother, 58, gives birth to IVF twins
Three weeks have passed since Carole Hobson brought her IVF twins home from hospital and it’s clear her once ordered life as a mature, single career woman has been completely turned on its head.A sky-high pile of freshly-washed babygros, bedding and towels sits on the dining table and the ironing board stands permanently in the living room. With the volume of washing, there is obviously little point in putting it away.She tries to snatch a quick toasted cheese sandwich while son Matthew and daughter Freida sleep upstairs, but manages only a mouthful before the babies start crying in unison.‘As...
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Britains Oldest Mums
PAMELA Butler may be the UK’s oldest surrogate mum but she’s not the first to help out a daughter.Cases of daughters asking their mums to become surrogates are rare, but in 2001 Vivien Morris, 54, gave birth to her own grand-daughter.Her daughter Laura Westrop, 29, was unable to carry a baby after treatment for cervical cancer. So Vivien, a playgroup worker from London, volunteered to help Laura and her husband Mark.In 2005, 53-year-old Annie Casserley gave birth for her daughter Emma Hattersley, who was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of cancer when she was 19, and son-in-law Andrew.Liz...
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Welsh gran, 57, becomes oldest surrogate in UK
THIS six-month-old bundle of joy is the most wonderful gift Pamela Butler could have ever given her daughter.His name is Josef and, while 57-year-old Pamela has entered the record books by giving birth to the blue-eyed boy, he will always know her as Gran.She carried him in her own womb for her daughter and son-in-law Nichola and Mathew Pagett after her daughter discovered she was unable to carry a baby.And this overwhelming gesture of love makes her the oldest known surrogate mum in Britain today.Pamela, from Blackwood, said: “I wanted to help Nichola more than anything – it was the greatest...
Monday, March 14, 2011
Saroj Naik, mom at 51 thru IVF
Saroj Naik's world collapsed in 2009 when her gynaecologist told her that she was menopausal and could never conceive. Although she had already had four miscarriages, 51-year-old Saroj and her husband Satyawan, 54, who reside at Merces, never lost hope and prayed for the gift of a child.Their prayers seemed to have been answered when, through the method of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), Saroj was able to conceive again. The couple's elation knew no bounds when she ultimately gave birth to a healthy baby girl on February 10. Their joy doubled when they were informed that Saroj was the oldest woman...
Friday, March 11, 2011
Shock birth baby home after 6 wks in hospital
A baby born 10 weeks premature after his mother was told by doctors she was suffering from the early menopause has come home from hospital.Matthew Arora was born on Christmas day 2010 after his mother, Anita Arora, 46, was rushed to hospital two days earlier after she found out she was pregnant.After weeks of hospital care, he finally arrived in his family’s Southfields home on February 17 to live with his mum, dad, and two siblings for the first time and is progressing well.Mrs Arora said: “It is very nice to finally have the whole family at home, and he is getting on very well with his brother...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Daughter at 51y was worth it
It took 34 years, £50,000, miscarriages, five rounds of IVF and a surrogate - but my daughter Bonnie was worth itDevoted mother Kim Parsons is proof childless couples should never give up hope.The 53-year-old spent 34 years and £50,000 trying to fall pregnant but is now mother to a happy two-year-old.Kim had longed for a baby ever since she was 18, but she tragically suffered a string of miscarriages, followed by five unsuccessful rounds of IVF.But Kim and her husband David, from Kings Lynn, Norfolk, were determined to be parents and finally chose to use a surrogate, who gave birth to their daughter...
Monday, February 21, 2011
48-year-old mom gives birth to baby boy
Lori Riner is a mom again — at age 48. The Sparta woman gave birth Friday to a boy and became the oldest woman to deliver at Franciscan Skemp Medical Center without the aid of fertility treatment.Lori’s 12-year-old granddaughter named the baby Tucker.At first, Lori thought she was going through menopause. But, she said, “menopause doesn’t kick.”She asked her husband, Sonny, to sit down when she broke the news about the pregnancy.“Of course, I was shocked,” Sonny said. “But I was happy. Most couples would be devastated, but we were not devastated.”The couple has been married four years and have...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Woman, 61, gives birth to her own grandchild
Almost 39 weeks ago, Kristine Casey set out on an unusual journey to help her daughter and answer a spiritual calling.Her goal was achieved when she gave birth to her own grandson at age 61.Casey, possibly the oldest woman to give birth in Illinois, was a surrogate for her daughter, Sara Connell, who had been trying for years to have a baby. Connell and her husband, Bill, are the biological parents of the child Casey carried, which grew from an embryo created from the Chicago couple’s egg and sperm.Crying and praying, Connell and her mother held hands as Finnean Lee Connell was delivered by Caesarean...
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Education activist Christine, mom at 43
Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon and her partner Christine Marinoni yesterday showed off their son for the first time.who has been in a relationship with Cynthia since 2004, gave birth to Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni in New York on Monday.Cynthia, 44, who plays Miranda Hobbes in the hit series, already has two children – a daughter aged 15 and a son, eight – from a relationship with English professor Danny Mozes. They split in 2003.Cynthia and Christine met at an education rally in 2002 and became a couple two years later.Read more...Life Begins... - Miscarriage stories of loss, hope &...
Friday, January 14, 2011
Kelly Preston's New Baby at 48
John Travolta and Kelly Preston had tried for another child for three years, so the surprise news last year that Preston was pregnant left them "completely blown away!" the actress tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview.Now, less than two months after Preston, 48, delivered Benjamin on Nov. 23, the proud parents are showing off their little "miracle.""He's given the house a renewed spirit and purpose," says Travolta, 56, who held Preston's hand during labor as their 10-year-old daughter Ella Bleu waited excitedly outside the room with actress Kirstie Alley, a close family pal.Read moreLife Begins......
Saturday, January 8, 2011
It is just menopause - Mother at 46
A mother gave birth to a baby boy after doctors repeatedly assured her she was going through the menopause.Anita Arora, 46, said the child almost died in her womb after her suspicions that she was pregnant were ignored.Her son, Matthew, was delivered in a life-saving operation on Christmas Day – just two days after she found out she was expecting.The infant, who was two months premature, would have died if surgeons had not delivered him immediately because of problems with the placenta.She said: ‘I told them five months ago I thought I was pregnant. My periods had stopped and I was gaining weight....
