I’m pregnant – will turn 47 in August
Wow!!! I just found out today that I’m pregnant too. I email Tamara a few weeks ago because I was clinging to hope.
I have experienced 2 miscarriages. One in 2003 at 11 weeks (43 years old) and at 9 weeks (46 years old). I will turn 47 in August 2006. I took a HPT today [...]
Potter (Round 2)
*disclaimer – Nobody asked me to do a review. I was not given anything for free. Nobody used magic on me to get me to say nice things. The Dark Lord is not responsible for any of the mean things.
If you are brand new, or catching up on posts ROUND ONE is HERE [...]
1961: Life-saving abortion kills California woman
Erika Peterson, age 28, died July 23, 1961 during a legal abortion at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California.
At this time, abortion was only legal in California if it was done to save the life of the mother.
Erika had entered the hospital on July 11, 1961 during the first trimester of pregnancy, because of [...]
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Potter (round one)
*disclaimer – Nobody asked me to do a review. I was not given anything for free. Nobody used magic on me to get me to say nice things. The Dark Lord is not responsible for any of the mean things.
With that said…
If any of you giant nerds are losing your mind excited about the [...]
20w pregnant – natural pregnancy at 45
I am 45 years old and I am 20 weeks pregnant from a natural pregnancy. I was surprised by this pregnancy since I had failed IVFs, IUIs and numerous miscarriages from natural pregnancies.
After all of my misfortune trying to conceive with my own eggs, I did a donor egg cycle and became pregnant. I have [...]
5th attempt at IVF at 44 – pregnant
I am in my 5th attempt at IVF at age 44 with my own eggs. I got pregnant first time and miscarried after 3 months. This attempt I transferred 3 embryos (2 8-cell and 1 7-cell) and am pregnant. Doctor said numbers are very good.
I am remaining optimistic — I go back on Friday for [...]
Couples sue doctors for failing to diagnose Down’s Syndrome
Two couples in Victoria are suing their doctors for failing to diagnose Down’s Syndrome antenatally. They argue that they are suffering ‘psychiatric injury’ and would have liked to have had the opportunity to terminate their pregnancies had they known about the diagnosis.
This is tricky. At the moment, we live in a time of unprecedented access [...]
The Devil
As the years move on it is becoming more and more clear to me that my mother is turning into the Kathy Bates character from the movie “The Waterboy” where she plays the southern “mama” that thinks everything that is an influence on her son, besides her very own good word, and the word of [...]
Healthy baby boy & she is 46
So my husband and I and our kids (3, 14, 22) are in a restaurant on Sunday. The waitress comes up and looks at the 3 year old, looks at us and says, “Yours?” (wondering if it was maybe a grandson)
We say yes, and she says she just had a healthy baby boy 10 [...]