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I gave birth to twins by IVF at 47

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 | 5 comments

I gave birth to twins last year, using in vitro fertilisation, at the age of 47. The pregnancy went well, I had a natural birth, and I've survived and enjoyed the first year.

Being older, you've generally done what you want to do, and are more content. So age doesn't really matter - one can die young or old.

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5 comments

Anonymous says:

16 August 2011 at 19:15:00 GMT-4

I'm 47 and ttc for #1 with IVF, anyone else out there ttc at my age...? These post are truly uplifting. Thank You all for sharing.

jys
Anonymous says:

2 September 2011 at 19:41:00 GMT-4

...additional info about me: ttc #1 with my own eggs.
jys
Anonymous says:

11 January 2012 at 20:39:00 GMT-5

Anonymous how is it going? and how did your doctor retrieve your eggs?
thanks
Anonymous says:

7 February 2012 at 20:59:00 GMT-5

Have you had children before?
How many eggs were retrieved?
Did they all fertilize?
How many tries of IVF did you try?
Were you at all Perimenopause?

Thanks
Anonymous says:

7 March 2012 at 09:28:00 GMT-5

i'm 47 this month and left it too late as didnt meet mr right. decided to try as a single parent but my age combined with FSH fluctuating between 9 and 19 the last 6 months and AMH 0.07 makes it seem impossible. should i spend up to 5k in Cz which is an option with cystoplasmic egg transfer. i'm told the chances of me responding to stims is very very very low. should i give up the ghost?

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