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Spontaneous conception of twins at 49

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Tuesday, August 14, 2018 | 0 comments

Image: Baby hand, by Cosmin Serban on FreeImages

Photo Credit: Baby hand, by Cosmin Serban

A friend of mine who is a doula was just hired to help a 49-year-old woman who conceived naturally -- and unintentionally (she already had grown children) -- twins!

She just gave birth, and the two babies are healthy.

Mom has a complication which kept her in the hospital a few extra days, but babies were ready to be discharged.

So she hired my doula friend to stay with her in the hospital so the babies could stay with her, too.

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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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