Complicated story! The girl donated eggs to her own mother so that she could bear another child.
The trend for more and more later childbirth is steadily striding across the planet: women prefer to build a career first, then have children. But so late! American Katie Blattner decided to get pregnant when she was 62 years old.
No, this baby will not be her first child. Katie already has an adult daughter from her first marriage. But the second time she got married when she was already 40 years old. Katie’s husband, John, was the same age. He still did not have children, and after several years of marriage, he passionately wanted a baby from his new wife. The woman was already a little over 50 by that time.
Katie could not get pregnant naturally, due to the age of her eggs they lost their vitality. But that didn’t stop the couple. They were approved for IVF by insurance, and Katie’s niece became an egg donor. After the allotted time, a son was born – John’s firstborn and Katie’s second child. And everything was fine until they wanted more children.
By that time, the restless mom was already under 60. Not a single doctor agreed to take on such a responsibility – to carry out IVF at that age. However, it was not so easy to persuade a woman to give up her intentions. She still found a doctor who did not attach much importance to the numbers in the passport. Sherman Zilber examined Katie and decided that she was quite capable of handling another pregnancy.
“Katie is in great shape, her health is good – both physically and mentally, she has family support and financial resources. I see no reason to deny her IVF, ”the doctor said.
No sooner said than done. This time, Katie’s daughter acted as an egg donor. So the son, born to a 60-year-old young mother, was her grandson at the same time. And soon he will have a sister: the spouses still have frozen embryos after the previous IVF. So Katie, 62, will become a mother for the fourth time. If, of course, everything goes well: the previous infusion of twins ended in an early miscarriage. By the way, she will become a grandmother for real: her daughter is also pregnant.
By the way, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine has a negative attitude towards childbirth after 55 years. Doctors think it is too risky for the mother and baby. In addition, both parents may simply not live to see the age of majority of their child.
However, if a woman really wants a child, nothing can stop her. In our photo gallery – stars who were not afraid to give birth after 35 and after 40 years, including for the first time.
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