Gwen Stefani pregnant

[hotdogz&boyz]

Whew. She must be one fertile mama to conceive by surprise at 44. I read somewhere that statistically, at that point, you have about a 2% chance of getting pregnant with your own eggs. With a 50% miscarriage rate. I truthfully had no idea she was that 'old' (Xcuse my use of that term) until she announced the pregnancy. I did assume she had some type of help, although I don't know enough about fertility treatments to know what they could do to help an age factor (besides donor eggs).

[maria02]

I've had a friend recently have a baby at 43, so I can believe 44 is rare but possible! I believe it's much easier to do so if you've had previous pregnancies than if you're a first time mamma


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[luckyfourleafclover]

…and Halle Berry just had a 'surprise' baby at that age too...

[ever hopeful]

I had DS3 at 43, DS2 at 41 and DS1 at 38, all conceived easily and naturally, so it can definitely happen without help. I also got pg at Genesis first attempt at HT at 44, but sadly ended in m/c at 9 weeks. My ob sees a lot of older Mothers, who've conceived without issues, and he even joked about me having number 5 last week.....xx

[missmegrn]

My guess is that this is a surprise pregnancy. I know from what I have read online, that a few years ago it they had wanted another child and it just didn't happen or she had a m/c..not quite sure. Also I believe right before the news broke that she was pg, it was being speculated that Gavin (her dh) had possibly cheated on her and there have been multiple pics of them coming out of a counselors office I think. I am a total celeb gossip junkie at times, and I know not all gossip is true, so I usually don't comment on it, even though at times its fun to speculate.

As far as celebs using pgd, I am sure that they may not know it exists or there is a stigma slightly attached to "choosing the sex of your baby." I am sure that if it came out that pgd was used, it might get some negative responses that we have all heard, when we discuss it with others who may not agree.

I was hoping she would get her girl, as I know how tough it is on all of us who desire a certain gender. I know in Hollywood you see a few families with same sex kids, but mostly its a mix at some point especially with two kids.

[luckyfourleafclover]

…so, just for fun…what's your opinion on SJP's twin girls?…or J-Lo and Mariah Carey who got b/g twins?

did they all do IVF/PGD?

[luckyfourleafclover]

ooooo…and Victoria Beckham of course!?

[atomic sagebrush]

…so, just for fun…what's your opinion on SJP's twin girls?…or J-Lo and Mariah Carey who got b/g twins?

did they all do IVF/PGD?

Yes I am quite sure they all did as did Halle. Obviously SJP because she used a surrogate. Kelly Preston as well. Most if not all were donor eggs. I wish they would just be upfront about it because I think they give a lot of people false hope about their odds of conception.

[atomic sagebrush]

I had DS3 at 43, DS2 at 41 and DS1 at 38, all conceived easily and naturally, so it can definitely happen without help. I also got pg at Genesis first attempt at HT at 44, but sadly ended in m/c at 9 weeks. My ob sees a lot of older Mothers, who've conceived without issues, and he even joked about me having number 5 last week.....xx

Here is the thing tho and you guys know I am an old lady myself - the odds drop like a STONE after 40. Between 40 and 44, let alone 46 and 48 like Halle Berry and Kelly Preston - 99.99% of people cannot get pg with their own eggs at that age. So I really just want to say clearly that PLEASE gals do not postpone having babies because most of these people having successful pregnancies had a lot of help doing so and probably were not even using their own eggs.

[atomic sagebrush]

Whew. She must be one fertile mama to conceive by surprise at 44. I read somewhere that statistically, at that point, you have about a 2% chance of getting pregnant with your own eggs. With a 50% miscarriage rate. I truthfully had no idea she was that 'old' (Xcuse my use of that term) until she announced the pregnancy. I did assume she had some type of help, although I don't know enough about fertility treatments to know what they could do to help an age factor (besides donor eggs).

Just to clarify it is 2% in any given MONTH and not 2% overall - so in each month that goes by, 2 out of 100 ladies trying will get pg at that age. since most of us try longer than 1 month, by the time a year goes by, if they all tried every month, something like 1/3 will get pg and then half of those will be lost. So not cheery odds for sure but not quite as low as it seems at first glance.

Compare to someone in 30's where 20 out of 100 get pg every month and 85% are pregnant in a year and much lower odds of miscarriage