LATER LIFE mums
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‘I gave birth with a donor embryo’
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Carolyne Ness, 62, gave birth to her son, Javed, when she was 58. Originally from Fife, Scotland, Carolyne and Javed now live in Sydney, Australia.
Some 24 years after I started trying for a baby, I heard the words I had longed for. ‘You are pregnant’, confirmed my doctor. I placed a protective hand over my stomach as she reminded me I was an older mum with an extremely high-risk pregnancy.
‘I thought I was too old, but a miracle happened’
I spent my 20s travelling, returned to Fife when I was 30, and met a man I’d later marry and try to have children with. But, we were eventually told we had unexplained infertility. It was a crushing disappointment that tore us apart. Divorcing when I was 40, I settled in Sydney, Australia, and worked as a receptionist, but never met anyone I could imagine starting a family with.
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