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IT TOOK 11 years, but finally Fiona and Paul Lister have a baby of their own.

Izaak James Lister arrived on December 15, making Fiona, 47, one of the oldest first-time mums in the area.

After trying and failing to fall pregnant naturally for years since the age of 35, she turned to IVF.

Fiona and her husband went through all the standard tests to determine where the trouble was with their fertility.

“The doctors couldn’t find anything wrong, and we were told there was a non-specific fertility problem,” she said.

After many failed attempts, Fiona had given up on ever having children.

“We were told that we would have to get a donor egg,” she said.

Fiona entertained the idea for a short time, but Paul wasn’t keen.

“You can get a donor egg, but we really wanted our own baby, not someone else’s,” he said.

With just two more vitrified embryos on ice five years after her previous attempt, it was now or never.

“They had collected the eggs when I was 41, and after being frozen for five years Sydney IVF gave us four options - have them implanted, donate them to someone else, throw them away, or donate them to stem cell research,” Fiona said. “We thought we might as well use them, even though we had a one-in-1000 chance or less of being successful.”

But it seems miracles happen.

After watching her baby boy grow each time she had a scan, she became more and more excited. As a nurse, Fiona was aware of all the things that could go wrong, such as miscarriage, and her 51 per cent chance of having a child with Down syndrome.

She was so worried she hadn’t opened the things she bought for the baby.

But against all odds, Fiona had a smooth pregnancy and birth, and had her cesarean in the very operating theatre she works in.

Her midwifery work prepared Fiona well for caring for baby Izaak.

“It’s just like caring for another baby, but I’m still shocked I don’t have to give it back, because this time it’s mine,” she said, smiling.

Source: http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2008/12/22/Last-ditch-works-for-new-mum-at-47/

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Last-ditch works for new mum at 47

IT TOOK 11 years, but finally Fiona and Paul Lister have a baby of their own.

Izaak James Lister arrived on December 15, making Fiona, 47, one of the oldest first-time mums in the area.

After trying and failing to fall pregnant naturally for years since the age of 35, she turned to IVF.

Fiona and her husband went through all the standard tests to determine where the trouble was with their fertility.

“The doctors couldn’t find anything wrong, and we were told there was a non-specific fertility problem,” she said.

After many failed attempts, Fiona had given up on ever having children.

“We were told that we would have to get a donor egg,” she said.

Fiona entertained the idea for a short time, but Paul wasn’t keen.

“You can get a donor egg, but we really wanted our own baby, not someone else’s,” he said.

With just two more vitrified embryos on ice five years after her previous attempt, it was now or never.

“They had collected the eggs when I was 41, and after being frozen for five years Sydney IVF gave us four options - have them implanted, donate them to someone else, throw them away, or donate them to stem cell research,” Fiona said. “We thought we might as well use them, even though we had a one-in-1000 chance or less of being successful.”

But it seems miracles happen.

After watching her baby boy grow each time she had a scan, she became more and more excited. As a nurse, Fiona was aware of all the things that could go wrong, such as miscarriage, and her 51 per cent chance of having a child with Down syndrome.

She was so worried she hadn’t opened the things she bought for the baby.

But against all odds, Fiona had a smooth pregnancy and birth, and had her cesarean in the very operating theatre she works in.

Her midwifery work prepared Fiona well for caring for baby Izaak.

“It’s just like caring for another baby, but I’m still shocked I don’t have to give it back, because this time it’s mine,” she said, smiling.

Source: http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2008/12/22/Last-ditch-works-for-new-mum-at-47/

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Last-ditch works for new mum at 47

NEW DELHI (AFP) — An Indian woman has given birth to her first child at the age of 70 after receiving IVF treatment, newspapers reported her doctor as saying Monday.

Rajo Devi, who married 50 years ago, gave birth to a baby girl on November 28 after in vitro fertilisation, said Anurag Bishnoi, a doctor at the Hisar fertility centre in Haryana state.

“Rajo Devi and (her husband) Bala Ram approached the centre for treatment and the embryo transfer was done on April 19,” he told the Hindustan Times. “Both the mother and child are in good health.”

Bishnoi claimed Devi was the world’s oldest mother.

Another 70-year-old Indian was reported to have given birth to twins via IVF in July this year, while a 66-year-old Spanish woman had twins in 2006.

Devi’s husband, aged 72, had also wed his wife’s sister after 10 years of his first marriage did not result in children. His second wife also failed to become pregnant.

It was not clear whose egg and sperm were used in the successful treatment.

“IVF has revolutionised the way we look at infertility,” said Bishnoi. “Infertility is no longer a social taboo or a divine curse. It can be treated scientifically.”

Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h_1Q1vqmw4w-IQgGlTW6OTDYfDtQ

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LIKE most childless women approaching 50, Juliet Le Page thought she was too old to become a mother. She had always concentrated on her career and, as she entered her late forties, had almost given up hope.

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CHENNAI: A 58-year-old woman gave birth through assisted reproductive technology at a private hospital here on Monday.

The birth was achieved through an intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection using egg from a donor.

The couple, Vedam and his wife Selvamary from Ramnad district, have been married for 36 years. Vedam, 60, used to work as a machine operator in a private company in the city. The two were desperate for a baby and had tried all kinds of treatment until Selvamary achieved menopause 10 years ago.

On reading about Aakash Fertility Centre in a newspaper, they approached the clinic and were told a baby was possible with a donor egg. Ten months later, the procedure was performed with sperm being injected into donor eggs, which were then grown in an incubator. Four days later, the eggs were transferred into Selvamary’s womb. Laser assisted hatching had been used on the eggs to improve chances of implantation.

“However, after three months, one of the embryos was aborted naturally, but the other survived.

On Tuesday morning, at 8 a.m., Selvamary gave birth to a healthy baby boy through a C-section,’’ said Dr Jeyarani Kamaraj, infertility specialist at the hospital.

Selvamary is the oldest patient to have had a baby at the hospital, which had a similar case last year in which a 55-year-old woman gave birth to twins. “This has been made possible through our faith in God and in the doctors here. It has been a life-changing experience for me,’’ said Vedam.

Dr Kamaraj said Selvamary had diabetes, which needed to be controlled carefully before attempting the treatment. “It is a wonderful milestone for us to have been able to give this couple such joy and fulfil a long-held dream of theirs,’’ he said.

Source: http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Mother+at+58,+thanks+to+new+technology&artid=zllKfsm5pO4=&SectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&MainSectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&SEO=Aakash,+Fertility,+Centre+,+mother,+egg,+donor,+ba&SectionName=rSY6QYp3kQ=

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