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I had one still birth at age 43 and then a full term, healthy little girl at 46!
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I was 42 for my first dc and 44 for my 2nd. I am often asked by close friends... so I dont mind saying that they were both conceived naturally. Is that why you are asking about the twins, since it is common for twins or more to be a result of other methods of fertilization?
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Twins also happen naturally more later in life when it's more likely for a woman to release 2 eggs at once.
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my youngest was born when i was 44.
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I was 43 when I had twins, and my OB said, "Well, that's the last time I'll see you!". A year later I got pregnant again and had my youngest when I was almost 45!
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I was almost 44 when I had number 3 and then 45 when I had number 4. Very easy deliveries and recoveries. No 3 was a very easy pregnancy. No 4 not, but I had a toddler!
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I had a baby at 44. I just miscarried a month short of my 47th birthday. My mom had identical twins at age 44 and another baby at 46. The OB told me that prolonged fertility can run in families. I also thought that "openness to life" also runs in families!
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My last was born at 40...6 months ago...but my mom had me when she was 44! Go MOM!
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Nedra, I had twins when I was 38 (they were number 5 and 6). My husband works long hours, also, and I didn't have any family in the area. It was very difficult for those first several years. However, when they turned 3 I began having that baby longing again. It had taken a little longer than with the other children! However, much to my dismay, I never got pregnant again. I am 48 now, so I have resigned myself to not having anymore. I am so thankful that my last two were twins!
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I have had three pregnancies since I turned forty. A miscarriage at 40, healthy baby at 41 and a miscarriage last year at 42. I am 43 and hopeful for another baby, God-willing. 
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I just read that eating full fat dairy products helps in increasing fertility by 40%. Very interesting!
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I was pregnant with twins when I turned forty. Sadly, we lost one in utero, but happily Karoline was born healthy!
I delivered my ninth baby--Sarah--when I was 42.My kids pray for twins all the time.
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I am 44 and my girls pray for twins too! My youngest just turned 2. My two older girls play violin with a set of 6 year old twins, and they can't get over how "cute" they are together.
My mother had my youngest brother at 46, so I am hoping that I might have 2 more :)
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My dd was born when I was 45, and I miscarried another baby at 47.
I read somewhere that late 30s is the age at which a woman is most likely to have twins.
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wow ladies what a hopeful thread ! Thank you so much ! Adfter having 9 miscarriages and my uterus being shot I sorta was afraid to concieve agin and thought after having our first grandbaby well my time had just gone by . However I started drinking uterine teas again just to eliviate some of my cramping issues and always have that little bit of hope floating around inside me . I'd love to do the unassited birth thing one time as my friend and midwife really felt with our last live birth we should've done it alone  I also miss the nursing a baby too . I just never felt quite done but have to learn to trust on either end of the issue I guess .
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Like Florasita, I find this thread very hopeful and want to thank you all for sharing! I too hold out hope that we have more, God willing. I have miscarried our last 3 babies and wonder if there will be anymore. There was about 6 months in between the times I miscarried and then conceived again and this time it has been 10 months so I was starting to give up hope, but you all have helped me regain it!
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My youngest brother was born when my mother was 47. He's entering college this fall! I think about that when I hope that my health issue will improve and God will let me have one more myself one of these days.
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