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MADem

(135,425 posts)
31. If she is in good health she should be ok.
Tue Jun 9, 2015, 10:43 PM
Jun 2015

The fact that she is having twins could mean she did in vitro...perhaps with her own (previously frozen?) or donor eggs. The eggs may be genetically younger than she is.

Of course, twins could run in her family, too.

Grannies have been known to carry their own grandkids when their daughters had difficulty carrying to term. A few hormones, an embryonic implant, and they're off to the races...older mothers have given birth without issue, and docs have gotten better at managing pregnancies in older women.

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Congratulations to Mom and the Twins, and thanks for standing up for the full range of .... Hekate Jun 2015 #1
Wow...just how stupid are her opponents? Do they eat out of a dog bowl? Rex Jun 2015 #2
They assume she must hate children ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2015 #5
They love children more than anti choices. They want children to be wanted and parents to be in a PeaceNikki Jun 2015 #6
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You would be surprised how many on DU don't understand that you can be A Simple Game Jun 2015 #13
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Don't bet your paycheck on it. n/t A Simple Game Jun 2015 #18
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^ BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2015 #21
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100% agree. nt hifiguy Jun 2015 #25
AKA Oregon. jeff47 Jun 2015 #28
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i am staunchly pro-abortion. mopinko Jun 2015 #35
miscarriages are abortions kiri Jun 2015 #29
Do they eat out of a dog bowl? Love it! valerief Jun 2015 #27
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+1 Buzz Clik Jun 2015 #36
Ilyse Hogue is a wonderful woman who helps make the world a better place for her children. PeaceNikki Jun 2015 #4
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+ 1,000,000 suffragette Jun 2015 #22
What's the "irony"? jberryhill Jun 2015 #8
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Oh. That's amazing jberryhill Jun 2015 #12
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That caught me as well. Buzz Clik Jun 2015 #37
Antiabortionists are all stinking liars Warpy Jun 2015 #9
^^^ this^^^ n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2015 #20
Idiots. Solly Mack Jun 2015 #14
Reminds me of this video: demmiblue Jun 2015 #17
45 is not young to have a child. I hope things work out still_one Jun 2015 #26
If she is in good health she should be ok. MADem Jun 2015 #31
Oh geez. That's what all that hate gets you... cui bono Jun 2015 #30
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It's "Planned Parenthood", not "No Parenthood" Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #34
yes, but that's confusing. Buzz Clik Jun 2015 #38
Is it the word "Choice" that has the fundies and peckersniffs so confused? n/t MrModerate Jun 2015 #39
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