Re: Pregnant at 49

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Dr. M

At Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Louise wrote: >
>Help! I am 49 and 7 weeks pregnant. What is likely to happen? I thought
>I would have miscarried by now. A few days back I had period-like
>symptoms but nothing came of it. I am so astounded that this could
>happen! I have only been having 2-3 periods per year for the past 3
>years. I even had hot flushes. I went to a country wedding where I met
>up with a lot of old high school mates and what with the alcohol, high
>spirits and so on, I ended up spending the night with my high-school
>sweetheart. He's as surprised as I am. I have two kids, aged 13 and 15
>and both were born by emergency caesarian due to toxaemia at 32 weeks. I
>had nightmare pregnancies, having to spend months in hospital. Am I
>likely to die? Abortion is out of the question.

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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