47 year old woman gives birth to triplets (girls, activity, child)
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I think I saw your post with that link after I wrote this one. I wasn't aware that there were such manufacturer's assistance with formula, but IMO it's a good idea, I know formula is expensive. It's akin to getting manufacturer's help with prescription drugs, and lots of people get help with those programs.
I'd think anyone with multiple babies would take advantage of help with formula!
I can't imagine having triplets at 47! I had twins last year at 38, and they are more than enough for me! Having one baby was hard work, having two babies at once was a LOT of work. Having three babies - ugh, I don't even want to think about it!
To the OP, I am not sure what you meant by your OP, but generally, if you state that you hope that companies or people step up, it does often imply that you think that they should.
I am sure she was informed at the hospital of the programs she signed up for. There are certainly plenty of companies that give freebies and discounts to parents of multiples. I received 2 cases of formula from enfamil and 2 cases from similac. It lasted me forever since I was 90% breastfeeding. The formula helped for daycare since I could not pump enough for them to have breast milk only. There are plenty of other offers from other companies, I just never bothered to sign up.
So companies will still help out parents of multiple babies, that's good to know!
Good luck with your twins, you're a relative youngster compared to having babies at 47, though!
For all the shamers that want to shame women for having sex, you don't deserve to have it. It takes two. If you shame the women, you shouldn't be sleeping with them. Being 47 in itself is generally a form of birth control. She had good reason to believe those parts were not functioning. If you were a catholic, you certainly would've shamed her if she had used a condom. So in a financial planning aspect, it is very reasonable that she was not planning to have children at that age. Does that entitle her to a bailout? No, however, the morons that would have shamed her for birth control, shamed her if she had an abortion, should not also shame her for not having a million bucks saved up to provide for additional children if she happens to have a shockingly fertile reproductive system for her age. The ignorance is unreal.
I have never heard that just being 47 is birth control enough. Unless she has gone through menopause, and she is having a monthly cycle, there is no reason to think that those parts are not functioning. Who exactly are these people who would shame her for taking birth control?
No one is shaming her. I am 39 right now, and my likelihood of getting pregnant is much less than for women younger than me, but its still possible.
She's a farmer in India. Do you understand what it means to be a rural woman in India? She's lucky if she has 4th grade education. If you read the article, her reproductive system didn't shut down. Her husband was the one who was infertile his entire life. He took on two more wives after her because she wasn't able to provide him with children. His other wives weren't able to also. Again, lack of education. They had no clue that men can be sterile.
So women in India don't know that old women can't have babies, even with a 4th grade education? Sorry, I don't think you're giving her enough credit.... and apparently she knew enough to know it wouldn't happen by "doing what comes naturally" and sought out a fertility specialist to help her have her very late life baby.
Sorry, but at age 66 her reproductive system indeed would be gone out of business. Her fertility treatments would have had to involve her taking multiple hormones to get her uterus in shape to accept and maintain a pregnancy, donation of another woman's eggs ( at age 66, if she had any left, their condition wouherld be questionable), in vitro fertilization of said eggs with donor sperm (unless they could use her husband's, but you said he was infertile, so likely not), close monitoring of a very high risk pregnancy for things like diabetes, hypertension, and other old age issues. Not exactly as nature intended, IMO.
And if this woman is now pointing fingers at the fertility clinic that made this all possible, claiming that they should have warned her of the dangers in having children in old age, makes me wonder if she's having second thoughts about the wisdom of her actions......
"They said it was rare for a woman her age not only to get pregnant but also to have multiple births spontaneously, without hormone or fertility treatments."
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Actually, older women are more likely to have multiple births than younger women. Women who have been pregnant before are more likely to have a multiple pregnancy. African-American women are more likely to have a multiple. This woman had a lot of "risk" factors for a multiple birth. National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc - Incidence of Twins By Twin Type
Odds of conceiving without intervention at her age are around 2-5% (which is right around the same as odds of conceiving while using some methods of birth control). Spontaneous triplets are rare (1:8100 according to the numbers produced by a quick google search), no matter how old Mum is. I'm guessing even adjusted for the increased likelihood of multiples in older and AA women, once you throw in the increased likelihood of fetal loss with higher order multiples, AA women, single women and older mums, you'll still end up with "not bloody likely". Even going with NMOTC's statistics (which historically are not necessarily the going thing in accuracy) you're left with about a 1:100 chance of conception, less than that of all three surviving.
Harking back to the OP, MOST (Mothers of Supertwins) has lists of companies which still offer freebies to parents of higher order multiples. And one would hope that her local NMOTC and/or MOST chapters would help out, though depending on the chapter, that may or may not happen.
Why would the American public and manufacturers need to step up and help this woman...?
I'm going to go with "companies do it for the publicity and the tax write-offs" since that's the main reason they seem to do most charitable things (including freebies to other triplet families). As for the American public...that's one of the stated goals of most NMOTC chapters. (I'm assuming they count as "public".)
In today's world, triplets are a dime a dozen. I personally know 2 women who have triplets. It's really not that special anymore. Doubt she'll get free anything!
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