Victoria Coren Mitchell has given birth at 51

[CanIPetThatDawg]

I wish nothing but health and happiness to both mum and baby but I can't imagine being up to my elbows in all the newborn stuff in my early 50s.

At that stage I hope to be taking a lover, or writing strongly worded letters to my local newspaper. I might alternate these hobbies.

(She has given birth rather than used a surrogate)

Oh sanctimonious ones, wind your necks in. We can wonder without expecting to be provided with the answers to our wonderings.

I hope your dream comes true for you

My husbands gran had one at that age. She thought her periods had stopped due to menopause. Bit of a shock when the dr told her she was 6 months pregnant!
My husband is the same age as his uncle.
Definitely not something I would want to be doing though.

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A friend of mine had a surprise baby at 50. It was more of a shock as she had had several rounds of IVF when younger and had resigned herself to being childless.

Heck! Brave woman, I'm 39 and feel 60.

Congrats to her though!

Oh that's lovely news. We are huge VCM fans in our house. Wishing them all lots of love and a swift recuperation.

That must gave been lovely! If knackering. 😊

Lovely news - I think Laura Linney had her first baby at 49/50 ?

I hope Barbara is super excited being a big sister

Love to them all

Are you the editor of an old-fashioned top-shelf magazine?

God I had no idea she was 51! I would have said 45 at the most.

Good luck to them both. I'm 40 and couldn't face a baby but fair play. They can afford help which makes a huge difference.

Am I the only one thinking it's madness to have children in your fifties?

I had concerns being near 40 and DH 45 in not wanting to be too old when the kids would be in late teens and early twenties.

They'll be 70 with a teenager.

She'll probably have a nanny to make life easier. Good luck to her.

I think it is highly unlikely she didn't use donor eggs.

I'm so surprised there are 3 threads on this.

I don't mean that as a criticism of the op who presumably didn't know about the other 2. I'm just really surprised by how this person's pregnancy at 51 has captured the interest of so many mumsnetters.

She'll be given her own board on here next like the royal family!

She has given birth rather than used a surrogate)

Chances her child is actually her genetic child is virtually zero though!

1% chance of natural pregnancy so 1 in a 100 people who are 50 can get pregnant! Could well be natural!

1% chance of pregnancy doesn't = 100% chance of a baby.

I’m in exactly the same situation and tbh I think these sort of celebrity stories are very unhelpful to us.

We’ll likely never know if this was own egg IVF, donor egg IVF, or much less likely, natural unassisted conception and Victoria just had an excellent AMH / egg reserve, but whichever it is it doesn’t increase my chances knowing that this happens to rich celebrities who can pay for whatever help necessary and I think it gives false hope.

Odds of natural conception at 50 seem very mixed I found your 1% statistic but also found this:

So who knows ?

Had my last at 41, I don't regret her. It was my easiest pregnancy. Second marriage other DD was 21,had her first baby the following year. I regret being so old,I am now older than her partners grandparents,it feels uncomfortable. A year ago I was fighting fit, now have long Covid and no way would I be able to look after her one year old!

She's the same age as me. Fair play to her but there's no way I'd want to be looking after a newborn and running around after my own toddler in my 50s.

@BlackThumb I find it helpful because I am open to other ways of becoming a mother, as much as I'd love a biological child, I know I could also love a child who wasn't mine biologically but I was feeling like maybe I'm too old already. So for me this does give hope.

@Neurodiversitydoctor Whether she used donor eggs or not, she is still the child's mother.

Same age as me, i wouldn't because its my time now, but i think its great. Good luck to them

@All2Well im in the middle of the donor process at the moment…. I won’t be able to afford it more than once!

im sure Victoria could…