Tina Fey beats odds for getting pregnant after 40

April 8th, 2011 1:30 pm ET


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  At age 40, stats say Tina Fey only had a 5% chance of getting pregnant after 40 naturally. The comedian is expecting her second child with 51-year-old husband Jeff Richmond.

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Comedian Tina Fey is Pregnant! Tina joins a crew of Hollywood's hottest women who are having babies and getting pregnant after 40. Annoucning the news during a taping forThe Oprah Winfrey Show, Fey revealed she's five months pregnant and more than ready to welcome Baby No. 2. TINA FEY AND 51-YEAR-OLD HUBBY PREGNANT AFTER 40 Tina Fey's second dose of pregnancy new comes nearly six years after the birth of her first daughter, Alice, with husband Jeff Richmond. The 40-year-old Tina Fey and Richmond, 51, an American composer, actor and television producer, beat the natural odds of having a baby after 40 - A myth in Hollywood that few dare to dispell. PREGNANT TINA FEY BEATS 5% CHANCE "Your chances of getting pregnant at age 30 are about 20 percent," reminds Rachel Gurevich, health writer and author of the book The Doula Advantage. She adds, "At age 40, your chance of getting pregnant in any give month is just 5 percent." EXPERTS: "...SOME USE FERTILITY TREATMENTS" In an article reviewed by the BabyCenter Medical Advisory Board by Connie Matthiessen experts say "it's almost impossible to get pregnant using your own eggs" in older years but that "many 40-plus women do get pregnant, some using fertility treatments and some not." WHAT REAL WOMEN DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOLLYWOOD PREGNANCY Recall the article "Getting Pregnant: What real women don't know about Hollywood babies" in which Dr. Hal Danzer, partner and co-founder of the Southern California Reproductive Center (SCRC), points out that women attempting to have a baby after 35 and succeeding are the "exception" and not the rule. GIULANA RANCIC, NICOLE KIDMAN OFFER PERSONAL TESTIMONIES In the article, talk show host Giulana Rancic openly discussesher struggles getting pregnant at 36-years-old and her quest to inform "normal" women about the challenges instead of covering up Hollywood's access to fertility treatments and doctors to get pregnant. Actress Nicole Kidmanalso confesses her own person challenges with getting pregnant after 40, saying she "can weep" when she hears stories of what others trying to get pregnant "are going through."  For Tina Fey, who has not indicated use of fertility treatments or problems getting pregnant, she'll welcome her new bundle later this summer but isn't blind to the blessing of having a baby at her age. Last year, when asked if she'd be popping out a sibling-companion for her daughter, Fey admitted that age matters.TINA FEY ADMITS AGE MATTERS "I don’t know," she said. "I’m 39 now – I’m getting up there!. (source:examiner.com)

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