A Greensboro woman became a
first time mom at 50 years old.
W FM Y news. Tracy McCain jumped at the
chance to talk with her about her one in
a million shot of having a baby at 50.
Married in 2008. Susie and
Tony Traxler were happy being
a family of two
got married. We got very little later
in life obviously and we just assumed
we'd get pregnant like most people.
And, you know, one year turned into two.
Yeah, when it got to be like 10-9 years,
10 years, 11 years.
They were like OK, something is up here.
We're not sure what it
is. They both had dreams
of becoming parents that
I had a boatload. Fibroids.
Uterine fibroids but
a mountain of health hurdles
put their baby dreams on hold.
I was too old and Tony had some
medical issues and between the two of
us there was not going to be a baby.
Let me start over here.
I need your ages. I'm 50.
I was born in 1971.
I told people I have no
shame in that whatsoever.
And I'm 61. I
was born in 1960
at 50 and 61. The Traxler is heard no a lot
when you take away all that
nice official medical jargon.
The bottom line is involved in that
so you're gonna need a whole lot
of help if this is gonna happen.
But finally they met a Doctor Who said yes in
this situation given her advanced
age and no one had really given
her or given them their options
for attempting to conceive.
Cone health OBGYN. Doctor Carolyn
Harraway Smith says a 50 year old
first time mom is pretty rare.
I don't think a pregnancy at
this late age is for everyone.
Complications are common and both
mom and baby are labeled high risk.
But when you want something,
no matter how crazy, no matter
how impossible, if that's the
dream in your heart, go for it.
So they did. Doctor Haraway
Smith referred the trackers to
Carolinas Fertility Institute.
Here, doctors removed her fibroids.
Performed rounds of egg collections and IVF.
None of that work none. None at all.
The Traxler's Redounds
to their last embryo may
bring in for the ultrasound and
the first thing they were like up.
Do you move in and I'm like and
she was a teenager looming then,
so I'm like, yes, great
news for the family in February. Here she is.
And even better news in September Lily
LILL Antonia named after her daddy Troxler.
Do little things they can see you lovely
5 pounds, 12 ounces and every
inch is she daddy's little girl.
Before she was even born.
Can be wrapped around her pinky.
I love her so much.
Every time I look at it,
sometimes I find myself
just staring at it.
It's it's. It's it's amazing.
The couple is now adjusting
to their first and only child.
We are thrilled, sleep deprived.
I'm sleep deprived,
but totally beyond worth it.
They're thankful for the
blessings and for the baby girl
they always dreamed would come.
We know she's the miracle she
really, really is miracle baby.
Awesome, so cute.
So to give you a better idea of
the Troxler's medical miracle,
the chances a woman over 50 will give
will go the full 40 weeks of pregnancy
and deliver a healthy baby is less than 20%.
It's even lower when the
father is also a bit older.
A baby Lily is healthy and that
rockler's have a lot to be
thankful for. Congratulations
to them absolutely, you know you hear all
the time where you see on social media,
friends or family having
difficult times you know,
trying to conceive and have children.
Imagine being. 50 years old and
going through the same challenges.
It's got to be so great and
we're leaving to finally do it
very much so and you see the couple.
They are all smiles.
They're so very happy and
I'm going to say, you know,
3050 is the new 30, right?
So you know what?
It's a beautiful baby and she
entered the world in September,
so this will be their first
Thanksgiving first holiday
season with the baby,
so even much more to be thankful
for this holiday season,
absolutely.