Older mom/donor egg - positive birth stories?

[Contented73]

I'm working with a wonderful (first time) mom-to-be who most definitely deserves the "older mom" label. She got pregnant using a donor egg. In this type of situation I could see it being difficult to trust one's body - but happily, she is trying for a natural birth. Also, I know she doesn't want to be induced, but I'm guessing her doctor will probably be quite skittish once her due date comes, and it might influence her, too. So anyway, with her due date fast approaching, I'm looking for positive birth stories to share with her that will help encourage her and keep her strong in these last few weeks. Does anyone have any good natural birth stories about first-time older (45+) moms and/or moms who got pregnant with donor eggs?

The other thing I'm wondering is if any of the birth professionals here might have some insight into more common things that happen to older moms during labor - like, perhaps older moms have a tendency towards longer labors, etc. I guess I'm just curious to know if there is anything that you've noticed, so that I could be aware of it.

Thanks!

[AugustLia23]

Not a positive story, but an associate had a client that was older and not the healthies who got pregnant using donor eggs and had a really hard labor that ended in a c-section. To put it simply her body just didn't seem to know what to do. She was induced because she had gone 2 weeks post-dates, and during the induction her kidneys totally shut down. Afterwards she had a hard time with her milk coming in and ended up pumping exclusively.

Hopefully this won't be the case for the mom you're working with, but in a way if your body needs such help to get pregnant, then it makes sense that it'll need extra help to birth, etc.

Maybe try to help her get her body ripe for birth so she can avoid the induction looming at 40+ weeks. Doctors are c-section happy with the older moms especially!