ever carry a child in her womb ever again, the 50-year-old became pregnant with a baby boy. The grandmother was shocked that she had a baby on the way and could not believe that she’d missed all the signs for so long.
For months, Hall suffered from typical pregnancy symptoms like weight gain and morning sickness. However, she had trusted her doctors when they told her she had entered menopause, so pregnancy was not even on her mind. She thought it wasn’t even a possibility for her anymore.
Hall had also been coping with a lupus diagnosis for the last ten years. That diagnosis, coupled with her recent entry into menopause, made it challenging for her to recognize the symptoms of pregnancy. Only when a little voice in the back of her head whispered to her at the pharmacy did Michele Hall purchase a pregnancy test. When the test came back positive, Hall booked the first appointment she could with her doctor.
The doctor confirmed that Hall was pregnant. That gave Hall and her 47-year-old husband, Jerry, only two months to prepare for the newborn baby they never expected to have.
For seven months, Hall had treated her body as she normally would. Now that she confirmed the pregnancy, she treated it like the precious temple that it was. But having a “geriatric pregnancy” was not easy for the experienced mother. She had just two weeks left of the high-risk pregnancy before her baby boy was due to enter the world. Michele Hall took as good care of herself as she could, starting with making all the necessary doctor appointments and fitting more exercise into her lifestyle.
“A lot of older people would look at me and do a double-take because they were probably trying to figure out if I was as old as they thought I was,” Michele told NDN.
Although she did everything she could once she knew she was pregnant, the delivery was very challenging. Grayson was born on December 27, 2018. He was welcomed into the world by his “geriatric” parents.
However, Grayson was not out of the woods yet. He was born early, so he needed extra care from the doctors. He spent twelve days in the NICU because he was stricken with breathing problems. The newborn baby boy had sleep apnea and other respiratory challenges.
Once he was cleared by the doctors in the NICU, Grayson joined Michele and Jerry at their home.
“Now we’re just settling back into our regular lives after a chaotic 12 to 13 weeks,” Michele told NDN.
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