Marla’s IVF Pregnancy at 48 With Her Own Eggs

About this episode

Marla Tellez shares her journey of a successful pregnancy at 48 using her own frozen eggs.

105. After anchoring the news for nearly 30 years, Emmy-award winner Marla Tellez found herself reporting on her own miracle: a successful pregnancy at 48 using her own frozen eggs. In this episode, Marla shares the incredible 12-year timeline from freezing her eggs at age 37 to welcoming her daughter, Sloan, just days before her 49th birthday. She pulls back the curtain on the technical and emotional hurdles of later-in-life parenting, including navigating a partner’s prior vasectomy through...

People in this episode

Host: Jamie Massey

Guest: Marla Tellez

Topics covered

• IVF
• pregnancy
• later-in-life parenting
• frozen eggs
• emotional hurdles

Keywords

• IVF
• pregnancy at 48
• frozen eggs
• later-in-life parenting
• Marla Tellez

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