Tina Malone is pregnant at 50

[Saph]

SHAMELESS star Tina Malone has revealed she is pregnant.

The 50-year-old actress announced today that she is five weeks pregnant with her and husband Paul Chase's first child together following successful IVF treatment.

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Speaking on ITV1's This Morning, Tina — who is best known for playing foul-mouthed Mimi Maguire in Channel 4's Shameless — exclaimed: "I am pregnant. We are delighted."

Mum-of-one Tina, who had her daughter Danielle Malone when she was just 17, added: "I think it's important that I'm much more healthy than I was 20 years ago.

"I've had ECGs, I've had blood tests, we've had everything done. And physically, mentally, emotionally, and even financially, believe it or not, I'm better than I have been for 20 years.

"And I've got the best man or partner I could ever have.


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[Novo]

Don't really care about any of this but it looks like she has lost loads of weight

[Marsh.]

Isn't the baby at high risk of being disabled with such an old woman?

[Marc]

I'm not sure whether this woman is a real life troll or not

[Niamh.]

Isn't the baby at high risk of being disabled with such an old woman?

Yeah I would think so. Seems a bit selfish really

[GiRTh]

Isn't the baby at high risk of being disabled with such an old woman?YEs. She's gonna need extra special attention by the hospital staff due to her age.

[AnnieK]

Ivf cut off in most places privately is 50 I think so she has just made it... It depends whether she has used an egg donor too. But as the embryos are grown "in vitro" only absolutely healthy and viable ones are transferred back...it's the toll on her health afterwards that may be telling but medically she can carry the baby quite healthily at 50...

[Niamh.]

Ivf cut off in most places privately is 50 I think so she has just made it... It depends whether she has used an egg donor too. But as the embryos are grown "in vitro" only absolutely healthy and viable ones are transferred back...it's the toll on her health afterwards that may be telling but medically she can carry the baby quite healthily at 50...

Oh so there isn't the same risk through IVF then of having a baby with disabilities?

[Marsh.]

Oh right, well that's good if she's just made it and there's no risk to the baby.

But if she does end up with effects on her own health I'd have no sympathy. There's a reason the body has a biological clock.

[AnnieK]

Yeah...in some respects the risks are higher but if she has used donor eggs, they will have come from a woman who is 36 or below so the risks reduce in that respect that say a woman in her 40s who gets pregnant naturally.

[Jesus.]

Wants to make a joke about Niamh in this thread but it's just too darn close to ML.

[AnnieK]

Wants to make a joke about Niamh in this thread but it's just too darn close to ML.

And wouldn't be funny anyway...

[Niamh.]

Yeah...in some respects the risks are higher but if she has used donor eggs, they will have come from a woman who is 36 or below so the risks reduce in that respect that say a woman in her 40s who gets pregnant naturally.

What would be the point in going through a pregnancy at that age though but not even using your own eggs? You may as well just adopt if the baby isn't even going to be biologically yours anyway

[Jesus.]

And wouldn't be funny anyway...

That's always a given annie.

[Niamh.]

Wants to make a joke about Niamh in this thread but it's just too darn close to ML.

Go ahead, I've already knocked you off my list just for that implication anyway :idc:

[Marsh.]

What would be the point in going through a pregnancy at that age though but not even using your own eggs? You may as well just adopt if the baby isn't even going to be biologically yours anyway

Yeah, even if the eggs aren't hers, the baby is still at risk through being carried by her isn't it? I would've thought so anyway.

[Jesus.]

Go ahead, I've already knocked you off my list just for that implication anyway :idc:

It wasn't a complete post. I meant to put Annie at the start of the sentence.

[Marsh.]

Wants to make a joke about Niamh in this thread but it's just too darn close to ML.

Did you not get the memo? The only thing old and ancient is that long dead joke you love to flog. :idc:

[Jesus.]

Did you not get the memo? The only thing old and ancient is that long dead joke you love to flog. :idc:

I'd probably be offended if I even knew who you were.

[AnnieK]

What would be the point in going through a pregnancy at that age though but not even using your own eggs? You may as well just adopt if the baby isn't even going to be biologically yours anyway

It would still be biologically hers. Basically in your late 30s your egg start to deteriorate leading to more chromosomal defects like Downs etc but if you use a donor egg there is less chance of that but the baby still develops the placenta in the sme way so has your blood supply etc... the problems start sometimes because your body knows during natural conception if an egg is going to be a viable pregnancy and so doesn't allow implantation if there is any problems. But because they are grown in a petri dish and then implanted some will implant with birth defects that usually wouldn't but they are usually found quite quickly as you have lots of scans during the process....

[Livia]

I'm not a Tina Malone fan by any means, but if it's a donor egg (don't know much about this but Annie's posts have been informative...) and there's a good chance of a healthy, wanted baby, I don't see it's any one else's business. No one seems to be up in arms when a sixty year old man fathers a child.

[Vicky.]

Good for her, she obviously really wanted a baby if she was going through IVF.

[Niamh.]

It would still be biologically hers. Basically in your late 30s your egg start to deteriorate leading to more chromosomal defects like Downs etc but if you use a donor egg there is less chance of that but the baby still develops the placenta in the sme way so has your blood supply etc... the problems start sometimes because your body knows during natural conception if an egg is going to be a viable pregnancy and so doesn't allow implantation if there is any problems. But because they are grown in a petri dish and then implanted some will implant with birth defects that usually wouldn't but they are usually found quite quickly as you have lots of scans during the process....

What? :shocked: what about people who use surrogates then? Like Gary and Izzy in Corrie?? Is the baby biologically Tinas or Izzys? I assumed it was Izzys since it was her egg used

[Niamh.]

I'm not a Tina Malone fan by any means, but if it's a donor egg (don't know much about this but Annie's posts have been informative...) and there's a good chance of a healthy, wanted baby, I don't see it's any one else's business. No one seems to be up in arms when a sixty year old man fathers a child.

Actually people who think it's selfish for a woman, usually think the same about men, the only difference imo is that it's more risky for the baby when it's an older woman

[Livia]

Actually people who think it's selfish for a woman, usually think the same about men, the only difference imo is that it's more risky for the baby when it's an older woman

What I mean is that there is usually less of an outcry.

[AnnieK]

What? :shocked: what about people who use surrogates then? Like Gary and Izzy in Corrie?? Is the baby biologically Tinas or Izzys? I assumed it was Izzys since it was her egg used

Legally it's Tina's I think but I'm not 100% sure biologically.

[Vicky.]

What? :shocked: what about people who use surrogates then? Like Gary and Izzy in Corrie?? Is the baby biologically Tinas or Izzys? I assumed it was Izzys since it was her egg used

If it was Izzys egg, then it will be biologically Izzy's child (I dont watch corrie)

But I think you can get surrogates where your egg is implanted in another woman. In which case the child would biologically be yours.

I was asked a few months ago to be a surrogate for a gay couple actually...dont quite know how that would work, as the child couldnt be both of theirs I dont think..

[Niamh.]

Legally it's Tina's I think but I'm not 100% sure biologically.

But I thought you just said if Tina Malone got a donor egg the baby would still be hers biologically?

[Jake.]

Well, if the baby isn't at risk and they can provide a good family, I don't see what the problem is

[Niamh.]

If it was Izzys egg, then it will be biologically Izzy's child (I dont watch corrie)

But I think you can get surrogates where your egg is implanted in another woman. In which case the child would biologically be yours.

I was asked a few months ago to be a surrogate for a gay couple actually...dont quite know how that would work, as the child couldnt be both of theirs I dont think..

I've always thought I would be ok with being a surrogate for someone close to me if they couldn't have kids but that'd be only if the child I was carrying wasn't biologically mine

[Cherie]

Good Luck to her and her husband, she is just slightly over the age some women can still conceive naturally anyway.

[Vicky.]

I've always thought I would be ok with being a surrogate for someone close to me if they couldn't have kids but that'd be only if the child I was carrying wasn't biologically mine

I think I would only do it for family.

This guy that asked me..I'm kinda close to his boyfriend, but I had never really spoke to him. I found it extremely cheeky to be honest with you. If it had come from his boyfriend who I have known for years then it would have been different..but it was like being asked by a stranger :/

[Niamh.]

I think I would only do it for family.

This guy that asked me..I'm kinda close to his boyfriend, but I had never really spoke to him. I found it extremely cheeky to be honest with you. If it had come from his boyfriend who I have known for years then it would have been different..but it was like being asked by a stranger :/

Aw yeah I wouldn't do it for someone I didn't know that well, no way. It'd have to be a family member or a very close friend, like there's probably only 3 of my friends I'd consider to be close enough

[Vicky.]

I have no close enough friends to even consider seriously

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[Cherie]

I think I would only do it for family.

This guy that asked me..I'm kinda close to his boyfriend, but I had never really spoke to him. I found it extremely cheeky to be honest with you. If it had come from his boyfriend who I have known for years then it would have been different..but it was like being asked by a stranger :/

This reminds me of the story of the gay guy who helped his friend get pregnant, I assume she used the turkey baster method, anyhoo they grew apart and he found a partner and was living away happily until she got the CSA on to him for maintenance.:shocked: Enter into this type of arrangement at your peril.

[Josy]

Weird I was just reading an article the other day where she was talking about going for IVF...well good luck to her.

[Marsh.]

I'd probably be offended if I even knew who you were.

Not as omniscient as your Dad then?

What? :shocked: what about people who use surrogates then? Like Gary and Izzy in Corrie?? Is the baby biologically Tinas or Izzys? I assumed it was Izzys since it was her egg used

Biologically it's Izzy and Gary's but legally Tina is the birth mother and can choose to keep the child if she wishes.

What I mean is that there is usually less of an outcry.

I don't think the reaction is to do with how they can care and bring up the child at their time of life. But obviously in the woman's case, the baby is at a higher risk of developing a serious condition/disability since she is the one carrying the child.

[AnnieK]

But I thought you just said if Tina Malone got a donor egg the baby would still be hers biologically?

Yeah I've confused myself here. When I was going through IVF I looked into being an egg donor and I think they are classed as biologically the donor mother but I guess in Tina's case she wants to carry her child...I will have to look back through my stuff but just off out now....mmm sorry I may be causing confusion..

[Niamh.]

This reminds me of the story of the gay guy who helped his friend get pregnant, I assume she used the turkey baster method, anyhoo they grew apart and he found a partner and was living away happily until she got the CSA on to him for maintenance.:shocked: Enter into this type of arrangement at your peril.

Oh wow, what a horrible bitch

[Vicky.]

This reminds me of the story of the gay guy who helped his friend get pregnant, I assume she used the turkey baster method, anyhoo they grew apart and he found a partner and was living away happily until she got the CSA on to him for maintenance.:shocked: Enter into this type of arrangement at your peril.

Yup I remember that story well. Some people were saying that the woman was right..and the guy should cough up for 'his' kid :bored:

[King Gizzard]

Its not fair for the kid, but 50 isn't as bad as some of the men who're having babies in their 70's

[Marsh.]

Yeah I've confused myself here. When I was going through IVF I looked into being an egg donor and I think they are classed as biologically the donor mother but I guess in Tina's case she wants to carry her child...I will have to look back through my stuff but just off out now....mmm sorry I may be causing confusion..

The birth mother is the legal parent regardless of the baby's biology. To me that's backward and wrong but that's the law.

Like in Corrie, Tina will decide to keep the baby. And in the eyes of the law, she's allowed to do so.

[Niamh.]

Not as omniscient as your Dad then?



Biologically it's Izzy and Gary's but legally Tina is the birth mother and can choose to keep the child if she wishes.



I don't think the reaction is to do with how they can care and bring up the child at their time of life. But obviously in the woman's case, the baby is at a higher risk of developing a serious condition/disability since she is the one carrying the child.

Yeah, that's what I thought but Annie is confusing me waaaaaaaaaa

Yeah I've confused myself here. When I was going through IVF I looked into being an egg donor and I think they are classed as biologically the donor mother but I guess in Tina's case she wants to carry her child...I will have to look back through my stuff but just off out now....mmm sorry I may be causing confusion..

hhhmmmm, I just don't see why she'd risk carrying the child at her age if it's not even hers biologically anyway, but I suppose it'd be her husbands?

[Marsh.]

Another point is that it says she is only 5 weeks pregnant, a bit barmy to publicly announce it so early.

[Marcus.]

good luck to her

[Niamh.]

Another point is that it says she is only 5 weeks pregnant, a bit barmy to publicly announce it so early.

Yeah that's true too

[arista]

I do not Care

[Vicky.]

Yeah 5 weeks is extremely early. I hope it goes well :S

[Niamh.]

I do not Care

:laugh2:

[Marsh.]

:laugh: You obviously do in some way or you wouldn't have commented.

[bbfan1991]

Good for her, if it is what made her happy:).

Obviously there will be concerns about her age or some people calling her selfish etc, but it is her choice and business.

[Shaun]

OK :shrug: don't see the big deal. The points like "oh the child might be motherless before they're 20" are kinda immaterial since death is immeasurable and unpredictable.

[Kazanne]

fair play to her,they obviously really want a child,hope all goes well for them.

[zakman440]

Good for her, congratulations! :)

[Marsh.]

OK :shrug: don't see the big deal. The points like "oh the child might be motherless before they're 20" are kinda immaterial since death is immeasurable and unpredictable.

Who made those points?

[Z]

I think Shaun was referring more to the generic responses people have to stories about women getting pregnant in later life rather than anything anyone said in this particular thread, because those are generally the sorts of comments people make.

[Marsh.]

Tbh, I think the general negative view of a woman having a child passed a certain age is more of the risk to carrying the baby. Nothing to do with how old they are as a parent once the baby is born.

That's where the difference between an older father and an older mother is.

[reece(:]

Good for her, we're in no position to judge.

[Marc]

She's gonna have to lose all that weight again :(

[Patrick]

It's hilarious because just last night on Shameless, her character was going through menopause..