{"id":142296,"date":"2021-11-27T11:45:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T15:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=142296"},"modified":"2021-11-27T11:45:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T15:45:02","slug":"woman-gives-birth-to-1st-child-at-50-following-years-of-infertility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/woman-gives-birth-to-1st-child-at-50-following-years-of-infertility\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman gives birth to 1st child at 50, following years of infertility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1556696621\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-89418040\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>Susie and Tony Troxler will celebrate their first Thanksgiving this year as parents, and they are doing so at the age of 50 and 61, respectively.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3024597862\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-593302965\" class=\"antig-inside-article-content\"><\/div>\n<p>Susie Troxler, a psychologist in High Point, North Carolina, gave birth to their daughter, Lily Antonia Troxler, on Sept. 29, 2021, after just over a decade of trying to get pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really, really, really surreal,\u201d she said of welcoming a daughter at age 50. \u201cI\u2019d been unmarried, I\u2019d been a wife and now the idea of being a mommy, it still hasn\u2019t sunk in I don\u2019t think.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-4094073827\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-2118750722\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The Troxlers had tried to have a baby since marrying 13 years ago, but were never able to naturally conceive.<\/p><div id=\"antig-272747513\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-1949972643\" class=\"antig-content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-1192789221\" class=\"antig-before-youtube-ads socialMedia\"><\/div>\n<p>Susie Troxler said that for both she and her husband, seeking fertility help was not something they considered, simply because they did not know what options existed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we got married, we just assumed we\u2019d get pregnant, and then it didn\u2019t happen,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we\u2019re both very old-school, and when we grew up, nobody even talked about or discussed IVF [in-vitro fertilization]. It wasn\u2019t even a thing.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-582542135\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-1637993879\" class=\"antig-content_2\"><\/div>\n<p>That changed around three years ago, when Susie Troxler went in for her annual exam with a new-to-her OBGYN at Cone Health, a North Carolina-based health care network where Tony had recently been hired in the security department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the appointment, she asked me a question nobody else had ever asked me: \u2018Is there anything else, any concerns or questions?,&#8217;\u201d Susie Troxler recalled. \u201cBecause she asked it, I mentioned that we hadn\u2019t gotten pregnant, and she said, \u2018OK, we can work on that.&#8217;\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-467716655\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"1000436969\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-1898178357\" class=\"antig-content_3\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The OBGYN, Dr. Carolyn Harraway-Smith, Cone Health\u2019s chief medical officer for women\u2019s health, referred her immediately to a fertility specialist.<\/p><div id=\"antig-338890184\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTypically, if someone was younger and had a longer period of time to conceive, I would start the work-up for infertility,\u201d said Harraway-Smith. \u201cBecause of her age, I knew we had a short window, so I referred her to a reproductive endocrinologist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reproductive endocrinologist diagnosed Susie Troxler with fibroids, which are usually benign, muscular tumors that grow in the wall of the uterus. They are most common in women in their 40s and early 50s, and are more common in Black women than white women, according to the U.S. Office on Women\u2019s Health.<\/p>\n<p>Susie Troxler underwent surgery in January 2019 to remove the fibroids, but was told she and her husband would still not be able to get pregnant naturally, both because of her age and because of health complications on her husband\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>People pregnant and trying to get pregnant over the age of 35 are considered to be of \u201cadvanced maternal age,\u201d a term used in the medical community. Being older not only makes it more difficult for a person to become pregnant, it also increases the risks of complications, like gestational diabetes and preeclampsia for the mother, or premature birth and birth defects for the baby, according to the March of Dimes.<\/p>\n<p>The Troxlers underwent several rounds of IVF, but after not being able to produce a viable embryo, they turned to egg donation.<\/p>\n<p>Susie Troxler underwent the first embryo transfer in late 2019, but it did not take. Several months later, in spring 2020, the coronavirus pandemic emerged in the United States and put their plans for a family on hold for nearly one year due to pandemic restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>In February, the Troxlers decided to try their last viable embryo, a frozen embryo, which they considered to be their last chance.<\/p>\n<p>Several weeks later, they learned Susie Troxler was pregnant.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57128 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Capture-22.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Capture-22.jpg 727w, https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Capture-22-300x269.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"727\" height=\"652\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t even have words for it,\u201d she said of her reaction to the pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was amazing and surreal,\u201d Tony Troxler said of learning he would be a first-time dad.<\/p>\n<p>Susie Troxler had what she described as a \u201cpretty uneventful\u201d pregnancy with mild pregnancy symptoms and no major medical complications.<\/p>\n<p>She underwent a planned C-section on Sept. 29, that was led by Harraway-Smith, whom the Troxlers credit with starting the process that led them to becoming parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a beautiful and exciting and peaceful moment,\u201d Harraway-Smith said of Lily\u2019s delivery, during which she said Susie Troxler hummed a gospel song. \u201cEveryone in the room was excited and she came out healthy and happy and was just a beautiful baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57127 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Capture-21.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Capture-21.jpg 714w, https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Capture-21-300x213.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now the Troxlers are in the middle of the sleep-deprived first months of being new parents, an experience they said they wouldn\u2019t change for the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven now I find myself just staring at her,\u201d said Tony Troxler. \u201cBefore she was born, she had me wrapped around her pinky finger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57126 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Capture-20.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Capture-20.jpg 733w, https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Capture-20-300x158.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"733\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Added Susie Troxler, \u201cI\u2019m of the belief that kids come when they\u2019re supposed to come, regardless of the age of the parents. We look at it as this is exactly how it was meant to be. 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