What This Story Is About
- A Nashville woman’s perseverance ends in joy after birth of her second child following much heartbreak.
Why It Matters
- She is encouraging other women to not give up.
For Context
- The odds of childbirth after 40 natural are just 5 percent.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Shana Ilagan married during the pandemic at age 42 and had her first child shortly after. When she tried for a second, the path became far more difficult.
Ilagan suffered multiple miscarriages and visited several doctors who told her it was too late to conceive again. She then turned to Nashville Fertility and embryo adoption.
Her first embryo adoption attempt ended in another miscarriage. A doctor at Nashville Fertility referred her to a specialist to determine why the losses were occurring. She was treated with antibiotics, steroids and baby aspirin…