Lisa Richards
I am a mother. I was told I could not be a mother. To come from that point, to this point, is by far my greatest achievement.
Lisa Richards is a wife and mum who is passionate about women who want to have a baby in their 40s.
In finding a dearth of information to support her own fertility journey, Lisa researched the challenges older parents face no matter where they are located in the world. The obstacles are not solely fertility. There is a lack of transparency and information supporting all the options available to would-be parents. They desperately want to know what they can do to better their odds. When even the laws affecting a parent’s right to procreate are confusing and differ across the globe, the quest to have a baby in your 40s can seem fantastical. However the paths travelled by other women are enormously helpful in any would-be parent’s decision to embark upon late parenthood. Ten years after the start of Lisa’s journey, her book, “Making babies in your 40’s”, was borne.
The book draws upon 10 years’ personal experience and the experience of others who have kindly shared their stories with Lisa. Having watched friends, clients and family experience the challenges of fertility in their 40s, Lisa’s hope is to provide a plan for people who want to make babies to get to a place where they can look back and say, I gave it my best shot.
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR
David B. Smotrich, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
David B. Smotrich, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. Is Founder and Medical Director of La Jolla IVF , a San Diego, California based fertility clinic. Dr Smotrich, to date, has done over 7,000 Gestational Surrogate cycles, over 6,000 Egg Donation cycles, over 5,000 Gestational Surrogate/ Egg Donor cycles, over 2,000 LGBTQ cycles, more than 4,000 pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT) cycles and more than 5,000 regular IVF and Frozen Embryo Transfer cycles. La Jolla IVF and Dr Smotrich have helped people from 101 countries fulfil their dream of parenthood.
David B. Smotrich, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology specializing in Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility. Dr. Smotrich earned his M.D. degree from the Sackler School of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. He completed his Post-Graduate Residency studies and Fellowship training in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Albany Medical Center Hospital in Albany, N.Y.
