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At 60, Lauren Cohen did something many women her age wouldn’t dare do: she got pregnant and had twins.
Due to her age, Lauren had to radically change her lifestyle. Her wish: to be there for her husband and children as long as possible.
A dancer named Lauren Cohen
Lauren Cohen was very healthy and active. In her late fifties, she regularly took dance classes and enjoyed every minute of it.
It was during one of her classes that she spotted Frank.
She wanted to dance with Frank
Recently divorced, Lauren wasn’t necessarily looking for a romantic partner. But Frank caught her eye.
All she wanted to do was ask him to dance. But she was much older than him, so Lauren didn’t expect him to say yes.
Frank said yes
In an interview, Lauren said: “I never thought he would be interested in a much older woman. He was a great dancer, so I asked him to dance one night…”
To Lauren’s surprise, he said yes!
A 20 year age difference
It didn’t take long for Lauren and Frank to become attracted to each other, even though he was 20 years younger.
Sure, the age difference was a little worrying at first. But soon it became just a number.
It’s time to build a future
Lauren and Frank fell in love and eventually decided to get married. They didn’t care about their age or what others thought of them.
All they wanted was to build a future together.
A family and children
Lauren knew her new husband wanted a family of his own, something she wasn’t sure she could provide because of her age.
She wanted nothing more than to give him children and watch them grow up.
“…Nothing else in his life.”
In an interview, Lauren explained: “It scared me to think that Frank would end up taking care of an 80-year-old woman with nothing else going on in her life.”
This wasn’t how she wanted Frank to live.
They were going to do something about it
Lauren continued in the interview saying, “And at that point, he would be too old to start over with someone else.”
“I didn’t want to be responsible for him not having children, so we decided to do something about it, and fast.”
Refused by more than one doctor
Wanting to start a family, Lauren and Frank looked into in vitro fertilization (IVF). Despite their research, every doctor the newlyweds consulted turned them down.
No health professional wanted to perform IVF on a woman who was almost 60 years old.
“It was horrible”
Lauren spoke about the heartbreak she felt at being rejected by doctors.
In an interview, she said: “I was over the maximum age allowed to start the process in many units… It was horrible.”
Lauren was determined
Lauren continued the interview by saying, “I was determined that Frank would have a real family, but we kept getting rejected.”
Finally, their long wait and difficult search came to an end.
They found a clinic
Eventually, Lauren and Frank found a clinic in Virginia that would do IVF. However, it was a little more complicated than expected.
Before the procedure, Lauren had to undergo many tests.
The tests
According to Lauren, “There were so many tests – I did everything from running on a treadmill to seeing a psychiatrist before they even tried IVF.”
“But because I was healthy, I finally got the green light.”
Egg donors
Lauren was already menopausal and so had to rely on egg donors for the procedure.
According to Lauren, “We implanted three embryos each time and used donor eggs because it would have been impossible without them.”
It worked!
After four attempts, the clinic gave up on Lauren. Nothing was working. That’s when another clinic stepped in.
Amazingly, it took one try and Lauren became pregnant with her first child, a daughter named Raquel.
“I was in ecstasy…”
In an interview, Lauren explained what happened when they heard the news.
She said: “I was delighted. I jumped up and down and cried. But as I wanted Frank to have more than one child, we agreed to try again.”
Twins!
A year after the birth of their daughter, Lauren is pregnant again. This time, she and Frank are expecting twins!
In an interview, Lauren said, “We got even more than we ever wanted.”
Lauren set a record
By giving birth to two healthy babies, Gregory and Giselle, Lauren earned the title of “America’s oldest mother to give birth to twins.”
It was a record, one that Lauren doesn’t really feel she deserved because, according to the new mom, she was in excellent health!
The goal: send children to university
For Lauren, staying healthy was the only thing that mattered. She wanted to see her children grow up. The young mother even set a goal for herself: to accompany her children to university.
However, staying healthy was easier said than done.
98 tablets per week
Lauren would be in her 80s by the time her children were ready to go to college, so that meant she had to take good care of her body.
To do this, she started taking a total of 98 pills per week!
Whatever the cost
In an interview, Lauren said: “I will do whatever it takes to live as long as I can…”
“I take 98 pills a week, a mixture of medication and supplements. I hope they give me enough time.”
All About How To Stay Healthy
Some of the medications Lauren takes are vitamin D3 to help prevent cancer, the antioxidants curcumin and resveratrol, and vitamin E to keep her nervous system healthy.
Lauren added that she also takes “high doses of a super-strength multivitamin tablet to fill in any gaps.”
Lauren enrolled in life extension research
The new mom even signed up to become a member of Life Extension. The organization’s goal is to help its readers live long and healthy lives.
As a member, Lauren receives monthly research and studies from the world’s leading doctors on healthy living.
She signed up for various fitness classes
In addition to taking her 98 pills, Lauren signed up for various exercise classes, including Pilates, yoga and fitness classes.
“I don’t want to sit at the park, struggling to move,” Lauren said. “I want to play with the kids and push them on the swings.”
It wasn’t easy
Even though she wanted nothing more than to give Frank children, it wasn’t easy for Lauren. She had to relearn how to be a mother!
“All my friends were retiring, and I was there, bottle-feeding them at 1 a.m.,” Lauren said in an interview.
Lauren’s eldest daughter wanted nothing to do with her
Additionally, Lauren’s eldest daughter, Renee, wanted nothing to do with her mother. At 34, Renee did not approve of her mother’s choice, eventually disowning her.
Lauren was heartbroken.
“It breaks my heart…”
Even though she lost the relationship with her daughter and, consequently, her granddaughter, Lauren still believed she made the right choice for her family.
“It breaks my heart that I lost touch with her,” Lauren said. “I’m really disappointed, but I had to do it.”
A pseudo-relationship was formed
Eventually, Renee allowed Lauren to meet her and her daughter at restaurants. While it wasn’t enough to get to know her granddaughter, Lauren took what she could get.
Despite all this, she never let her health decline.
Lauren will do whatever she can
In an interview, Lauren said: “I’m going to do whatever I can to make sure I last as long as possible. I’m taking the right foods along with everything else.”
“When I die, I know Frank will have a good network of children around him.”
All about family
All Lauren wanted was for her husband to have a family after she died.
Today he is surrounded by three loving children and a wife who will do everything in her power to live as long as possible.
