Infertility is a tremendously painful experience and many who have suffered from it don’t talk about it with anyone—sometimes not even family members or close confidants.
Of course, Emma resents Rielle, and doesn’t want anything to do with the woman who wrecked her family.“At heart, Emma is a good girl, but she’s unsupervised and it shows. The Edwardses, if they did use donor eggs, may or may not plan to tell their children. At 35, one in four women trying to have a baby will run into difficulties. Still, even though it seems obvious to many that Edwards likely used donor eggs, the media haven’t focused on it, perhaps owing to ignorance about infertility and treatments (it’s complicated stuff) or to the long-held tradition of giving a pass to the underage offspring of presidents and presidential candidates. Indeed, the number of couples availing themselves of IVF (in vitro fertilization, in which the woman injects fertility drugs, produces multiple eggs, has them surgically extracted and placed with her partner’s sperm in the lab, and the resultant embryos are deposited back in the uterus) has steadily increased since 1978 when the first IVF baby was born. Edwards reportedly had 14 bridesmaids. Elizabeth must be turning over in her grave.”Elizabeth lost her brave battle with breast cancer at age 61 in December 2010, leaving Emma and her brother Jack, now 12, to be raised by their father at the family estate in Chapel Hill, N.C.As The ENQUIRER has reported, Edwards, 59, recently moved his onetime mistress Meanwhile, Emma has been posting personal family photographs on her Twitter page.
Standing nearby beaming, always, is Elizabeth Edwards, 55.Do the math, and it’s not hard to figure out that Edwards gave birth to Emma Claire at age 48 and Jack at 50. The use of donor eggs is increasing, too, since the first donor-egg baby was born in 1983. She’s also using the popular blogging site to reveal intimate details about her life, painting herself as a boy-crazy party girl.In August, the wayward teen shared a photo that showed her frowning and flashing the middle finger with the caption, “forever alone y’all.”The day after Christmas she wrote: “My goal is to have a project x party at my house” – a reference to the 2012 film “Project X” about a wild, drug-fueled house party.Emma’s also made outrageous references to menstrual cycles, her brother and masturbation, and she posted a naked photo of actor She even slammed Republican presidential candidate The family source added: “Emma is clearly out of control. Edwards reportedly had 14 bridesmaids. And yet if Edwards used her own eggs, this is all but impossible—a woman’s ovaries completely stop producing viable eggs by age 45 in all but a tiny percentage of women.
Indeed, the cost of treatments can add insult to injury for infertile couples. “It’s clear that John has lost total control of Emma Claire or she’s just not listening to him,” a source close to the family told The ENQUIRER.“It’s shocking how much Emma has changed since her mom died, and John’s lack of supervision is definitely a big factor.