The arrival of a new baby is always a reason to celebrate, but for iconic Australian fashion designer Collette Dinnigan, the birth of her baby boy has brought a joyous end to a long journey.
The 47-year-old gave birth to a much longed for healthy baby boy, Hunter Desmond David Dinnigan Cocks, and the Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick earlier this week.
Collette Dinnigan: I’m lucky to be pregnant at 46
Dinnigan and partner Bradley Cocks made no secret of their excitement over the birth, and Hunter’s big sister, seven-year-old Estella was said to be “beside herself” as well.
Baby Hunter’s arrival follows a long journey for the couple who tried several cycles of IVF before falling pregnant earlier this year after switching to “a more natural approach”.
In the lead up to the birth, the designer said that she felt very very lucky to be expecting her second child, but wanted to warn other women not to leave pregnancy so late.
“In my 30s, I didn’t even realise that a women’s eggs aged,” she told Sunday Life magazine.
“You have a career, life slips by and suddently you’re 40.”
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She urged older women not to take the chance of trying to have children later in life.
“We might just be very, very lucky” she said.
“You can’t expect to have a child at this age. We’re blessed.”
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