after decades of other rocky relationships she would go on to fall in love with an old flame, matthias decemberin't long after she made the decision to become a mother again, freezing her eggs at 40 years old. >> it's like, time is up, you know. you've got to preserve, get the eggs, make embryos, and go for it. >> reporter: the odds were immediately against them. >> there are generally higher rates of chromosomal problems in the fetus. and there is a slightly higher rate or risk of stillbirth in these advanced maternal age pregnancies. again, that doesn't mean that they can't be achieved. but that means our radar is up. >> reporter: doctors only giving her a 2% chance of getting pregnant using ivf treatments. >> i think the most difficult thing first time was, you think you're going to be pregnant because everything is so -- technology, it sounds perfect. you don't realize yet how difficult it is, the whole journey. i broke down. i was devastated. >> reporter: but then a positive result. still, her high-risk pregnancy had doctors urging her not to share the happy news even with family. >> at my