Lisa Wilkinson writes heartbreaking letter about her miscarriages: ‘It haunts me still’

TODAY co-host Lisa Wilkinson has penned a heartbreaking open letter about her miscarriages, urging other women not to take it for granted that they can have babies into their 40s.

The 57-year-old, who is mum to Billi, Louis and Jake, spoke of her joy for fashion designer Camilla Franks, who is expecting her first child at the age of 41. In an op-ed piece for Huffington Post, she wrote: “I am absolutely thrilled that at the age of 41 she is about to give birth to her first child.”

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“I fear that a lot of women will take Camilla's underlying message of: doctors be damned because falling pregnant naturally in later life is a breeze!” Lisa explained, passionately quoting stats that women who fall pregnant aged 40 have a 33 percent chance of miscarrying - just as she did.

She explained that, after falling pregnant at 40 she was overjoyed. Sadly, she lost the baby at 11 weeks. “Nothing prepared me for the sadness to come -- and frankly, it haunts me still,” she wrote.

Unfortunately, Lisa was to experience that heartbreak twice more before her gynaecologist told her it was “nature's way of saying my eggs were just too old.”

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Reiterating her advice to others, she wrote: “I would strongly advise women to consult their doctors and listen carefully to what they say.

“Yes, of course conception and a successful birth is possible in your 40s. But it isn't easy, can often involve heartache, and should not be described any other way.”