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interesting that this woman is a psychologist and her husband a lawyer- they had the in-vitro done in south africa. she has 3 other children, ages 33,29, and 6. she wanted her son to have siblings his own age.
I don't really see much wrong with this. i don't think your average everyday woman wants to be bearing children at 60. i don't see this becoming a trend. but i guess i don't see anything wrong in it.
I'm not 60 yet, but close enough for this discussion, and trust me I'm VERY glad it's my daughter-in-law who is currently in the hospital working on delivering my grandchild.
Colour me very happy my parents were very young when they had me. All my friends' parents were closer to my grandparents' ages. Of course there's a price to pay for having your children you but I can't ever see having children that late in life.
I have been a mom for many years now. I had my first when I was only 19.
Then, I became a grandma while still in my thirties, and even now, when
someone suggests "you can still have children" (and even though I adore
kids), I figure once I'm a grandma "Nana" as she calls me, I'm done having any more.
My future years will be for me--after all the years of taking care of and raising a good family, now, soon it will be "me time"--I can't imagine all the possibilities!!
But, re: this article, I think it is selfish to have a child as late in life as this. You all are right--it probably won't have its mom around for long, and even if she lives another 20+ years, these are usually the downhill years, healthwise and energy wise.
Ridiculous!!
*CW*--just as I would never trade being such a young mom, I would never trade being a young Nana either!! I love it, I absolutely love it. I am a total kid person, I raised mine on my own, I was a teacher's aide, I ran a home daycare, I was leader of several youth programs, and just enjoyed everything about participating in their young lives. If I would have been married, I probably would have had more than 3, but 3 on your own is like 6 without a partner!! LOL
The funniest part is when people find out I'm a grandma--its hilarious!! No one ever believes it!! (guess that's good for my ego). When I take her someplace, eveyone just automatically thinks she's mine LOL (maybe your cousins have experienced this as well).
Lately though, her mother, my (ahem) daughter has a giant redwood stuck up her butt and has decided that she's never going to speak to me again, and just for that little extra dig, she says I'll never see the baby for the rest of my life (which is just about the most hurtful thing she could've done, which is why she did it).
I'm rambling again--so sorry
*Holly*
*botoni* & *CW* ~
thank you for the kind (& hilarious!!) words.(I'll let you know where to send the woodchipper!!)
yes, she is the light of my life!
I always like to hear from you both~thanks again
*Trinov* ~ I totally agree with your comment about the differences between 35 then, and 35 now. My parents had me when they were very young, so they looked always youthful, even in pictures. However, I look back at pictures of one of my Grandmothers and think, my god, she was probably 45 or so, and she always looked OLD, even then!!
**Holly**
