One more woman having a baby when she's over 60 years old.

Poor little baby. :( :( :( And this woman is a psychiatrist.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4971930.stm

She's already had three kids. Why can't she look after some homeless children instead???????

I think it's sad.

With more women interested in careers and advancements in medical science, this will become very common over the next several years (I don't know about 60s, but 40s and 50s surely).

An interesting concept--retiring to have a baby.

strange.

yeah I think its sad too, I mean can you imagin having to take care of your elderly parents at only ten years of age? I don't think its fair at all to do this to a child, it won't have many years to spend with its parents.

I'm sure that there are plenty of positives to being older and having a baby--better financial status, being settled and confident, wisdom, genuinely wanting a child, etc.

Young parents have a tendency to freak out, may struggle financially, are much more likely to have unwanted pregnancies, etc. I'm guessing that these and other things can cause some pretty serious emotional wounds to a kid.

Who can say whether one is better than the other? There will be positives and negatives of both.

It won't load for me.

There's a good chance she won't be able to have the baby, though. How far along is she? Or is the baby born already?

Who can say whether one is better than the other? There will be positives and negatives of both.


I agree with that, but I was thinking about it and I'm only 22 and my parents are in their early and mid 50's, and now that I'm not a teenager and I've matured, I'm really looking forward to spending time with them as I get older.
I just can't imagin being that child and having parents in their 80's (if they even live to be in their 80's) when you move out and go off to college.

I guess if I had to choose I'd rather have had parents that had me at an early age when they were not ready than parent that had me when they were practically on their death bed, because atleast we'd all have more time together (I'm thinking about my parents in this situation mind you. had my parents been complete F*ck-ups, I'll be honest and say I don't know if I'd feel this way)

How well are they going to keep up with a teen when they are 75 and possibly ill, lacking in energy. There chances of leaving the child without guidance is rather high. Seems unfair to the child to me.

Well, how old is too old then? :)

Oh man, she needs a hobby :)

Well, how old is too old then? :)

I dunno. Wouldn't giving birth be for women who are not of menopause age? Of course, there are some women who sadly get menopause horribly early, and then it would be unfair to say that they are too old.

But isn't 63 completely unnatural to have a baby? The doctor doing the fertility treatment is the same one who did it for a 68 year old woman a couple of years ago.

I understand that this kind of thing could be important for the survival of the human race if there was some kind of alien invasion which had wiped out 99% of the human race and babies were VITAL for the human race to continue. But that is not the case, is it?

As it's already been proved that it can be done, the experiment surely doesn't need to be repeated.

I'm sure that there are plenty of positives to being older and having a baby--better financial status, being settled and confident, wisdom, genuinely wanting a child, etc.

Young parents have a tendency to freak out, may struggle financially, are much more likely to have unwanted pregnancies, etc. I'm guessing that these and other things can cause some pretty serious emotional wounds to a kid.

Who can say whether one is better than the other? There will be positives and negatives of both.

i think these reasons are true and valid for waiting to have children, but i also think that these reasons are why people wait 'til their 30s-40s...63 and 68 is a whole other story! hey, i'm 34 and pregnant with our 2nd child and i worry that i'm too old--the risk of birth defects, etc go way up once you're in your mid-30s...would these women have the energy to keep up with a special-needs child for the next 18+ years?

Like anything was ever fair.

Who cares?

This woman could live to be 90.

Alternately, I could have a baby next year and die a few years later.

I say, more power to her.

i think these reasons are true and valid for waiting to have children, but i also think that these reasons are why people wait 'til their 30s-40s...63 and 68 is a whole other story! hey, i'm 34 and pregnant with our 2nd child and i worry that i'm too old--the risk of birth defects, etc go way up once you're in your mid-30s...would these women have the energy to keep up with a special-needs child for the next 18+ years?

does anyone? Do we need to have an "endurance test" to future mothers?

Where are the people chiding 60-year-old men for fathering children? Don't you know that children who were conceived by men over 35 have much greater risks of developing schizophrenia? Where's the outrage?

Oh wait, it's all the woman's responsibility. I forgot.

Alternately, I could have a baby next year

uhhh uhhhhhhh uh uhhhhhh

:angel:

and stuff...

You're too old to have a baby if you're changing two sets of diapers at a time and you didn't have twins. Birth and parenting are difficult enough. Is there some valid reason for setting yourself up for a vicarious puberty flashback while you're menopausal? Is it really fair to make a toddler share her walker with her mom?

my aunt is 70 and is more active than her teenage granddaughter.
My grandmother on the other side of the family was similarly active until she was about 82 (she's 85 now and just recently slowing down) - and is legally blind.

So save the stereotypes & judgmental attitude for someone else.

You're too old to have a baby if you're changing two sets of diapers at a time and you didn't have twins. Birth and parenting are difficult enough. Is there some valid reason for setting yourself up for a vicarious puberty flashback while you're menopausal? Is it really fair to make a toddler share her walker with her mom?Hehe.

does anyone? Do we need to have an "endurance test" to future mothers?

Where are the people chiding 60-year-old men for fathering children? Don't you know that children who were conceived by men over 35 have much greater risks of developing schizophrenia? Where's the outrage?

Oh wait, it's all the woman's responsibility. I forgot.


uh--no one asked me about 60 yo men as new father's--we were talking about women giving birth...(if asked, i would say the same thing as far as having the time and energy to give to the child...they will be 80 when the child graduates from high schools and parenting doesn't stop there--at least it shouldn't, imo...never heard of the schizophrenia part thought--??)
i wouldn't say i'm "outraged", just expressing my opinion...

certainly, no one said that it's all the woman's responsibility--i was just responding to the topic brought up...

(oh, wait a minute! she's a dr, so maybe they can afford a fulltime nanny and the nanny can take care of the kid...problem solved!)

Who cares?

This woman could live to be 90.

Alternately, I could have a baby next year and die a few years later.

I say, more power to her.

That's true, but it still seems a bit unfair on the kid to me. If I was a teenager it would bother me to have a parent who was close to 80.....they'd be too out of touch.

IMO, it's really important to be able to relate to your kid and see things from their perspective and on their level. I've noticed a lot of parents in their late 30's and 40's seem to sometimes have difficulty doing that....they completely forget what it's like to be a teenager, so it would be twice as hard for someone much older than that.

My ex-boyfriend's father was in his mid-sixties when he had kids. Now the guy is his 90's...he's not totally with it but he managed to have some great kids. Both my ex and his sister are very successful people (spiritually, financially etc). On the flip side, their mom was in her 30's.

I never heard of the increased risk of schitzophrenia and old sperm thing lol. Where is that coming from?

I think it's selfish to have children at that age. 30s/40s I understand. THis woman will be 73 when her child is 10. Why not adopt an older child if you feel like you have enough love in your heart?