http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194300,00.html
Is this really an issue? If we start to say 63 yo can't get pregant, where do we stop? Now, i'm not a fan of kids, and i don't think everyone is entitled to have them. This woman has thought about the decision, and she is confident she can raise a child. Who are we to say she can't? 63 is not that old. Today i turned 30. I don't look 30, most mistake me for being early 20's. In 30 more years if i want to have a child (not that i want to) but why can't i? I just don't understand why this makes news. Why do some find a problem with this?
mainly because after a woman turns 40 the chances of a baby surviving in the womb decrease. and when she is almost 80 and the child goes to college who will pay for it? what about having an energized mother to play with you? and also kids don't think its kool to have an old parent... but is she gonna get mad if someone calls her the childs grandmother? you just gotta think about all the consequences of the child.
~Haley~
I think a mother that decides to have a baby at that age is selfish. She doesn't think that she won't be able to look after hel child for too long. i also no about a Romanian women, who had a child at 67. The baby is now almos 2, and the mother already feels exhausted. She needs the help of institutions and the money of fundations in order to raise the little girl. Why? Because she wanted a child. I don't think this is normal. It would have been better to adopt an older child, maybe...
Who are we to decode what is normal. Terroism is not normal, Losing thousands of soldiers to a cause no one is famliar with is not normal. There are millions of things that are not normal but we can be the judge of that.
sorry about the spelling mistakes. i am really tired.
It is a rather bad idea to have a baby at that age. Theyare goingto die soon. Average human lives to be 70-72. Why traumatize the child of 7-9 years with the death of its mother?
I FIGURE IF SHE CAN RAISE IT THERE SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM!
Good for her if she thinks she can raise it. 63 may not be old, but things can always happen, health wise. When the kid is ready to get married, around 24 yrs olf, the parents will be so old.. maybe dead, or maybe in the hospital needing assistance.
Society is not accepting of anything outside of norms. This is carried over into other topics as well, but in the issue of having children that late in life, the factors of health risks to both the mother and child become a priorty, not to mention the fact that everyone is going to assume they are grandmother and grandchild instead of mother and child. That will be a life-long issue for them.
If there are risks attached to something in life, or the chance is slim should we not attempt to go after it? If so, then you will never find love. The chance that someone in this world will love you is very slim.
There are 75 year olds that are in better health then some 40 year olds. Age is not a factor in determining health. What about someone who is diabetic? Or has high cholestoral? or overweight and a high risk for a heart attack?
There is no guarantee that you, your kids or your parents will be around tomorrow. We are not given another day based on our age or health. The healthist person could die tomorrow while the person with health issues lives for another 20 years. Most parents die before their kids.
Show me one mother of a two year old that is not exhausted. LOL
My mom had me when she was 20. Everyone assumes we are sisters. Yeah... do you think it's easy with everyone thinking your mom is young enough to be your sister? Maybe we should be working on not making assumptions instead of getting rid of the situation.
It's a bit old for me, but more power to her!
i watched this on bbc world news like a week or two ago- people think it's wrong for a 63 yr old woman to have a baby b/c she may not be financially stable if having a young kid and not working, and they dont think an old person would be able to take care of a kid/teen or whatever. but the lady doesnt look THAT old- i would have thought that she is like 50...
I think the reason this makes the news is because this woman is older, and may not be around to raise her child. I know that anyone can pass away at any time, but this lady is much more likely to pass away in the next ten years than the typical mom, and then the child would be without a mother.
I agree with some of the posters, I think its a risk thing mainly. She's 63 and the baby has a greater risk of dying or being born mentally retarded.Also, she could have a stroke in the next 7 years, then who will keep the kid? so its a lot of what if's. I don't think its news we should worry about but Fox News does like the shock and awe of an Inside Edition type thing.
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/pmccorkle
Okay...first of all, a 63 year old body is not FIT to go through the whole process of pregnancy and birth. And what about that kid? A seven-year-old having a seventy year-old mother? That's just sad. She'll be dead before s/he gets into high school.
I think that women has to have a child age 63 is crazy. I like kids and all, but age 63 is to old to have kids. Is the parent going to be able to see there child grow up and go to high school?