Please please say it isn't so...(via Drudge). I don't understand the need to repopulate after your body tells you the time for motherhood has passed. As a mother, I understand the love that a child from our own womb can inspire - and I appreciate the gifts of children given by modern fertility treatments. I have a dear friend pregnant via IVF who tried for several years to get pregnant with a sibling for her son. However, she is in her early 30's, not her late 60's for goodness sakes. Who will care for the children when mom and dad are headed for a nursing home? Even in excellent health, the elderly need their energy to care for themselves, and believe me, children require a LOT of energy.
I pray all goes well for her and her babies, but I also pray that this trend of elderly women giving birth does not continue in an upward direction. That possibility is simply too disturbing to contemplate.
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