Posted by Linda on January 22, 2004 at 11:53:59:
In Reply to: Re: Actress Geena Davis excpecting at 48!!!! posted by fox on December 05, 2003 at 11:26:20:
: Who sets the standard for "Maternal age" ?
: I am 41 and have 7 kids and am expecting twins in February. I'm not old. I don't look old and I don't feel old, so why do people refer to women over 35 as being PAST maternal age? Hasn't anyone ever read the bible? Even my own grandmother was still having babies in her fifties and it was considered perfectly normal at that time. Why is it so different now? When you set deadlines on birthing age then you pretty much end up saying..."Hey kids, better get pregnant fast, like at age 16 so you can make it before that magic age hits and people start calling you Past Maternal LOL!!!
: All joking aside. I don't believe in a maternal age limit. I believe that if God wills it to be then it will be and if not then it won't be and I leave it in His hands :)
GOOD for your for responding the way you did! I'm expecting for the first time at age 42, and I feel the same as you. No one knows my personal maternal age. If a man like celebrity Tony Randall can father a baby in his 70s, then society should lighten up on the women!!
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