By Amanda Weber, Founder of After Forty Mom inspired by the birth of her daughter at 43. I recall vividly my doctor saying, “Amanda, at 42 your chances of conceiving naturally are small, maybe 5 percent [per month]. And then there is the increased risk of genetic abnormalities. But, you are very healthy.” Honestly, I’m [...]
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FlowerPowerMom.com today announces the upcoming launch of INFORMED CHOICES FOR LATER MOTHERS: What Women Should Know About Fertility, Birth and Parenting After 40, with the release of a 2-minute film trailer revealing key highlights. To view, visit FlowerPowerMom.com. It’s the first multidisciplinary panel of doctors and experts to speak candidly on the controversy surrounding later [...]
By Madelyn Cain, author of “The Childless Revolution, What It Means to Be Childless Today” (Perseus) and “First Time Mothers, Last Chance Babies” (New Horizon Press). In a million years, I will never regret giving birth to my much-wanted daughter at age 39. My husband never regretted it either, and he became her father at [...]
By Pamela Ferdinand, journalist and co-author with Carey Goldberg and Beth Jones of “Three Wishes: A True Story of Good Friends, Crushing Heartbreak, and Astonishing Luck on Our Way to Love and Motherhood” (Little, Brown & Co.) I’m 46, a mother of two, and I’m getting married to the father of my children in less [...]
By Dr. Nancy B. Irwin, doctor of clinical psychology and author of You Turn: Changing Direction In Midlife. “Death, taxes and childbirth! There’s never a convenient time for any of them!” — Margaret Mitchell Motherhood past age 40 has increased 241% between 1976 and 1996. However, while we all know that physical complications for a [...]
By Deirdre Fishel, independent filmmaker, writer and director of SPERM DONOR X. When I look at my life, there are some things I wish I’d done earlier. I’m now in grad school, so I can teach full time to complement my filmmaking career. But it would’ve been a helluva lot easier doing it without kids. [...]
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By Bill Chun, MD, FACOG, Medical Director at Northern Essex Women’s Health, MA, Founder, 40 & Beyond, LLC. During the more than twenty years I have worked as an OB/GYN I have guided mothers from the age of thirteen to fifty-three through the process of conception to childbirth. If I haven’t seen it all, I [...]
By Claudia Spahr, author of Right Time Baby–The Complete Guide To Later Motherhood, published by Hay House, UK. It’s a widely held belief that getting pregnant when you’re older is harder. However, it’s not necessarily so and there’s a lot you can do improve your chances of conceiving naturally. Key factors are diet, lifestyle, stress [...]
In an interview published on January 31st in the UK’s Daily Mail, Marcia Cross gave later life motherhood a definitive “thumbs down”. “Your forties is not a time to be thinking about getting pregnant,” she is quoted as saying. The article states she has no desire to be the “poster girl for older mothers,” and [...]
By Mache Seibel, MD, Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School. If Goldilocks were trying to conceive she would have asked the question, “Is my timing to early, to late, or just right.” Depending where you are in your personal life and in your reproductive life, timing and perspective for those 3 issues may be very [...]
Angel on CNN
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Angel on CNN, Mother's Day story, May 8th 2011. (http://www NULL.youtube NULL.com/watch?v=WySnP2nnwXU)
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