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 [...]
By Marna Gatlin, Founder, Parents Via Egg Donation (PVED). A growing number of women are seeking to get pregnant after 40 and—for many—this means taking the path of finding a suitable egg donor. There are many reasons for delayed motherhood. Some of us wait for Mr. or Mrs. Right. Some of us never find him [...]
Social trends and advances in reproductive science have led women to have “false optimism” about getting pregnant later in life, according to a new set of guidelines published last month by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC). (See link below.) In a review of published literature on women’s age and ability to [...]
Welcome to our Summer Series of Guest Expert & Author Forums at our online community–A Child After 40. JOIN US this week for a Q&A session hosted by Marna Gatlin, Founder of Parents Via Egg Donation (PVED): Egg Donation…At Your Age? From Tuesday 14th–Thurs 16th June, you can “Ask Marna” about any topic related to [...]
Not since the debut of Octomom has public reaction to been so extreme to…well, extreme procreational behavior. The media headlines all but scream obscenity that Zsa Zsa Gabor—a celebrity nonagenarian, quite literally on her last leg—wants to be a mom at 94. CNN’s story quoted Gabor’s husband of 25 years, Prince Frederic von Anhalt (http://en [...]
Pardons for being an older mother do, from time to time—in the form of a regal thumbs-up—get dispensed beneath the media spotlight in the Colosseum of public entertainment. A few weeks ago it was a grandma who gave birth to her grandson via surrogacy in Chicago, Illinois. This week, it’s a 53 year old new [...]
Motherhood through surrogacy is not ‘all smoke and mirrors’—an impression that sensational media coverage of celebrity diva-moms like Nicole Kidman or Sarah Jessica Parker might convey. According to WA state surrogacy consultant, Sharon LaMothe—a gestational carrier twice over who gave birth a second time at 41—“surrogacy is not out of reach” for the average gal [...]
When it was announced Elton John had become a father at 62 on Christmas day, I shot back in time to being 12 years old, the year his magnum opus, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, was released. Just like then, I knew that—once again—Elton had created a new historical reality for a bemused public to ponder. [...]
In July 1996, Joanie Shook—a healthcare administrator now living in Scio, Oregon—suffered premature ovarian failure (early menopause) at 36 and gave up any hope of being a mother. “I never, ever thought I would become a mother,” says Joanie, “I wasn’t married, so I figured it would be me, with my career, my wine and [...]
Constant speculation about the role egg donation might have played in Kelly Preston’s pregnancy gives new life to the old chestnut: Do real moms use donor eggs? It’s also given birth to an idea. I’ll be re-launching a special selection of Flower Power Mom’s blog article playlist from earlier this year, dealing with some of [...]
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