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Zsa Zsa A Mama At 94?

Posted by Angel La Liberte on April 18, 2011 · 2 Comments
Zsa Zsa Gabor

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 [...]

Flower Power Mom Launches A CHILD AFTER 40

Posted by Angel La Liberte on March 30, 2011 · 3 Comments
A Child AFter 40 Logo 2

It’s a mother of an evolution—launching Mothers’ Day 2011. If you’re on a journey of motherhood after 40—whether via natural fertility, IVF, egg donation, surrogacy, adoption, or you’re parenting in progress—it’s your time to stand up and be counted. On May 8th, we invite all women who have become mothers after 40—along with those who [...]

Years Wasted on IVF

Posted by Angel La Liberte on March 26, 2011 · 0 Comments
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We often don’t realize how close to the bone our words can cut when we blog about people in the public eye. On the internet, it’s easy to put them at arm’s length. But one midlife mom recently reached out across the blogosphere and set the record straight. After posting a blog earlier this month [...]

Surrogacy Shopping After 40

Posted by Angel La Liberte on February 9, 2011 · 7 Comments
Sarah Jessica Parker

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 [...]

Gay Dad Defends Mothers Over 40

Posted by Angel La Liberte on February 5, 2011 · 0 Comments
Jacob Drill

According to Jacob Drill—a daddy-blogger and former Business Development Manager from Manhattan, NYC—gay fathers and over-40 mothers make strange bedfellows. Yet, if you really think about it, some comparisons are obvious. Like women having children after 40, Drill is no stranger to the whip-end of social bigotry. He legally married his same-sex partner—commercial litigation lawyer, [...]

Atheists In A Fertility Clinic?

Posted by Angel La Liberte on January 19, 2011 · 2 Comments
Miracle Daughter, Conceived At Naturally At 44

The big news about Nicole Kidman becoming a mother at 43 through a surrogate is another welcome example of modern mothers’ liberation at the hands of medical science. But, as the media popularize stories of celebrities conceiving through ART, are they inadvertently sending a negative message? Should we stop trusting our bodies to conceive after [...]