NE - Grandmother gives birth to her granddaughter at age 61, Gretna, 25 Mar 2019

[nightowl1975]

No one at age 61 is in tip top shape,

Obviously the medical doctors who examined her believed she was medically capable of carrying this baby. And it is her body, so she ultimately agreed to accept the risks associated with pregnancy.

 

[human]

Obviously the medical doctors who examined her believed she was medically capable of carrying this baby. And it is her body, so she ultimately agreed to accept the risks associated with pregnancy.

A medical doctor allowed octomom to have 8 babies.A medical doctor allowed a reallynold woman in Italy to have a baby.

I am not concerned about her body. It is the issues of mother to child in the womb. What goes on there with the influx of hormones, for instance,

 

[nightowl1975]

A medical doctor allowed octomom to have 8 babies.A medical doctor allowed a reallynold woman in Italy to have a baby.

I am not concerned about her body. It is the issues of mother to child in the womb. What goes on there with the influx of hormones, for instance,

If this is a concern for you, I trust you won’t offer to carry a baby for anyone past whatever age it is you feel is safe/acceptable/healthy. After all, it’s your body. You should be allowed to do with it what you’re comfortable with and your personal physician is comfortable with.... just as this woman did.

 

[human]

If this is a concern for you, I trust you won’t offer to carry a baby for anyone past whatever age it is you feel is safe/acceptable/healthy. After all, it’s your body. You should be allowed to do with it what you’re comfortable with and your personal physician is comfortable with.... just as this woman did.

It has nothing to do with her or my body. A mother at age 35 is considered an older mother and at risk.

For me it has to do with whatever is crossing the placenta into the infant.

 

[jjenny]

It has nothing to do with her or my body. A mother at age 35 is considered an older mother and at risk.

For me it has to do with whatever is crossing the placenta into the infant.

She eats healthy and not using drugs. So whatever is crossing the placenta into the infant is not a concern. Young woman who is a druggie or an alcoholic would be much more concerning than an older woman who is clean in terms of damaging the fetus. Obviously the child is healthy, the surrogate made it just fine, without any major complications.

 

[ilovewings]

No, just no

Yuck and as you say "no just no"

Like so many other questionable activities that occur these days due to technology:
just because we can does not mean we should

 

[doublestop]

Yuck and as you say "no just no"

Like so many other questionable activities that occur these days due to technology:
just because we can does not mean we should

What makes it yucky to you?

 

[flute4peace]

It has nothing to do with her or my body. A mother at age 35 is considered an older mother and at risk.

For me it has to do with whatever is crossing the placenta into the infant.

It appears to me that a whole lot of love was crossing that placenta into the infant. The child is lucky/blessed to have such a loving family.

 

[human]

It appears to me that a whole lot of love was crossing that placenta into the infant. The child is lucky/blessed to have such a loving family.

Plenty of love and hormones. Hormones are scary things.

Read about what they discovered about giving hormones to women for menopause, for instance.

 

[Woodland]

Trust this baby has put on some weight, has been given a name and likely has every burp viewed during face-time with one family member or another.

The only concern I can muster for the family - is everyone getting enough sleep with all the rejoicing going on?

 

[nightowl1975]

It has nothing to do with her or my body. A mother at age 35 is considered an older mother and at risk.

For me it has to do with whatever is crossing the placenta into the infant.

This doesn’t even make sense. The issue with women having babies as they age is the age of their eggs. Once a woman is 35, her ability to get pregnant using her own eggs begins to decline because her eggs are getting older. The supposed issue of age in relation to things crossing the placenta truly makes no medical sense. A pregnant 20 year old woman ingesting crack cocaine certainly has much to be concerned about in terms of what’s crossing the placenta to her baby.... but her eggs are young and presumably healthy from an age standpoint.

Age is an issue because of the age of the woman’s eggs. The fact that this woman didn’t use her own eggs for this pregnancy pretty much negates any real or imagined “concern” being expressed. Of course, you’re free to disagree and certainly shouldn’t carry a baby (whether from your own eggs or anyone else’s) past age 35 if this is such a horrifying thought to you. Thankfully other woman aren’t obligated to follow someone else’s opinions on these matters.

 

[nightowl1975]

Plenty of love and hormones. Hormones are scary things.

Read about what they discovered about giving hormones to women for menopause, for instance.

Hormones are necessary to sustain pregnancy. This woman was given appropriate hormones to sustain pregnancy.. the same hormones that a younger woman’s body naturally produces to sustain a pregnancy. These would be the same hormones every other baby in utero is exposed to... because if those hormones aren’t present, the pregnancy won’t continue. I’m just not following the logic for this “concern” at all. It would seem that a basic physiology and reproduction course would be beneficial to help with understanding the biological processes in play here. There is a large body of evidence supporting the safety and well being of babies born via IVF/ART.

 

[human]

The placenta

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[human]

Pregnancy after 35: What are the risks?

 

[Woodland]

The placenta

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Read through this link to see what, if anything, there was to learn on the concerns expressed earlier. The link makes no comparison between age and pregnancy. It talks about the placenta and how it acts the same way for all pregnancies no matter where one lives.

Not worth the read for those that are happy for this family and not worth the read for those that are not.

 

[Woodland]

Pregnancy after 35: What are the risks?

This one was better as it talks about age and pregnancy. Nothing about hormones though.

In a nutshell - certain risks exist for pregnant women in their 20's and these risks increase for women 35 and older. I like the way it ends -

Despite the risks, most women aged 35 and older will have a normal pregnancy with few birth complications, and go on to deliver a healthy baby.

This part is good as well, however it relates to older women who plan to raise the baby they gave birth to -

There are, of course, many plus points of putting off motherhood until after age 35. Children of older mothers have been found to have fewer behavioral, social, and emotional difficulties.

According to another study conducted by Myrskylä and his colleague Kieron Barclay, at the London School of Economics, being born later is also associated with being healthier, taller, and obtaining more education.

Seems all is well no matter how one looks at this situation. Jmo.