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Re: 63 year old mom From: Betsy Hyde (elishyde@connix.com) Fri Apr 25 17:25:21 1997 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Betsy Hyde: "NYT/signatures to posts" Previous message: zygote@ICSI.Net: "Re: Fetal echocardiography" I have mixed feelings re: 63 year olds becoming parents. I feel that it is probably unfair to the child, and may well result in having an orphan just at the time when college tuition is due. Should a generous life insurance policy be prerequisite? However, I am disturbed at the sexism inherent in many of these posts. For many years, men have fathered children at "advanced paternal age", or "older than dirt" as some one referred to some aging movie star who just had a child. In the US, men are the major wage earners. Despite advances in earnings by women, it is more typical that, within a couple, the male would be the major wage earner. Therefore, *they* are the ones whose reproductive capabilities might well be restricted/questioned/scrutinized. So, how 'bout it guys? For those of you who are aghast that ART be used to enable a 63 year old woman to give birth...do you feel the same way about spontaneous conceptions with a 63 year old father? -- Betsy Hyde CNM Branford, CT midwife in private OB/CNM practice assistant clinical professor/Yale University who cringes at the thought of a baby in my life at age 49, but thinks it's an interesting philosphical/ethical quesiton, and one which has a lot of gender bias Next message: Betsy Hyde: "NYT/signatures to posts" Previous message: zygote@ICSI.Net: "Re: Fetal echocardiography"

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