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Re: 63 years old and pregnant From: Aaron M Mendel (amendel@juno.com) Sat Apr 26 09:53:46 1997 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Malcolm Griffiths: "Re: episiotomy and shoulder dystocia wasits effects on perineal body/external anal sphinctor" Previous message: RModugno@aol.com: "Re: Offering patients alternative Pap methods" Maybe in reply to: Geffrey H. Klein, MD: "63 years old and pregnant" Next in thread: Timothy C. A. Brown, M.D.: "Re: 63 years old and pregnant" I think the difference between the 63 year old and the older fathers is what we as physicians are doing, that is the ART. My reaction to the 63 year old mom is not much different than my reaction would be if Clint and Tony had reversed their vasectomies in order to parent... Aaron Aaron Mendel MD St. Vincent Hospital Worcester, MA On Fri, 25 Apr 1997 23:30:48 -0500 Kelly Shanahan <mks@sierra.net> writes: >At 02:02 AM 4/25/97 -0500, you wrote: >>In a message dated 97-04-24 22:13:50 EDT, you write: >> >><< >Sure do! Why is the age limit 55? What this means is that >junior is >>bringing a 73 year old mom to his/her high school graduation, if in >fact >> she lives that long. Does anyone else see this as selfish and >cruel? >> As I heard on NPR today, "Is it right for us to be allowing the >creation >> of a generation of orphans?" >> There needs to be more regulation in this area. >> >> >> >>Tony Randall, who is older than dirt just became a father for the >first time >>a week or so ago. The media is showing him as studly, not selfish and >cruel. >>So does the gender of the elderly parent change our perceptions? If >so, >>that's bias also.......sic 'em Dr. Wooley. :) >> >>Marguerite Epstein L.M. >>Fort Lauderdale, FL >> > >Amen, Marguerite. I was going to make the same comment, but you beat >me to it. >Is a healthy 63 year old a worse prospect for a mother than a 20 year >old >heroin addict HIV+ prostitute? Who will probably live longer and >provide a >better life for that child? >Why is it okay for old men like Clint Eastwood and Tony Randall to >have >babies, but not old women? >I'm not saying I'm comfortable with 63 year olds (of EITHER sex) >having >babies, but who are we to judge? > >Kelly Shanahan, MD >S. Lake Tahoe, CA > Next message: Malcolm Griffiths: "Re: episiotomy and shoulder dystocia wasits effects on perineal body/external anal sphinctor" Previous message: RModugno@aol.com: "Re: Offering patients alternative Pap methods" Maybe in reply to: Geffrey H. Klein, MD: "63 years old and pregnant" Next in thread: Timothy C. A. Brown, M.D.: "Re: 63 years old and pregnant"

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