Everyone in Canada is in a tizzy over the 60-year-old woman in Alberta who gave birth to twins. "But she's ooooold" everyone is screaming. Turns out she went to India to get in vitro fertilization, but had the babies here (where Canadian tax-payers can pay for her foolishness).
But 60 is no big deal, I have learned. MSNBC reports today on a 70-year-old woman in India who had a baby, and she is the second 70-year-old to have a baby in India.
Which leads to the question: what the hell is wrong with Indian doctors? Are they all insane?
Worse thing is, the new 70-year-old mom, after 50 years of trying to have a kid, ended up having a girl. Does that mean she's going to have to kill her because daughters are lousy since they can't provide for you in your old age? Back to the old fertility board. If you don't have a son the first time, try, try, again.
3 comments:
Something has to be done about this - this is so silly and what about the poor child? Imagine growing up in a family where your mother is old enough to be your grandmother! Dumb, dumb dumb and extremely selfish of the women involved. Since when did women think they had a right to have a child?
of course our own former PM PET participated in baby production at --what was it?-- 80? and all cheered
that said--I keep thinking of all that pregnancy induced arthritis in someone who probaby already has arthritis
People always bring up PET and Saul Bellow and other old fathers. But these geezers did not have children by similarly geezer-aged women. Their chicks were young chicks and are still around for their kids.(not that I support these old hound dogs, by a long shot.)
The 70-year-old in India has a 72-year-old husband. Who is gonna be around in 15 years?
Also, my mother was 39 when I was born and more than once in my life I was asked if she was my grandmother! I can't imagine when the new mom is 60.
Post a Comment