Calif. Woman, 62, Gives Birth to Baby Boy

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:03 am

I saw this... absolutely ridiculous.

TWELVE KIDS?

:-2

CountryDweller · Post by **CountryDweller** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:26 am

valerie wrote: I saw this... absolutely ridiculous.

TWELVE KIDS?

:-2
I agree! WHY...at age 62? :-2

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:11 am

why o why would anyone want to be pregant in their 60's?

cars · Post by **cars** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:42 am

CountryDweller wrote: I agree! WHY...at age 62? :-2

It's cheaper by the "dozen"!

:rolleyes:

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:10 pm

Crazy! I am overjoyed my days of having babies are through!

Ruth · Post by **Ruth** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:15 pm

Why not, since plenty of men father babies at 60 or 70 and it doesn't raise an eyebrow.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:20 pm

Ruth wrote: Why not, since plenty of men father babies at 60 or 70 and it doesn't raise an eyebrow.

Men can really father babies at that age, though. Tony Randall comes to

mind.

With 11 other children and being diabetic to boot, this was just out

and out irresponsible, I think.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:23 pm

Ruth wrote: Why not, since plenty of men father babies at 60 or 70 and it doesn't raise an eyebrow.

Because it is downright selfish IMO. No thought of the child here.

Ruth · Post by **Ruth** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:29 pm

No more irresponsible than fathers of that age. An American writer and scholar I know of had twins when he was 72 and suffering from emphysema. How responsible was that? Didn't raise many eyebrows though.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:35 pm

Ruth wrote: No more irresponsible than fathers of that age. An American writer and scholar I know of had twins when he was 72 and suffering from emphysema. How responsible was that? Didn't raise many eyebrows though.

I wouldn't call that responsible, either. If it didn't raise many eyebrows

I think it was likely because of what the media chose to feed us...

A woman of that age who decides to carry and then go through a

delivery has a little bit more impact one would think. Physically,

anyway.

Ruth · Post by **Ruth** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:50 pm

At a university I used to work at, loads of the older professors left their menopausal wives and married students. The girls first made academic careers with the help of their new husbands, then had babies. One of the profs died just after his second baby was born; another one was left with a small child when his ambitious wife got a chair in another country and literally left him holding the baby in his retirement! A third took his retirement and could be seen looking very glum and harrassed, pushing two kiddies in a wheelchair through the city centre. LOLOLOLOL! But poor kids. . .

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:27 pm

Better her than me..!!

12 children :-3