Andromeda: I always love parents who go publicly state their kids were a mistake in public. Not like her little girl won't Google her name ever.

But yeah, now that we've established this woman is nuts we're also going to condemn men who have children at absurdly old ages too, right?

No, they have younger wives to take care of the kids and their money silly. That's different.

57 is too old to be a mom as 27 is too young to be a grandma,

So what is the right age band for women to have children, according to Fark?

Not the sharpest tool in the box then. Not only misread the toy-boy, but wanted a baby as if it was a new handbag.
Unfortunately you cannot put a baby back in the box when you feel like a change.
An IVF clinic is not needed to tell women when fecundity is finished, nature already does a good job of that.
Why did this woman not have a child when she was young; too busy enjoying herself perhaps, not willing to give up her youth to do so. Well she has now. (Pun.)
I notice the article is all about 'me,' and what 'I,' want, no mention of the fact that her child will, no doubt, be left without both parents, at a very young age, as I can't see Dad rushing to take on the responsibility of a teenager, a big change from the odd fortnight.
The very fact that a woman is selfish, and stupid enough, to want a baby in old age is sufficient reason to refuse her.
She is not only of a different generation from the other mothers at the school gate, she is from a different planet.

Woman who had her first child at age 57 thanks to in vitro fertilization now realizes she made a huge mistake.

FTFY

Is too old to bleed too old to breed?

So when the kid is 18 and just starting their adult life, they'll feel obligated to take care of their parent who is no longer able to get along on their own. Sounds awesome.

just passing through: So what is the right age band for women to have children, according to Fark?

Pre menopause, per biology.

I'm sure she won't get picked on in school when her granny-mum goes to all her school functions.

Typical Baby Boomer: "I got mine, now make it illegal for everyone else"

just passing through 2011-11-06 11:41:42 AM

So what is the right age band for women to have children, according to Fark?

Until menopause..

just passing through: So what is the right age band for women to have children, according to Fark?

Graduation.

Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.


/hot like a summer wind stirred up by a butterfly in Hong Kong

Cute kid. Hope she turns out OK.

My parents were 46 and 44 when they had me. I was my dad's 9th child (8 with his first wife) and my mom's only. I was an accident, and it was recommended I be aborted for my mother's health.

It was a really weird existence, as a kid in a small town with parents as old as mine were. The bond I had with my parents was amazing, but I would never recommend people over 40 try and have kids.

If you love kids that much, be a Big Brother or coach a sports team, etc.

/csb

I really hate it when people say that the simultaneously
a) have no regrets, and
b) wish they'd done something differently.

/Words - what do they mean?

Andromeda: I always love parents who go publicly state their kids were a mistake in public. Not like her little girl won't Google her name ever.

I told my kid to his face years ago he was a mistake. But I'm not big on protecting my precious little snowflake from the world. I love that you think kids don't figure this shiat out anyways, or that you think it matters.

Hell, I'm 34 and no kids. After watching my freinds with kids, I doubt I have the energy for raising a child. I know at 57 I won't.

ThisNameSux: So when the kid is 18 and just starting their adult life, they'll feel obligated to take care of their parent who is no longer able to get along on their own. Sounds awesome.

Which is exactly what I had to do. I did it happily, my parents were amazing people.

But sometimes I wonder "What if?"

Never for long though, life is wayyyyy to short to dream about what might have been...

Hawnkee: just passing through: So what is the right age band for women to have children, according to Fark?

Graduation.

Kindergarten?

calbert:

Thank you. Was waiting for this.

Hawnkee: just passing through: So what is the right age band for women to have children, according to Fark?

Graduation.

13-18 so there is more choices, if your dating a daughter and things don't work out you can try the mom or vise versa

Queensowntalia: just passing through: So what is the right age band for women to have children, according to Fark?

Pre menopause, per biology.

So it's OK for them to have kids at 13, with 30 year old men, per biology. And it's also OK for people to die at 35 from old age, per biology. Gotcha!

The dark side of science is a pathway to many abilities, some considered to be unnatural.

BigNumber12: Nope. If there's one thing that Fark has taught me, it's that women should be able to do whatever they want with their own bodies, consequences be damned.

That's actually a really good lesson to have learned, I'm glad you learned it. Now let's talk about the topic of the article. The doctor should not be allowed to do whatever he wants, consequences be damned.

Patton Oswalt and his views on old people conceiving and giving birth, definitely NSFW audio. "Nine months later she gives birth to a beautiful baby, which I will illustrate by pushing this uncooked cornish game hen through these grey drapes." (new window)

BREEDER THREAD!!!

/Yay.

just passing through: So what is the right age band for women to have children, according to Fark?

There are two primary factors to consider....the physical health of the mother and potential child, and the societal/social-economic health of the mother and potential child. If you can cover both of those bases, you are ready to be a parent.

If there is an existing medical condition that increases the likelihood of you being dead in 19 years or less; you shouldn't have a child. That includes old age. Particularly if you already have other medical conditions. Another good sign you might not meet the physical test is if your body is physically unable to produce a child. I'm not saying everyone who has IVF shouldn't have children; I'm just saying it's a good time to question whether or not you are healthy enough to have a child.

The second is the social-economic health test. Can you function as a member of society? Can you provide for yourself? If the answer is 'no', to either of those, you probably shouldn't have a child. Are you competent enough to take care of a child?

Summary:
57 year old lady with medical conditions who requires IVF to have a child - too old, too sick.
15 year old high school drop out - physically speaking, that might be great, but it's still too young and too stupid.

Like anything you apply to a large population, there will be exceptions....but this is my general approach.

Amos Quito: 57 is too old to be a mom as 27 is too young to be a grandma,

I'm pretty sure my mom is 57.

She has an opinion does she?

Lattices aren't Distributive: I really hate it when people say that the simultaneously
a) have no regrets, and
b) wish they'd done something differently.

/Words - what do they mean?

I suppose you could make a semantic argument about the difference between a "regret" and a "wish that you had done something differently," since the former could be described as a more powerful and negative emotion. But still, I agree with your point, it's a dumb self-contradictory thing to say.

Duh. I had my first kid at 30 and at 35 me and my wife have experimented significant lower back pain due to strain in the past few years- good luck picking up that toddler at 61!!!

Women have to keep learning they can't have it all.

My heart goes out to her daughter, conceived out of selfishness. The decision to not have children usually isn't so self serving as people think. Thank the good lord I let motherhood pass me by.

My mom and dad were 27 and 26 respectively when they had me. 2 years later my sister came out. They both had their Masters degrees and my old man had his own house when he was 19. They paid off our college tuition by the time we were finishing up elementary school. I think that's what FARK refers to as 'doing it right' .. right?

highwayrun: Amos Quito: 57 is too old to be a mom as 27 is too young to be a grandma,

I'm pretty sure my mom is 57.


You don't know for sure?

I'll bet you never call, either.

Like so many parents with young children, the pressures and responsibility began to pull the couple apart.


Sounds like they weren't mature enough to handle the situation. Should have waited a few more years.

Quantum Apostrophe: Queensowntalia: just passing through: So what is the right age band for women to have children, according to Fark?

Pre menopause, per biology.

So it's OK for them to have kids at 13, with 30 year old men, per biology. And it's also OK for people to die at 35 from old age, per biology. Gotcha!

The problem with having children at 13 isn't biological. It's societal (at least in our society). For thousands of years, in many other societies, it was perfectly acceptable to have children as soon as the body was able.

I'm shooting blanks....58 years old, no worries.

Don't be such a baby.

It's always funny how people think aging is this wonderful thing that brings wisdom and experience and "I am better than at 20" and all that delusional bilge. But somehow have kids later and it's insane. Why wouldn't you want wise, strong and smart old people to have kids?

Aging sucks. When are we going to do something about it?

Sweet Chin Music: The dark side of science is a pathway to many abilities, some considered to be unnatural.

I'm pretty sure smelting aluminum into jet aircraft is unnatural... So? Is that dark? You watched too much Outer Limits in the '90s, I think. The most anti-science thing on TV back then.

WienerButt: My mom and dad were 27 and 26 respectively when they had me. 2 years later my sister came out. They both had their Masters degrees and my old man had his own house when he was 19. They paid off our college tuition by the time we were finishing up elementary school. I think that's what FARK refers to as 'doing it right' .. right?


It would be, except that your profile says that you were "born and raised in Florida", which automatically drops a 4.0 parental grade to a 3.2.