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eeeek!!! good for her but no thanks. Mom will be 69 when the kid is 18. Health can decline rapidly at that age. I sure wouldn't want that responsibility of needing to take care of my mother right after High School, attending College and holding a job. I feel sorry for the kid.
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Originally Posted by HighFlyingBird
Dads do it all the time. I don't see an issue.
good point. Although I don't recommend it. My cousin was born when his dad was in his very late 40's. Few years later, he passed on. Now he has to spend the rest of his childhood and life without a father. Its just not natural to have children decades later after turning 18. And the chances of dying while the child is young is much greater.
There is some evidence that women who give birth to a healthy infant at an older age are particularly healthy and may live a very long life. Living into her nineties would not be a surprise at all.
Women who give birth after age 40 are 4 X more likely to live to age 100 than other women are.
There is some evidence that women who give birth to a healthy infant at an older age are particularly healthy and may live a very long life. Living into her nineties would not be a surprise at all.
I don't suppose that takes IVF into account. This didn't happen naturally.
eeeek!!! good for her but no thanks. Mom will be 69 when the kid is 18. Health can decline rapidly at that age. I sure wouldn't want that responsibility of needing to take care of my mother right after High School, attending College and holding a job. I feel sorry for the kid.
The alternative is not existing at all, so it seems like the kid got a good deal.
Lots of dads become dads later in life and live a long time. Again, no big deal.
It is a big deal, actually, especially where there is no younger parent around.
When you are in your 20s, you want your parents' help, not the other way around. I think she was very selfish. I also don't understand the point of giving birth when the genetic material isn't yours. Why not just adopt a child already born? Baffling.
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Originally Posted by rumpa
The alternative is not existing at all, so it seems like the kid got a good deal.
Non existence isn't a bad deal, actually. If I could go back in time and chose not to exist at all I would.
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