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You mean, if you make it to 77. You have a much higher risk of dying while your child is an adolescent than someone giving birth 10-15 years younger than you. That's just stats talking. You think you won't be over the hill, but I can assure you that your child will think so! I understand what you went through though--I lost my dad at 16 (he was 63) and my mom when I was 30 (she was 67). It does suck to lose your parent at either age, but you have to admit that at 32 you had a much better grasp of death and an understanding of it. When you are a child there is no reasoning and the long-term effects are much more detrimental.
ITA. You also have a much higher risk of complications during the pregnancy and death during the delivery. And no 50 is not the new 30. Raising one child in today's society is overwhelming, and triplets at their age? is enough to make the baby jesus weep. I hope they have a lot of energy or younger relatives in their family that can help them because lord knows they are going to need help all the help they can get.
ITA. You also have a much higher risk of complications during the pregnancy and death during the delivery. And no 50 is not the new 30. Raising one child in today's society is overwhelming, and triplets at their age? is enough to make the baby jesus weep. I hope they have a lot of energy or younger relatives in their family that can help them because lord knows they are going to need help all the help they can get.
Energetic... Yes... lots of young relatives... No
Each parent to be has one sibling and only one had a child. Each parent to be also has only one aged parent... so there is almost no family available to help.
Kind of ironic that they dearly wanted children for so long and now, out of the blue... triplets!
28 years as a pediatric nurse with the last 7 in charge of labor and delivery certainly gives her more knowledge than most moms to be.
They are very active in their church so that may give them a larger pool of helpers.
I promise to keep you all apprised if there is an interest.
You mean, if you make it to 77. You have a much higher risk of dying while your child is an adolescent than someone giving birth 10-15 years younger than you. That's just stats talking. You think you won't be over the hill, but I can assure you that your child will think so! I understand what you went through though--I lost my dad at 16 (he was 63) and my mom when I was 30 (she was 67). It does suck to lose your parent at either age, but you have to admit that at 32 you had a much better grasp of death and an understanding of it. When you are a child there is no reasoning and the long-term effects are much more detrimental.
Oh,I'll make it all right.You must have missed my post where I stated that research shows that a woman who has a baby after 40[who gets pregnant on her own] has a good chance of living to be 100. Not only WILL I make it,but I will still be running,still be the same size I was in High school[110],still be the cool mom I am,and still have blond hair!
Oh,I'll make it all right.You must have missed my post where I stated that research shows that a woman who has a baby after 40[who gets pregnant on her own] has a good chance of living to be 100. Not only WILL I make it,but I will still be running,still be the same size I was in High school[110],still be the cool mom I am,and still have blond hair!
Good for you and may you make it to 100 and be in good health and spirits! I am a firm believer in manifesting that which we believe to be true! Right on, sister!
Oh,I'll make it all right.You must have missed my post where I stated that research shows that a woman who has a baby after 40[who gets pregnant on her own] has a good chance of living to be 100. Not only WILL I make it,but I will still be running,still be the same size I was in High school[110],still be the cool mom I am,and still have blond hair!
Well, good for you that you are so positive. You will definitely need it no matter how old or young you are when you have a baby. I did miss your post, was it a peer-reviewed reputable journal publication? I'd like to see that, so I will go back and check for it. It's hard to fight genetics, but more power to you.
Each parent to be has one sibling and only one had a child. Each parent to be also has only one aged parent... so there is almost no family available to help.
Kind of ironic that they dearly wanted children for so long and now, out of the blue... triplets!
28 years as a pediatric nurse with the last 7 in charge of labor and delivery certainly gives her more knowledge than most moms to be.
They are very active in their church so that may give them a larger pool of helpers.
I promise to keep you all apprised if there is an interest.
They were just telling me that both sets of Grandparents were reminiscing about the lack of Grandchildren and how it looked like the family was coming to the end of the line.
On the Father to be's side there is one Grandson age 16... on the Mother to be's side there are NO Grandchildren.
I can think of no one better to be a Mom... She has a genuine love for children and has dedicated her entire 28 years in the Nursing Profession to the care of Children.
Maybe, this is just an example of positive Karma?
I think this is a wonderful story. Karma? I would put it in the Christian vernacular of the perhaps the "law of sowing and reaping."
You think you won't be over the hill, but I can assure you that your child will think so!
Given the way teen-agers think, your child will think you're "over the hill" and "a hopeless dork" even if you have them at age 18!
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I am a firm believer in manifesting that which we believe to be true! Right on, sister! 
even if you have them at age 18!
