For some reason I seem to post a lot about becoming a mother. This is something my heart has always desired. I have worried about my age and being almost 30 by the time I have my first...and I think ahead to being 50 when that child is twenty. I want to be able to do everything with the last that I could with the first. I guess that means I just need to stay healthy and active right?! :) So you may be asking...what brought this on? I was just watching TLC and they were covering some of the worlds oldest mothers. A woman in India had IVF (and an egg donor as she had already been through menopause) and conceived her first child at 70. Granted, that child will be without parents in the next 30 years, which is heartbreaking, but that child is a gift from God that more than filled the heartache of being barren.
A doctor in India has a theory that older parents are better parents because a younger couple is still trying to make ends meet. They are trying to settle down, work 8-10 hours a day and get very little awake time with their children. Whereas an older mom in her fifties or sixties is probably done working and has more than enough time to spend with the child/children. Some parents said that they feel they are more relaxed and less reactive to situations like a vase being broken in the home because they understand it was an accident and don't give much mind to material objects as this child is their whole existence. :)
Somehow this show put whatever fears about being an "elderly" mom (A girlfriend of mine had a child at 35 and she was considered this) to rest. I realize that certain health risks come with age, but if it is God's will that you are blessed with such a precious gift, then so be it. :)
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