tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20093676.post115489592095962261..comments2024-03-06T10:58:14.234-05:00Comments on Life Begins...: Why does it upset everyone so much?Catherine McDiarmid-Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554083442487604235noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20093676.post-1156112280083417022006-08-20T18:18:00.000-04:002006-08-20T18:18:00.000-04:00I do believe there is a time when a woman is too o...I do believe there is a time when a woman is too old to be a mother. Believe it or not, your energy level does decrease as you get older making it unfair for the child. I also question who is going to raise this child if the parents die before the child is old enough to care for himself. When you have a child in your 20/30's you don't have the fear you could get sick and die tomorrow. Your siblings and friends are all your age and willing to be guardians to raise your children if something happens. However in your 40's or older your friends and siblings don't want that responsibility. They've raised their kids. They are looking forward to the next phase of their life. As I get older I worry about possible illnesses that could take me away from my young children. I am no longer immortal if you will. Is it fair for me to keep having babies when my risks increase of developing a life threatening illness? Is it fair for me to indulge my desires at the risk of an innocent child? Yes, I could die in a car accident tomorrow but that isn't the same as being 45 knowing that I've already lived more than half my life. I had my first child at 26 hoping I'd live to see them graduate college, get married and have babies of their own. If I have a baby at 48, it is a very real possibility I may not even get to see him/her graduate college. Who is that fair to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20093676.post-1154967599028039652006-08-07T12:19:00.000-04:002006-08-07T12:19:00.000-04:00I have to admit, before my uterus went on strike a...I have to admit, before my uterus went on strike and I was 36, I really thought 40 was too old...for me or anyone else for that matter.<BR/><BR/>Now that I'm on that cusp, I give credit to those who are 45+ still working on it. Age truly is just a number.DDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17864339996118337420noreply@blogger.com