Those were different times...a different era. Today many people are much more materialistic...they want THINGS! And, I would guess that the great majority of women, from their early 50s, can no longer conceive. The ages when girls can, and can no longer, conceive have shifted. Some people attribute it to vitamins. I don't know.
Do we know if this pregnancy was the result of an invitro fertilization thing or not? Cuz that was my assumption the whole time.