[subterfuge]

She looks 47, but God Bless her.

[Rusty0604]

And she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

[Nifster]

Yup. Too bad her ob didn’t accept the first no and then do only the scans (two) needed to help with delivery decisions

Glad she was a mom from the get go

[Tennessee Nana]

My mother was 37 when I was born...

[Slyfox]

My mother had ten children. Her last one was born when she was 43. Her doctor badgered her throughout her pregnancy that her chances of having a Down Syndrome baby was very high because of her age. The doctor, we found out later, was the head of Planned Parenthood in the county where we lived. He had taken over the her previous doctor's practice because he had died. And he was embarrassed that one of his patients was refusing to get an abortion.

My mother gave birth to a healthy, normal red-headed baby girl. Now, she would have accepted the baby even if she was Down Syndrome. But, that poor excuse for a doctor made her life hell for 9 months.

[Tax-chick]

I like her haircut: it’s a lot like mine! I was 45 when my youngest child was born.

[Dawn53Fl]

In 1988 I was 35 and refused amnio and I don’t think they had a blood test at that time for diseases like Down Syndrome...which wouldn’t have made a difference.

As to the amnio I told my doctor that no matter what amnio showed I wasn’t going to abort. So because I refused the test, I had to sign a document, have it
notarized, the whole bit, stating that I was refusing the test and if the baby was
born with a problem that could have been picked up by the amnio, then we would not sue for “wrongful birth.” That was almost 30 years ago. Now with all the specific testing, I’m sure the pressure to have the tests is so much stronger.

[BJ1]

Thank you for sharing this.

[Albion Wilde]

She is a commendable woman and mother, and a very funny lady, too—she used to write for her brother's show, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

[pke]

If everyone pregnant could hear her beautiful, loving response, “He was my son and he needed me.”

[SaraJohnson]

How talented she is.