I found it. Ages 3 and 5. That makes mom 49 and 51 at age of birth. Very high-risk pregnancy age for a man who spent his life prosecuting doctors who delivered babies. Most curious.
They must be adopted, right? I calculated her age the other night too--she's three years older than hubby.
I would imagine they encountered a bit of difficulty finding an OB/GYN who would care for Mrs. Edwards' during her pregnancies.
I just heard yesterday that a 46 year old friend of mine is pregnant. (We each have 18 year olds who grew up together.) I understand she is facing some health problems. I wish her the best - she's braver than I am.
Did your article state how old they were when they got married? This seems a little unusual, to say the least.
Good point.
How in the hell did a post-menopausal woman give birth to two children?
I'm very surprised that any obsetrician would let the 50 yr. old wife of a malpractice lawyer into his office, much less monitor such a high-risk pregnancy and delivery. Again, this is not about the children. It's about rich baby-boomers getting what they want.
The Edwards's used donor eggs fertilized with John's sperm that were implanted into Mrs. Edwards. Although they haven't officially stated this fact, it has been alluded to in several interviews (People Maganzine). It is nearly impossible for a 50 year old women to have eggs that are able to be fertilized or develop into survivable embryo's.
Great point. Unfortunately, you'll never hear this "incongruous" situation mentioned by the lamestream media. Now if someone like Dan Qualye had been a predatory trial attorney whose wife had a similar high-risk pregnancy, just imagine how tenacious the media interrogration would be.
They had the younger children after their son died in a tragic car crash. With "Hormone Shots"