When my mother was 36 years old she became pregnant. The Doctor urged her to have an abortion because of her age.
My sister is now 30 and has three kids of her own.
My mom was 36 when I was born -- parents were living in Portugal (Lajes AFB). 1972 -- it was suggested that she abort due to age. She could have gone to London. The docs counseled her strongly about the risk of Down Syndrome.
She didn't -- told my dad -- last chance for a girl (after 3 boys, one of whom had died a couple of years earlier of cancer).
She got me. And for all intensive purposes, I'm a normal, hpapy healthy woman. 33 now, and I have twin girls who are almost 11.