Wow! & here I am in early 40’s thinking it’s too late for us..
Trying for our 1st.
But 65??? I can’t even imagine..
I was 58 when my youngest son was born. He is in college now and I am 77. We are both very healthy and happy.
Sarah, wife to Abraham was in her 90’s when she had Isaac. It’s never too late.
At age 46, my mother had a 3rd child. Dad was 50. Back in 1965 this wasn’t that common - (except maybe in Hollywood).
They were done having babies in 1939! No more diapers, or nursing/bottles - - -
(I was born when Mom was 17).
In 1965, we had 3 children of our own, my brother had 2.
We called our sister the ‘oops!’ baby.
We think conception was St. Patrick’s Day - - - : ^ ]
When we had our 3rd baby in New Mexico, we called back ‘home’ to NY and my mother said, ‘oh you have another girl - that’s nice. I don’t feel so good - - ‘
Turns out her regular MD could find nothing ‘wrong’ with her ‘complaints,’ and told my father to take her to a psychiatrist!
Seven months later she had a baby girl!
To say the least, my parents could have strangled the MD - telling Dad to take Mom to a psychiatrist - - -
We think it was best the baby was a girl - a boy could have been rough - physically challenging. Whatever.
When our mom died, my late-in-life sister was already 29 - dad died 5 years later. This was quite fortunate - that my sister was 29, & not younger.
Now this sister has a late-in-life son! And so it goes.
Almost everyone has a story about late-in-life parents in their families somewhere.