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lecriveuse
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i saw a 50 yo woman with a set of year old twins on a morning show. my uterus just cringed @ the thought!  it reminded me of the 61 yo woman n59 yo man who had a baby; in addition, joan lunden married a younger man n used a surrogate. heather mills married paul mccartney n started poppin out younguns (gross). 
seriously, i did want marriage n children at one time. i married at 42. as time went on, i just can't see myself giving birth. i whine when i give myself an insulin shot. i couldnt envision being responsible 4 someone for the next 20 years minimum. n my case, a kid n husband r redudant n a recipe 4 quick institutionalization.
btw, the mom w/the twins on the morning show looked totally whacked out n tired. those kids were all over the place -- one was swinging on katie couric. i couldnt do it!
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| Nov 18, 2005 @ 9:05 AM |
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SpyderLady
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Babies after 50! I think you would have to be out of your mind! I think it is too risky for the child (and the mom) to even think about doing that. It would be hard enough to raise a healthy baby and to think it was my fault a child could be handicapped. But that is just my opinion. If I were able to, I would not..period!
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| Nov 18, 2005 @ 1:12 PM |
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cheerioes
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Babies after 50!
OMG The idea of HAVING TO change Poppy diapers 7/24's
Is scary stuff
One thing great about 50+ ~ GRANDKIDS
Love Um ... Spoil Um ...
Send them HOME to Momma for Diaper Change
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| Nov 18, 2005 @ 5:44 PM |
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lecriveuse
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aunties do the same, cheerioes 
i read an interview with joan lunden, spyderlady, in some mag like bhg or something. she paid a surrogate. i married a younger guy; we tried and zip, nada, kaput. i'm not going out of my way 2 get knocked up n i'm SURE not paying some other womb 4 rent. there's always adoption.  even then, i dont wanna b responsible 4 someone else -- i'm quite enough, thanks.
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| Nov 19, 2005 @ 2:53 PM |
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Palomino
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I couldn't imagine having a baby...even after age 40. I thoroughly enjoy my grandson, but I find it difficult to even babysit.! lol
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| Nov 20, 2005 @ 2:48 AM |
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lecriveuse
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i recently read james doohan (star trek's scotty) married a 19 year old n he was poppin out younguns at 80. gross! tony randall had 2 kids w/a 20 or 30 something yo woman. can u imagine changing all those diapers n ur the only one not wearing them? double ewww!
i had typed this n another thread when i realized it was more appropriate here.
i only wish i had had children so i couldve been a proper burden 2 them. 
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| Nov 20, 2005 @ 10:45 AM |
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JenRNinOhio
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SERIOUSLY LAUGHING HERE
Twins @ 50!!!
And I'm thinking my situation was ridiculous! I had twins 9 days after my 40th birthday.
OK .. the future plans @ the time of that planned pregnancy dissolved & I am now a single mother with 3 kids still at home & I will be 53 in a couple of months. Dating, creating a relationship, even hoping for anything substantial is quite difficult when men of my age are empty nesters. Spontaneous activities are limited. I can't consider relocating for another 5 years.
and so ..
I stop in to chat.
I post occasionally in this forum.
I smile & hope for the future.
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| Nov 20, 2005 @ 5:45 PM |
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lecriveuse
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twins, jen?! wow! two hungry ppl wanting lunch fifteen minutes ago.
jen, i wouldn't count them all out yet. i've been hearing just a little groundswell, but some men want a second set of kids (i wouldn't want 2 b the one 2 break it 2 ur reproductive parts about now). there's a remake of urs, mine n ours (orig movie w/lucille ball n henry fonda). take it from me, those old movies will get u n trouble. nothing like that n real life. 
adoption would b my only option unless there's something 2 spontaneous generation. then i'm going 2 faint. 
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| Nov 20, 2005 @ 6:07 PM |
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SpyderLady
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When they are able to clone a ten year old I might do it....lmao!
It amazes me the men that write to me that married younger women the second time around and had one or two more children..and are desperate to meet someone his own age to help him raise them! Jen, if you didn't mind the family being a little bigger I am sure you could find a decent man that has a second family. Just make sure he has been fixed..lol. No need to remake that movie, yours mine and ours!!
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| Nov 21, 2005 @ 1:01 AM |
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ClassyandEnglish
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Congratulations Jen, they will keep you young. I know it's tough to raise them, but I bet you are one proud Mom. I thought I was too old at at 28 to have my last daughter. Thank goodness things have changed. Women are better equiped to handle life and children after 30. Kudos girl.
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| Nov 26, 2005 @ 3:37 PM |
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Palomino
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Nov 20 @ 2:48AM
lecriveuse
can u imagine changing all those diapers n ur the only one not wearing them? double ewww!
Nov 20 @ 10:45AM
JenRNinOhio
Dating, creating a relationship, even hoping for anything substantial is quite difficult when men of my age are empty nesters. Spontaneous activities are limited. I can't consider relocating for another 5 years.
That's why you look for the younger ones, darlin.....look how gorgeous you are! Having those twins kept you young. :)
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| Dec 1, 2005 @ 11:42 AM |
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13lucky
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Well JenRNinOhio
I would think you'd have no problems..with Men,..and some guys welcome kids....
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| Dec 1, 2005 @ 7:14 PM |
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lecriveuse
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lucky, would u like to be changing diapers when ur 70 years old? a newborn @ 3am when i'm 70?!?! i'd have a bottle along with them (theirs would b similac n mine would b wild turkey). 
jen, my mom had no trouble getting dates n she had 6 kids ranging from adult to a baby (1970). men have no problems with women who have children.
[Edited on 12/1/2005 7:15 PM]
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| Dec 1, 2005 @ 7:31 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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As usual, I agree with Lecri
There were a couple of LTR's while my kids were still kids, both of whom had no problem with the boys, and one of whom actually baby sat, cooked and cleaned...I've said it before and I'll say it again, damn, I miss that man!
[Edited on 12/1/2005 7:33 PM]
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| Jan 6, 2006 @ 2:27 PM |
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Strangernthenight
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lmao! i couldn't fathom the idea of a baby after 40! much less after 50...which i'll be turning in march. i shudder at the sight of maternity clothes when i am shopping.
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| Jan 7, 2006 @ 1:20 PM |
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akfitter
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don't think it's a good idea!!- - - because with your discinigrating genes you run a risk of having an unhealthy child !
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| Jan 7, 2006 @ 8:14 PM |
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lecriveuse
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there are older women who have healthy children; some younger women give birth to kids with birth defects. i wonder what sort of study has been done about octogenarian males and the offspring they leave with younger wives/nannies.
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| Jan 7, 2006 @ 9:19 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Just an aside here...I'm an analytical junkie. Always kept track of everything, and I'd spent several weeks taking care of my mother so I knew that my younger son was conceived extremely late in my cycle, at a point where the ovum probably had begun to disintegrate...he was born with a real witch's brew of birth defects even though I was 23 at the time. There's no such thing as safe.
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| Jan 8, 2006 @ 3:16 AM |
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DahliaWhittier
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I would if I was healthy at that time and in love and we were both into childrearing. Different dreams for different people. 
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| Jan 9, 2006 @ 11:31 AM |
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lecriveuse
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real witch's brew of birth defects even though I was 23 at the time
aw, heaven. i truly feel for u. i'm so glad u wrote that, though. some antiquated tales still run around about people and childbirthing. i detest the lie saying we're the cause of birth defects because of aging, defective genes. it just isn't so!
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