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First-Time Births Risky Business for Moms Older Than 45

by Mary Beth Sammons, Posted Apr 15th 2011 12:00PM

Pushing 50? Know the facts before you get pregnant. Credit: Getty Images If you're pushing 50 and yearning to be a baby mama, it's doable -- but you may want to pay attention to a new study that finds older first-time moms are more ...The study is significant as more and more women are waiting to start families.
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Women Who Delay Kids Could Prevent Financial 'Motherhood Penalty'

by Colleen Egan, Posted Apr 16th 2010 3:00PM

Jennifer Lopez had her twins, Max and Emme, when she was 38. Credit: Bauer-Griffen
Holding off on babies could benefit women's bank accounts, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Maryland in College Park and the ...
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Selma Hayak dishes on parenthood

by Rachel Campos-Duffy, Posted Apr 15th 2008 1:25AM

In a recent interview on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Selma Hayek said the following on becoming a mom at 41: I really feel for those mothers who have the babies really young. It's a lot of work and I think it's the best time....It's a little ...
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Study: women in their thirties make better mothers

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Oct 31st 2007 10:26AM

I had Nolan a few months after I turned 30. Not old, by any stretch, but certainly not dewy-eyed chick, either. For me, really, it was the perfect age. My twenties were a blurry cocktail of travel, career, and late-night cocktails -- I shudder to ...
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Having kids at a young age when your friends are still fancy and footloose

by Heather Craven, Posted Dec 6th 2006 10:30AM

I had my first child when I was twenty-two; not a remarkably young age, but less and less common these days. I was still in college and my plans changed drastically after he was born. I have never regretted his arrival and have immensely enjoyed the ...
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Prejudice about older mothers unfounded?

by Nadine Silverthorne, Posted Oct 24th 2006 4:10PM

I recently posted about Memnune Tiryaki, the 64-year-old Turkish woman who gave birth to a healthy baby boy this October. As I read all your comments, I realized that many of us think the same things when we read stories like this one. Will she live ...
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Society shouldn't criticise older Moms, says fertility specialist

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jun 22nd 2006 8:00AM

Here's an interesting article about older women having babies.  Dr. Laurence Shaw is a fertility expert who believes that "declining fertility evolved so that women in tribes could forage instead of being occupied by childcare".  He says ...
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