I gave birth to my first child with the help of IVF at 43. I am very grateful to be healthy and enjoy every single minute of every single day with my daughter who is now 2.5 years old. I work full time and still manage to be a good mom at the end of the day with plenty of hours of play and interaction with my child. She wants for nothing, certainly has lots of love from her parents and grandparents. We will try and do it all over again within the year , hopefully giving birth in my 47th year. I take good care of myself and plan and pray to be just as healthy as I am today for many more years. Though my husband and I are not in our 60s, we have built and continue to build a good and secure future for our daughter and any more children to come so that in the event of our early demise they will be well loved and cared for or be able to take good care of themselves (depending on their age at the time).It is not anyone's place to pass judgment on a person for choosing to become a parent at the age of 60+. Those children were brought into this world lovingly and for a reason that is perhaps beyond what any of us can know today. I am sad this woman had to die so early in her sons' lives and hope that they are being taken care of by people who love them and will provide for them. I don't think what she did should be labeled as selfish. I certainly don't think that one should make that kind of judgment ever about one they do not know, and certainly not if they are not aware of all the facts involved - like what provisions were made by the mother for the children should something like this happen. At 3 years old our memories are probably good enough to remember bits and pieces about an important person in our lives like a mother, and chances are good that whatever memories stick with those young boys of their mother will be good ones / loving ones. Cheers.
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I gave birth to my first child with the help of IVF at 43. I am very grateful to be healthy and enjoy every single minute of every single day with my daughter who is now 2.5 years old. I work full time and still manage to be a good mom at the end of the day with plenty of hours of play and interaction with my child. She wants for nothing, certainly has lots of love from her parents and grandparents. We will try and do it all over again within the year , hopefully giving birth in my 47th year. I take good care of myself and plan and pray to be just as healthy as I am today for many more years. Though my husband and I are not in our 60s, we have built and continue to build a good and secure future for our daughter and any more children to come so that in the event of our early demise they will be well loved and cared for or be able to take good care of themselves (depending on their age at the time).It is not anyone's place to pass judgment on a person for choosing to become a parent at the age of 60+. Those children were brought into this world lovingly and for a reason that is perhaps beyond what any of us can know today. I am sad this woman had to die so early in her sons' lives and hope that they are being taken care of by people who love them and will provide for them. I don't think what she did should be labeled as selfish. I certainly don't think that one should make that kind of judgment ever about one they do not know, and certainly not if they are not aware of all the facts involved - like what provisions were made by the mother for the children should something like this happen. At 3 years old our memories are probably good enough to remember bits and pieces about an important person in our lives like a mother, and chances are good that whatever memories stick with those young boys of their mother will be good ones / loving ones. Cheers.
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