59 yr old woman gives birth to triplets!!!!

I'm 52 and there's no way I could handle one baby for more than a few hours, much less three! As far as putting an age limit on when a person can have a baby, no, I don't agree that anyone has the right to tell a woman of any age what to do with her own body. If she wants a baby and can afford the treatments, she has the right to have a baby at any age.

I shouldn't be answering this discussion since I believe people should have to pass an IQ test and prove they can afford to have children before being allowed to breed. But that being said I am going to answer it anyway. YES there should be a cut off age and it should be somewhere like 40, preferably more like 36 but definitely no later than 40. It is not fair to the children that are being brought into this world by women who are on their way out of it. Picture a 70 year old woman or man whichever, out teaching their son how to play foot ball. Can you say broken hip? My grandmother is only 69 but granted I come from a young family and I had all my children before I turned 30. I'm never too tired to play. I don't have to worry about not being able to attend any of my school or sports functions because I'm too sick or too tired. Now I can hear the arguments already that people of any age can get sick and die and while that is a fact, no one can argue that the majority of people dying from natural causes or because parts of their bodies just stop working are over the age of 65. What happens to your kids then? Hope you have younger relatives who will take them in or else they become wards of the state. Just what every child wants to have to deal with...burying their parent(s). So for the love of pete (or insert deity of choice here) someone needs to pass a law that prohibits anyone who is within 10 years of filing for social security from breeding. And you mentioned people being more stable in their careers before starting families. I think that if you haven't made your mark in your chosen profession by age 40 then you never will, and probably can't afford to have those kids anyway. I could go on and on but I won't. I'm sure I offended enough people already.

Oh dear, what a handful, I guess it is ok in a way but I am not so sure a woman of that age could really cope full time with such a load, I also think of years down the track, older parents with teenagers, i am not sure it would be an easy road...

there are so many medical magics happening each day. all the credit goes to medical science. i also heard similar things earlier too.

i think that if they start dictating when people can or cannot have children, itll just be a hop skip and a jump before they start dictating who is allowed to have children, and kickstart a chain reaction until it comes to the point where they are attempting to form the "master race" government and laws should stay the hell out of our beds, and most certainly our wombs. they have no frigen business there.

Hey bella, Yes I do believe that there should be an age, but that would only be in my opinion. It isn't anyones right to decide how old someone or shouldn't be to have a child. I feel that someone of the age of this women is a bit old to be having children. It's isn't right for the children. I am 55 and I wouldn't be able to run around after toddlers anymore. How is she going to do this for 3 babies? She is old enough to be a grandmother. It just isn't right for the children. How are they going to feel when she is 70 and they are 10? I just don't understand how a woman of that age could think that she could give her children the same care and energy as that of a woman say in her thirties. It is only my opinion.

i don't know if there should be a cut off age. i just think you should be able to have children as long as you are mentally and physically able to care for them. men have children when they are still in their 80's. of course woman can't do that, but if you can still have children and want them i say why not.

I hate to be one to restrict something like that. but you have to think of those kids. what kind of life will they have? their mother won't be able to run around and play with them like a younger parent would. but i guess that doesn't mean they would have a bad childhood. but what if her health fails quickly? those poor kids could possibly lose their parent at a young age. that would be so horrible for them. she would be almost 80 when they graduate high school. i'm sure there would be a lot of "oh is this your grandmother"'no its my mother' moments too.

this go to show you can have ababy at any age

WOW! That is OLD to be having children. I thought that doctors say that the cut off for having healthy children not affected by downs syndrome (due to old eggs) is 49 for having children? Geez, I guess money can buy anything these days. Even overrides common sense. She will be 79 yrs old when they are 20. And 3 of them. She better be rich and afford a Nanny or 2 to help care for 3 newborn infants all at the same time. I hope she sets up a great inheritance for them 'just in case' anything should happen to her before the are mature enough to fend for themselves. But, I guess she must have really wanted them, to go through all that, so they should be well-loved.

wow.. really!.. i though that when women reach 40+ they cannot give birth anymore since they are experiencing menopause. that's really a rare event and to think that its triplets. I cannot really make up my mind if these women with these age should be allowed to give birth and have children. They have pros and cons. Some really wants to have a child that badly so they go on this process just to have a child even though they are old. But, will this have a negative effect on the mother? Like weak body or something?.. That's one thing that should be consider too.

Hmmmm.... 59, so by the time her kids will be attending high school she'll be in her 70s. If she feels she can give the children their needs even with her old age, then, surely, she can have kids. I'm just worried that instead of her taking care of her kids, soon it will be the other way around because she'll soon be too old and weak to take care of them. But this is just my opinion. I made sure I got married at the age of 26 because I wanted to be strong for my children and I don't ant risk having babies in my late thirties. But, even though I married at 26, It took us three years to have a baby. Now, I'm 30 years old and my baby is just 9 months old. If I had a baby right after our wedding, she'd be in pre-school right now. But fate had other plans for us. What I'm saying is, sometimes, fate doesn't agree with our plans.

whoa thats crazy. When they are 30 she will be 100!! Im suprised women that old still make love/

Well, I read a few articles and I have come up with this. Now, read all of what I have to say before you judge me. Please! I think that if the child is very wanted and loved not just by the family but by the whole family: aunts, cousins, nieces, and all the rest and they are all willing to help raise and take care of the child then I don't see a problem with it. I rather a child get parents for a few wonderful years and family who love and want them. Then, teens who get pregnant and parents who fight and the kids are stuck in the middle or women and men with addictions having children. There are so many people who should not even have kids age to me really does not matter. My parents where old when they had me and I had a better childhood then some of my relatives who's mother's where young when they had them. My nieces had a very hard life and their mother was young. My parents might have been older but, I would not have wanted anyone else. They might not have played ball but they did take me places and teach me things. And, the love I felt was the best ever. If anything I think they should make a test for people to pass at any age to see if they would be good parents. **Peace and Love get's you through everything in Life**

Ok lets not talk about whether it is good or bad and leave it to their personal but i have one question for them how will they be able to raise their children? will they live for 20 or 25 more years to be with them and support them? how can a 59 year old women can do it? i dont know how many years she is going to live as everything is in GOD'S hand if she has good support for her children then its her personal . She must have thought about her child's life as she cannot be a mother as she is too old and she herself needs someone to take care of her !!!

I think that if you end up pregnant naturally at that age then make the best of the situation but to go out and do it intentionally with the help of a doctor, is coming awfully close to playing God. Old age is meant to be a time to slow down, unwind and enjoy your last years...not trying to raise little ones and maybe having to leave them too soon b/c you pass away from old age. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**[/b]