Category Archives: Moms Over 40

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Moms Over 40 Have More Facebook Friends Than Their Kids Do

Moms over 40 on Facebook

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A survey of more than 2,000 mothers over the age of 40 found that a majority have more Facebook friends than their children, and that they know how to better take advantage of their presence on the site. The U.K.’s … Continue reading

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Wrongful life, wrongful birth, and moms over 40

Down Syndrome Child

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by ROSE WOODHOUSE on MARCH 8, 2012 This Article was not Written in Affiliation with Mom at Last. Full disclosure: I do have a kid with a Ridiculously Rare chromosomal abnormality. His particular disorder is not correlated with the parents’ … Continue reading

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Induced labour safer for older mums | Moms over 40

Moms over 40 Induced Labor

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By Lucie Van Den Berg From The Advertiser March 07, 2012 5:29AM Inducing labour in older women can help reduce the increased risk of stillborn babies, researchers say. Their findings come as a separate study shows that nearly a third … Continue reading

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MOM STOP: It’s normal for moms and dads to feel guilty

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As I write this column, my husband is at home with a screaming baby. While I sit at my desk at work, he is the one who is changing diapers, wiping up spit-up and chasing around after our daughter, who … Continue reading

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Top 10 Pregnant Celebrity Moms over 40

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Today’s celebrity moms are defying the clock both in their fab wrinkle-free faces… and their biological clocks. In fact, 41-year-old Uma Thurman just announced she is pregnant with her third child. What other celebrity moms are enjoying “midlife” motherhood? From … Continue reading

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Over 40 Moms Giving Birth to Increasing Number of Multiples

Pregnant Moms over 40

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Jacqueline Wilson|February 27, 2012| Scotland has seen a rise in moms over 40 giving birth to both twins and triplets nearly double over the recent year. According to the United Kingdom’s Deadline News, Dr Daghni Rajasingam reasoned, “Women are having … Continue reading

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Dads Are from Mars, Moms Are from Venus

Moms and Dads on Parenting

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10 reasons why parents can’t see eye to eye about raising their children. What do parents fight more about than sex or money? Ask any parent: It’s how to raise their children. The dilemma is that while both parents love … Continue reading

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Are older moms more depressed? | Moms over 40

Mother over 40 Depressed

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Are Moms over 40 Depressed? As a mother of advanced maternal age, I was interested to see this article about older mothers having a higher risk of depression, from the Huffington Post. A study performed at the Universty of British … Continue reading

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Do French Mothers Know Something We Don’t?

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At 5:47 this morning*, my son Lucas let it be known that he had an urgent need. “Mama! MaMA! Maaaaama! MamaMamaMamaMama! MAMA, I NEED YOU NOW!” Any casual witness (like, say, our next-door neighbors, who most certainly could hear him) … Continue reading

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