I will be honest: when I received my latest issue of New York magazine and this was the cover, I was a little grossed out (for lack of better words.)
The cover shows a woman in her 50s, obviously pregnant, recreating the infamous Demi Moore Vanity Fair cover from the 90s. At first I thought, this must be fake, right? And then I saw the headline, and thought, this is not right...and dove right into the article (job well done editors or NYmag!)
The article is about the growing trend of women in their late 40s, 50s and 60s becoming new moms, thanks in large part to medical science. This group of featured women all decided late in life, some after establishing themselves as career women, that they wanted to become moms. Because of modern advances in the field of infertility treatments, they all were able to conceive children at a time in their lives when they should be enjoying their grandchildren.
I have been struggling for days now after reading this article, as to how I feel about all this. At first I thought it was madness. Why would these women want to risk getting pregnant so old! There are so many health issues for themselves, let alone all of the risks that they are putting the fetus in. How selfish is this of them?!
Do these women realize the stress that having a baby puts on you physically? Emotionally? Do they realize that they won't be sleeping for the rest of their lives?
