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Should their be an Age Limit on IVF (In Vitro) Patients?
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
United States
December 14, 2008 5:22am CST
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28112285/
another 70 year old woman just gave birth through IVF recently which made me wonder if there should be an age limit or not?? i know a lot of IVF docs will not treat patients over a certain age due to the likeliness that the child will be an orphan later on because of their parents being so old etc..
while i dont view all people of that age as old since my parents are in their 60s and 70s and can our run me but i know considering my parents were in their 40s i was always scared they were going to die when i was little and i be all alone 
if they had been 70 when i was born i couldnt imagine the amount of fear THEN!! if i grew up old enough to remember them if they did die early!! i could see the child left behind having a lot of anger if they had to grow up in the system or something because they didnt have god parents etc and their parents passed..
so do you think there should be a cut off age to where they cant get pregnant after ___ age? do you think it should be allowed as long as they arrange things for their child in case something happens so that they will definitely be taken care of and loved?? not many people live to see 80 or 90 heck even 70 anymore so is it right to have a kid knowing you wont have much time with it??
if they had been 70 when i was born i couldnt imagine the amount of fear THEN!! if i grew up old enough to remember them if they did die early!! i could see the child left behind having a lot of anger if they had to grow up in the system or something because they didnt have god parents etc and their parents passed..
so do you think there should be a cut off age to where they cant get pregnant after ___ age? do you think it should be allowed as long as they arrange things for their child in case something happens so that they will definitely be taken care of and loved?? not many people live to see 80 or 90 heck even 70 anymore so is it right to have a kid knowing you wont have much time with it??1 person likes this
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@pheonixstar1982 (2307)
• United States
14 Dec 08
I think the child's future needs to be taken into consideration. My father was in his 40's when i was born and everyone thought me and my brother were is grandchildren. I found that very embarrassing while he thought it was funny. But with IVF for a 70 year old woman, i do hope there is something set up in case something happens to her.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
22 Dec 08
i got that all the time.. the whole "are they your grandparents?!"
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
23 Dec 08
Why anyone that age would want to go through that is beyond me? Now if i want to play with babies i have grandbabies i can do that with but i don't miss childbirth at all..yuck and at age 70 what if her bones broke from it..they don't have good bone calcuim by then..
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
23 Dec 08
not to mention that the baby drains a lot of it from you while your pregnant so if she was weak before she really was risking it during/after..
she never had any kids so the grandbabies isnt an option but she could like borrow some ones or work at a day care or something if she really had to be around them..
@rusty2rusty (6763)
• Defiance, Ohio
15 Dec 08
Yes, there should be an age limit. They should not of allowed the 70 year old woman to do this. I think it is insane. I mean who will take care of the baby if the parenst die tomorrow? Woman in their 40's having kids don't bother me. Not when they are in their 50's..now that is when I think the cut off date should be happening. To much risk. Even then a person could die before the baby grows up.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
15 Dec 08
yeah 40s is old in my opinion BUT thats only because my parents were in their 40s when they had me and i was so afraid something horrible was gonna happen and they die.. if i hadnt had to grow up with that fear i prob wouldnt care about people in their 40s.. 50s?? thats pushing it!!
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
15 Dec 08
personally I do not think somebody 70 should be having a baby, they could die at any time and very few people live to 90 when they child is grown up, further more, are they able to raise a baby, a toddler a teenager at that age, it is highly doubtful
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
16 Dec 08
i dont know how it is in that country but there are some places that wont let kids live there so if they were living in a retirement community then they will have to move and what if they went downhill and had to go into a nursing home or something?? ugh
@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
16 Dec 08
I too am amazed when I read that article in the local papers.
I mean, at 70, she still wants to have children?
By the time the child is able to attend kindergarten, the mum is already 75. Before the child can finish grade school, the mum is already 80.
Even with advances in medical science to prolong a human life, I am sure at 80 and above, she would be too frail to deal with a pre-teen, not to mention a teenager!
What are these people thinking?!?
And at 70, isn't she already menopaused? Her womb is still working?!?
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
17 Dec 08
i cant even imagine how she would deal with stress of a teen with a frail heart or something
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
14 Dec 08
I think there should be....I have raised three kids....I am in my late 50's and there is no way in heck I would want to start now having kids. I have my three year old granddaughter over night and when she leaves I need a nap! I wonder if they aren't just trying to prove a point or what! They can't be in their right minds! LOL
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
14 Dec 08
maybe they have never been around kids haha.. i get tired with kids NOW and im not even 30
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
14 Dec 08
i mean i hate to sound horrible but you always hear horror stories of kids put in government care and being abused or they turn to crime etc..
