Watching re-runs of the TV series Medium, little did I realize I was tuning into my past life in a new way. Like diving through an unexpected wormhole, I was back in the early 70’s with The Rolling Stones, President Jimmy Carter, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wayward wife, Margaret. What does a […]
It’s a Mother of an evolution! Join us as we launch the first online community dedicated to women having children after 40—A CHILD AFTER 40. When you find yourself surrounded by young “yummy mummies” or Stepford moms under 35—in the prenatal clinic or on the playground—you’ve now got a place to hang your bell bottoms […]
In search of support for A Child After 40–the campaign to empower women on the journey of midlife motherhood–I found an opinion piece published in the LA Times on 31st March, 2011, entitled “Debate: Are children better off with older mothers?”. (See link below.) It brought home how much the world at large really doesn’t […]
It’s a mother of an evolution—launching Mothers’ Day 2011. If you’re on a journey of motherhood after 40—whether via natural fertility, IVF, egg donation, surrogacy, adoption, or you’re parenting in progress—it’s your time to stand up and be counted. On May 8th, we invite all women who have become mothers after 40—along with those who […]
My 4-year-old daughter is fond of ‘warning’ signs these days. In fact, she’s obsessed with them. I wish they’d put one on the Pandora’s box of A Child After 40. One that said: “Warning! This experience is not for the faint-hearted.” The journey from the idea of www.AChildAfter40.com, to launching it in 2009 was nothing […]
Forty-one year old Illustrator, Leanne Salandro—who is currently expecting her first baby—met her husband five years before they went on their first date. The couple—who had been ‘nudged together’ by mutual friends years earlier—finally went out on April Fool’s Day 2006 and were married just six months later. “I never really planned on waiting until […]
In 2006, after divorcing her third husband—who would turn “white as a ghost” every time she mentioned having a baby—Rhadiante Van de Voorde continued to suffer for years with inner turmoil over whether she should have a child. Yet, the 43-year-old Registered Landscape Architect is no slouch when it comes to being decisive elsewhere—she’s managed […]
Over two years ago, Jodi Boswell asked her 50-year-old “bachelor boyfriend”—whom she doubted would be interested in family life—to lie down so she could break some news to him. “We had a big surprise” says Jodi, “I became pregnant at 45”. A History of Devastating Losses In fact, no one was more surprised than […]
If there’s one thing more striking than Kristen Marinovic’s silver hair, it’s her no-nonsense approach to being a mother to 20-month-old twins, Viggo and Niko. Yet, the 48-year-old Registered Investment Advisor (R.I.A.), and former public school teacher, often feels the sting of being labeled as her children’s grandmother. “Because of my silver hair color, I […]
Our medley of stories would not be complete without the ‘little sister’ of the midlife motherhood sorority. Michele Moyer had her two children in her late thirties after a long journey through fertility treatments and finds herself parenting a toddler and a kindergartener in her 40s. Moyer, now 42, was a Real Estate Loan administrator […]
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