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UK: 66-year-old First Time Mom Leaves Hospital Looking Radiant
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by sara star | June 2, 2009 at 03:21 am
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Elizabeth Adeney - !!PREGNANT AT 66 THE MOTHER-TO-BE SETS OFF A MEDICAL AND ETHICAL DEBATE!!
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Many older couples are
giving birth to their "grandchildren",
as they put off having children
until they are financially sound.
Advanced technology gives a woman more options.
Elizabeth Adeney, at 66, looks absolutely radiant leaving the hospital.
Ageism or age discrimination has to be questioned,
as many people are productive well past "retirement" age.
May she live to be a centurion.
Britain's oldest mother brought her baby home for the first time yesterday.Elizabeth Adeney, 66, looked radiant as she lifted her son lovingly out of her car.
Doctors have been monitoring Mrs Adeney and her baby in hospital since she gave birth to the boy weighing 5lb 3oz by caesarean section a week ago after IVF treatment.
She is reported to have named him Jolyon - which means 'young at heart'.
They were discharged from Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge yesterday afternoon and picked up by a female friend and another woman, believed to a nanny, in Mrs Adeney's car which was recently fitted with a child seat.
The wealthy businesswoman smiled broadly as she gently carried her little boy, who appeared to have a tube coming from his nose, into her £600,000 detached house in the Suffolk hamlet of Lidgate.
It was a moment she has dreamed of for most of her adult life.
She first had fertility treatment two decades ago during her short-lived marriage to Robert Adeney, now 71, but was told by medical experts at the time that she could no longer continue with attempts to become pregnant.
A source close to Mr Adeney, who now lives in the south of France, said the marriage foundered as his wife, who had not married before, became consumed with the desire to have children.
Note: I don't see a tube coming from the baby's nose. The tube shown looks like an IV saline lock used for medications such as antibiotics.
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at 07:22 on June 2nd, 2009
He does look to me as though he has a gavage coming from his nose. I don't think it's uncommon for a newborn to have difficulties with swallowing and sucking. With any luck, he'll soon be either bottle feeding or nursing with success. One would hope that his mother has chosen to breastfeed him or at least to pump. Mom looks radiant and thrilled and I wish her and her son much joy.
at 13:03 on June 4th, 2009
I took a second look and yeah you are right, it is a gavage...
at 07:36 on June 2nd, 2009
Many older couples are giving birth to their "grandchildren," as they put off having children until they are financially sound? It took a long time to get that diaper money together! My goodness! This is closer to a great grandchild. The new mom is old enough to have grown grandchildren with kids of their own. She is 66, she could have a daughter of 44, and a grandchild of 22 with three children!
I congratulate this new mom on her joy - a lovely little one. Thanks for this unusual news. I hope for the children's sake that it remains unusual. Loss of a parent is particularly hard on minors, I imagine, and so is being a nursemaid. It seems to me to be a selfish thing to do. If someone waits that long, they should just adopt an older child, someone they could hope to see through college and actually be able to attend.
at 08:38 on June 2nd, 2009
This is a hard call. It's valid to think about how old mom will be when baby finished grade school, but she looks slim and healthy. Should we say unhealthy young women shouldn't reproduce? This also brings to the fore the built in sexual bias. Don't older men get congratulated when they sire a child in their old age. Who's in the news right now -- Mel Gibson.
at 14:50 on June 2nd, 2009
I just feel it is wrong. Most children in the world and throughout history have relied heavily on maternal nurturing. I am 53. When I was in my teens and early 20's, half of my recreational time was spent with my young nieces and nephews - taking them places and teaching them, having fun. In my 30's and 40's, my home was the neighborhood place for children who were my kids' friends. They knew they'd always find the fresh baked cookies, genuine acceptance, and as much freedom as they could handle. But in my 50's, children get on my nerves. I love them as much as ever, but their noise and energy level are taxing. The 66-year-old new mom was a teenager before my birth. I just do not see how a great grandmother-aged woman can be what a newborn needs in a mom. God invented menopause for a reason.
You asked about sick women. For women suffering a progressive, debilitating disease with a strong prognosis of being an invalid or dead before the child reaches age 10 or 12, I would also recommend adopting an older child.
at 18:43 on June 2nd, 2009
Ms. Adeney wanted a child for a good portion of her adult life. She thought about her decision to get pregnant and, I believe, went into it understanding all the risks and pitfalls. The choice wasn't made lightly. After all this time, the desire to be a mother hadn't gone away for her. She knows what she's getting into and feels she's capable of handling it. I don't think any of us are in a position to know her heart and mind or to make assumptions about her. I'd prefer to think positively, that she will remain healthy and strong for another 25-30 years, will be a loving mother to her son and he will grow up happy and well-adjusted. To come into the world loved and wanted, to a woman of means, is hardly the worst start a child can have in life. Ms. Adeney is glowing with joy and looks more like 50 than pushing 70.
at 13:01 on June 4th, 2009
I think she looks twenty years younger too.