Ten signs you may be too old to have another baby - Zsa Zsa Gabor

[Anonymous]

"April 15, 2011
Ten signs you may be too old to have another baby


David Perry/Lexington Herald-Leader



According to CNN, Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband wants his wife to be a mom again. Zsa Zsa is 94-years-old. Her husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, is 67.

According to the story, von Anhalt would make his wife a mother again through egg donation, artificial insemination and a surrogate mother. Von Anhalt said he estimates finding the egg donor, and surrogate mother will cost about $100,000.

Gabor, who has had serious health problems, recently had hip replacement surgery and a leg amputation. Von Anhalt told CNN:

"In life you need something to live for," he said. "If my wife passes away before me, I have nothing to live for."

Gabor's only child, 64-year-old Francesca Hilton, calls the idea "weird."

MomHouston agrees. Having a child in order to have something to live for is weird. While a child will probably bring new meaning to your life, having one just because you're lonely is a really, really bad idea whether your 17 or 67. Maybe you could start with a pet? Or volunteering maybe?

Regardless, my co-workers and I have come up with a list of the top ten signs you may be too old to have another baby. Here they are. Your thoughts in the comments below:

1. The doctor has put you on bed rest even though you're not pregnant.
2. You're already buying diapers for yourself.
3. There's no room for a crib in your nursing home.
4. You already have a walker and don't want to register for a jumperoo.
5. Betty White offers to throw you a baby shower.
6. Your great-great grandkids don't want to babysit.
7. You can't remember where you put your glasses, or the baby.
8. You take Geritol instead of prenatal vitamins.
9. When you read Goldilocks you overemphasize that nice big bowl of too-cold porridge.
10. Your biological clock is a sun dial.

Posted by Francisca Ortega at April 15, 2011 01:04 PM "

[Anonymous]

I sent this to my mom - 65 and asked if I was going to maybe get a new baby brother or sister too.

Gross.

[Anonymous]

This is kinda funny. Gross and sad is to see women in their 40's doing the same thing.

They should go ahead and adopt an older child instead of trying to put their bodies through something nature didn't intend to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda funny. Gross and sad is to see women in their 40's doing the same thing.

They should go ahead and adopt an older child instead of trying to put their bodies through something nature didn't intend to them.

Have you adopted, PP? Adoption is not as easy as people assume it to be. Adoption agencies have numerous rules and can be very picky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda funny. Gross and sad is to see women in their 40's doing the same thing.

They should go ahead and adopt an older child instead of trying to put their bodies through something nature didn't intend to them.

OH no you DIDn't go there!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda funny. Gross and sad is to see women in their 40's doing the same thing.

They should go ahead and adopt an older child instead of trying to put their bodies through something nature didn't intend to them.

Women in their 40s get pregnant all the time -- and that is nothing new. The only thing that's new is women having their first child in their 40s. So nothing biologically wrong with it or unnatural about having a child in your 40s. Seems like it would be a huge blessing. Too bad you are so shriveled up and bitter no matter what age you actually are, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda funny. Gross and sad is to see women in their 40's doing the same thing.

They should go ahead and adopt an older child instead of trying to put their bodies through something nature didn't intend to them.

Have you adopted, PP? Adoption is not as easy as people assume it to be. Adoption agencies have numerous rules and can be very picky.

Not in the US because we're not eligible yet so we know what you're talking about. My issue is with people who are too old trying to have young babies. When the child grows older the parents will be too old and someone else will have to take care of them. This is extremely selfish.

For me, there's no difference between a 40 and a 60 yo woman trying to get pregnant and using artificial means to do so. There are plenty of children out there who need a family, including older children (whose chance to be adopted is even smaller). Why on Earth I would go through the pain and expense to *TRY* to conceive a child while there are better fits for my age group out there in search of help?

[Anonymous]

I fear we are in for an ugly Saturday!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda funny. Gross and sad is to see women in their 40's doing the same thing.

They should go ahead and adopt an older child instead of trying to put their bodies through something nature didn't intend to them.

Have you adopted, PP? Adoption is not as easy as people assume it to be. Adoption agencies have numerous rules and can be very picky.

Not in the US because we're not eligible yet so we know what you're talking about. My issue is with people who are too old trying to have young babies. When the child grows older the parents will be too old and someone else will have to take care of them. This is extremely selfish.

For me, there's no difference between a 40 and a 60 yo woman trying to get pregnant and using artificial means to do so. There are plenty of children out there who need a family, including older children (whose chance to be adopted is even smaller). Why on Earth I would go through the pain and expense to *TRY* to conceive a child while there are better fits for my age group out there in search of help?

That says it all Good luck in your adoption endeavours!!

[Anonymous]

Adopting older children is great but they come with huge emotional and psychological scars. It takes a certain type of person to be able and willing to handle the needs of these kids and just wanting to have a child doesn't automatically translate into that kind of interest or ability on the future parents' part. That's something to think about if you yourself are considering adopting an older child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda funny. Gross and sad is to see women in their 40's doing the same thing.

They should go ahead and adopt an older child instead of trying to put their bodies through something nature didn't intend to them.

Have you adopted, PP? Adoption is not as easy as people assume it to be. Adoption agencies have numerous rules and can be very picky.

Not in the US because we're not eligible yet so we know what you're talking about. My issue is with people who are too old trying to have young babies. When the child grows older the parents will be too old and someone else will have to take care of them. This is extremely selfish.

For me, there's no difference between a 40 and a 60 yo woman trying to get pregnant and using artificial means to do so. There are plenty of children out there who need a family, including older children (whose chance to be adopted is even smaller). Why on Earth I would go through the pain and expense to *TRY* to conceive a child while there are better fits for my age group out there in search of help?

Your post is just dumb and makes me think you are probably very, very young, like teenager young. I would guess you are the type that think a girl needs a baby at 13 so she can "grow up" with the baby.

A woman has a baby at 40, she is not even 60 before the child is an adult. I don't know very many 60 yr old woman who are not working, active, normal adults. This isn't 1930, where someone who is 60 might truly be in declining health and on their way towards needing a nursing home.

There is a huge difference between 40 and 60 mainly biologically it is still possible to have a baby at 40.

There are not plenty of children waiting to be adopted in the US - this is partly myth. Many, many children in the system *are not eligible* to be adopted and this goes for foreign adoptions. Many children in orphanages outside the US are not eligible for adoption because they are not truly orphans. In fact, their parents may have placed them their willingly and may even visit them from time to time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda funny. Gross and sad is to see women in their 40's doing the same thing.

They should go ahead and adopt an older child instead of trying to put their bodies through something nature didn't intend to them.

Have you adopted, PP? Adoption is not as easy as people assume it to be. Adoption agencies have numerous rules and can be very picky.

Not in the US because we're not eligible yet so we know what you're talking about. My issue is with people who are too old trying to have young babies. When the child grows older the parents will be too old and someone else will have to take care of them. This is extremely selfish.

For me, there's no difference between a 40 and a 60 yo woman trying to get pregnant and using artificial means to do so. There are plenty of children out there who need a family, including older children (whose chance to be adopted is even smaller). Why on Earth I would go through the pain and expense to *TRY* to conceive a child while there are better fits for my age group out there in search of help?

Your post is just dumb and makes me think you are probably very, very young, like teenager young. I would guess you are the type that think a girl needs a baby at 13 so she can "grow up" with the baby.

A woman has a baby at 40, she is not even 60 before the child is an adult. I don't know very many 60 yr old woman who are not working, active, normal adults. This isn't 1930, where someone who is 60 might truly be in declining health and on their way towards needing a nursing home.

There is a huge difference between 40 and 60 mainly biologically it is still possible to have a baby at 40.

There are not plenty of children waiting to be adopted in the US - this is partly myth. Many, many children in the system *are not eligible* to be adopted and this goes for foreign adoptions. Many children in orphanages outside the US are not eligible for adoption because they are not truly orphans. In fact, their parents may have placed them their willingly and may even visit them from time to time.

Oh, so only orphans are eligible for being adopted??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda funny. Gross and sad is to see women in their 40's doing the same thing.

They should go ahead and adopt an older child instead of trying to put their bodies through something nature didn't intend to them.

PP,

Doesn't Alabama have its own version of DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda funny. Gross and sad is to see women in their 40's doing the same thing.

They should go ahead and adopt an older child instead of trying to put their bodies through something nature didn't intend to them.

PP,

Doesn't Alabama have its own version of DCUM?

Aren't you nice?! Let me guess . . . you're someone who prides yourself on your tolerance towards others and lack of closed-mindedness, but it's absolutely fine to "slam" southerners in your little analogy. Why don't you take a good, hard look at yourself?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is kinda funny. Gross and sad is to see women in their 40's doing the same thing.

They should go ahead and adopt an older child instead of trying to put their bodies through something nature didn't intend to them.

Ladies,

Lets all just agree to ignore this rude judgy awful poster and go back to the original post.

I don't like the husband here. Its like he's already considering Zsa Zsa gone and is blatantly and publicly looking for something 'to live for'. Yuck.