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		<title>Another elderly woman aged 60 gives birth to twins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A woman aged 60 in Canada went for fertility treatments in India and conceived twins. She gave birth to them at 7 weeks prematurely and both mother and babies are in intensive care unit.
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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) &#8211; A spokesperson for the Calgary Health Region says a 60-year-old woman has given [...]<p>To read more articles, click on this link: <a href="http://www.everywomansblog.com">Every Woman's Blog</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">A woman aged 60 in Canada went for <strong>fertility treatments in India</strong> and conceived twins. She gave birth to them at 7 weeks prematurely and both mother and babies are in intensive care unit.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The full story is as follows:</p>
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<blockquote><p>CALGARY, Alberta (AP) &#8211; A spokesperson for the Calgary Health Region says a 60-year-old woman has given birth at a city hospital.</p>
<p>The western Canadian health region would not give details, but CBC Newsworld reported Thursday that the woman had twins after fertility treatments in India.</p>
<p>The CBC said Ranjit Hayer&#8217;s two boys were delivered seven weeks prematurely by cesarean section at Calgary&#8217;s Foothills Hospital earlier this week.</p>
<p>The mother was recovering in intensive care and doctors said the twins were doing well in neo-natal intensive care.</p></blockquote>
<p>Source: <a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/6/apworld/20090206082535&amp;sec=apworld" target="_blank">The Star Online</a></p>
<p>Earlier when I read that a <a href="http://www.everywomansblog.com/why-would-you-want-to-be-a-first-time-parent-when-youre-70" target="_blank">first-time mother gave birth to her baby at age 70</a>, I was baffled and I wondered why people at such age would bother to go for fertility treatments just because they long for kids. At that stage, they should be more responsible and think about the future of the kids that they bring up.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It looks like a lot of mothers are quite selfish and don&#8217;t think enough about the consequences of the children when the elderly parents pass on while they are still young and defenseless.</p>
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		<title>Pregnant for 60 years with a dead baby in the womb</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City Girl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 92-year old woman has been hiding a secret &#8211; she has been pregnant for 60 years! As you would have guessed, the baby in her womb is dead. Back in 1948 when she was pregnant with the baby, it was found that her baby had died in her womb. She didn&#8217;t have the money [...]<p>To read more articles, click on this link: <a href="http://www.everywomansblog.com">Every Woman's Blog</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">A 92-year old woman has been hiding a secret &#8211; she has been <strong>pregnant for 60 years</strong>! As you would have guessed, the baby in her womb is dead. Back in 1948 when she was pregnant with the baby, it was found that her baby had died in her womb. She didn&#8217;t have the money to remove her dead baby and thus continued to carry it in her womb till now. You can read the full story <a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20090117/959/tod-92yr-old-woman-pregnant-for-60-years.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It&#8217;s sad that poverty has caused such an incident. And I cannot imagine what it is like to know that you are carrying a dead foetus inside you for years! Even if poverty is the cause of you not being able to do something about it, maybe a little determination and will to do something would&#8217;ve set you on the right path to do the right thing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I wonder if the woman did this because she didn&#8217;t want to let go of her baby, or it was really poverty that drove her to keep her dead baby with her forever.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a surrogate mother is not an easy thing to do. Normally, women who agree to be a surrogate mother for a couple would normally be a close family member or someone who is paid a lot of money. I can imagine how hard it is to be a surrogate mother. The things you put [...]<p>To read more articles, click on this link: <a href="http://www.everywomansblog.com">Every Woman's Blog</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Being a surrogate mother is not an easy thing to do. Normally, women who agree to be a <strong>surrogate mother</strong> for a couple would normally be a close family member or someone who is paid a lot of money. I can imagine how hard it is to be a surrogate mother. The things you put your body through during pregnancy, labour and childbirth, and even the care you need after birth.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Not only do your go through a lot of physical changes, you may also have to deal with separation anxieties once you have delivered the baby. It&#8217;s quite inevitable that during the pregnancy you will feel some emotions towards the life that is growing inside you.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Most mothers will also tell you that at the first sight of the baby upon delivery, they are head over heels in love with the newborn. You may say that is so because that&#8217;s the mother&#8217;s flesh and blood. But to have carried a child in your womb for a good part of the year is bound to set you emotionally attached to the baby.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Knowing <strong>what it takes to be a surrogate mother</strong>, would you agree to be a one for the closest family member if they come to you for help? Or if someone offers you a lot of money to help them conceive, would you put yourself through it?</p>
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		<title>Why would you want to be a first-time parent when you&#8217;re 70?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nowadays, married couples in their 30s who have yet to have kids are often pressured to start their families as the woman&#8217;s biological clock ticks. I&#8217;m sure many in this phase of life can agree with this being the norm in their lives.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Nowadays, married couples in their 30s who have yet to have kids are often pressured to start their families as the woman&#8217;s biological clock ticks. I&#8217;m sure many in this phase of life can agree with this being the norm in their lives.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It also makes sense to start having kids at this age so that you do not have a big age gap between parents and children and therefore, hopefully, a more manageable generation gap. Not only does a huge age gap mean possible communication breakdown, it also brings into question the proper care and attention parents are able to give to their children as they themselves age and find many physical constraints not to mention possibly health matters that come with aging.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So when I read an article in the newspapers this morning about a 70 year old woman becoming a first time parent, I was shocked and wondered why would someone do something like that? The woman underwent IVF treatment to have her first baby so it must&#8217;ve been a conscious effort to conceive.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">No matter how much a person yearns to be a parent, they also need to think about the future of the children they bring into the world. Is it responsible of them to bring kids into the world when they are gray and old? At age 70, one is hardly able to care properly for himself or herself, what more to care for a newborn?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Even if you have others who can help you care for your young child, what about the years ahead? What happens to the child when you pass on? He or she will still be at a tender age of growing up. Do people not think of what lies ahead for the children when the parents are gone when they are so young?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To be a parent means taking the sacrifices to give the very best to your children. No matter how much you love them, you need to think what&#8217;s best for them. Having children when you&#8217;re too old to take proper care of them is simply being irresponsible parents.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I was waiting my turn at the clinic to see the doctor today, I saw a woman returning from the restroom with a sample urine in her hands. I soon got called into the doctor&#8217;s room and while he was examining my condition, a nurse entered the room, setting a pregnancy kit on the [...]<p>To read more articles, click on this link: <a href="http://www.everywomansblog.com">Every Woman's Blog</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">While I was waiting my turn at the clinic to see the doctor today, I saw a woman returning from the restroom with a sample urine in her hands. I soon got called into the doctor&#8217;s room and while he was examining my condition, a nurse entered the room, setting a pregnancy kit on the doctor&#8217;s table. I couldn&#8217;t help my curiousity and took a peek at the results. It was positive. Surely it belonged to the lady that I saw outside the doctor&#8217;s room with the urine sample, I thought. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">When I was done with the examination, I walked out of the doctor&#8217;s room and took a seat to wait for my medication to be dispensed. My eyes fell on the lady who had just taken her <strong>pregnancy test</strong>. She looked very young and vibrant, somewhere in her 20s, I would think. I then scanned her fingers and saw no sign of any wedding band. &#8220;Oh-uh!&#8221; was the first thing that came to my mind. Anyway, she got called into the doctor&#8217;s office and they talked very loudly, or maybe the walls are just too thin. All of us outside could hear them talking about when her last period was, and when her baby is due! </p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I don&#8217;t know what else happened because I quickly took my medication, paid and left the clinic. But my thoughts never left me. I kept wondering if the girl is in fact married, and if she wasn&#8217;t, I wondered what must be going on in her head right then when she was told she&#8217;s pregnant. Obvious choices to choose from would be to marry the father of the child, be a single mom if marriage is not a good solution, and in the worst case scenario, she could make the painful decision not to have the baby. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My thoughts then turned to thinking about women having babies out of wedlock and <strong>being single mothers</strong>. What must it be like to choose to be a single mom? It&#8217;s not easy, that&#8217;s for sure. I know of some strong-willed women who are single mothers and I salute how they uphold themselves. Though the society now does not regard single mothers as outcasts the way it was back in the olden days, many still frown upon the idea of someone being a single mother. People still gossip and talk about such women and it is not easy to get pass this. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Can you imagine how strong a woman must be in order to be a single mother, not just to deal with how others judge her, but also to bring up a child on her own. Bringing up a child is already not an easy task with both doting parents, what more with just a <strong>single parent</strong>. Instead of being judged, I think these women should be respected for their bravery to embrace the difficult path ahead of them. At least they had the guts to decide on raising the baby and did not resort to the so-called easy way out by choosing abortion from the beginning.</p>
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