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  | pepsi   Senior Member
 
   
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Topic: 70 year old mother Posted: 09 December 2008 at 11:05am
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  | MrsMojo   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   I think that sucks!  Lovely for them to have a child but with the current life expectancy that poor child is not going to have any parents in their teen years - yes I know even young people die and leave orphans but these parents can basically guarentee that they won't be around to see their grandkids.
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  | Kellygirl   Groupie
 
   
   
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   Crazy! I can't believe that it is her FIRST child!! 
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  | AzzaNZ   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   Wow, I wonder how long she's been TTC for
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  | My3Sons   Senior Member
 
   
   
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    shocker!!  70?!? 
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  | Kellygirl   Groupie
 
   
   
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 Wow, I wonder how long she's been TTC for
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 HAHA, I was wondering the same thing.
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  | Zina   Senior Member
 
   
   
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|  MrsMojo wrote: 
 I think that sucks!  Lovely for them to have a child but with the current life expectancy that poor child is not going to have any parents in their teen years - yes I know even young people die and leave orphans but these parents can basically guarentee that they won't be around to see their grandkids.
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 I completely agree! I think it is so irresponsible of the Drs to allowed her to do that. The poor child is going to spend most her life looking after her mother and father.    | 
 
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  | tishy   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 09 December 2008 at 2:48pm | 
 
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   Chances are her parents will be dead before she's old enough to look after them.
 I know in Indian culture bringing up children is done by more people than just the parents but it's still just wrong!
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 Gah, too much messing with nature for my liking
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  | caitlynsmygirl   Senior Member
 
   
   
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|  MrsMojo wrote: 
 I think that sucks!  Lovely for them to have a child but with the current life expectancy that poor child is not going to have any parents in their teen years - yes I know even young people die and leave orphans but these parents can basically guarentee that they won't be around to see their grandkids.
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 I totally agree 
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  | busymum   Senior Member
 
   
 
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   Her first!
I think she looks surprisingly young for 70
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  | Kels   Senior Member
 
   
   
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       Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs
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  | caitlynsmygirl   Senior Member
 
   
   
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|  busymum wrote: 
 Her first!
 I think she looks surprisingly young for 70
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 I agree, she looks no older than 68    | 
 
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  | weegee   Senior Member
 
   
   
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|  AzzaNZ wrote: 
 Wow, I wonder how long she's been TTC for
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 On TV3 news tonight they said they'd been TTC since they got married - 50 years ago    | 
 
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  | GuestGuest   Senior Member
 
   
 
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   OMG, that's perseverance    | 
 
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  | caitlynsmygirl   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   brings a whole new meaning to "good things come to those who wait " huh? 
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  | RunningT   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   They ended up doing IVF.......
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  | cuppatea   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   Omg I feel 70 being pregnant, imagine how old you would feel if you actually were 70 and pregnant?
 
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  | lisa85   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   Actually before this couple being crowned the oldest parents I'm sure I read something about a 60 year old woman (on her own) in Italy having twin boys through IVF then around their first birthday she found out she had cancer!!! How messed up is that? Not sure if it was terminal or not? 
Its like creating orphans. It doesn't seem fair to bring a life into this world if you can't be sure that you can keep up with your child physically for the first 18 years. Thats my opinion anyway.
 
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  | NeoshasMummy   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   gosh!
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      Mrs Te Kani ❤️ Neosha 26/5/2007
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