It always shocks me the way people feel as though they have the right to tell people how they should or should not live their lives. As though the people to whom they are speaking even care about their opinion.
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Trying to conceive after 40 is another controversial topic to which
In several of my many online searches I have come across hateful sites in which people discussed the selfishness of 35+ year old women wanting to have children at such a geriatric age...
GERIATRIC AGE?
Are you kidding me? Yes, I understand that there are higher risks, but really- geriatric? I didn't realize that we now considered people in their mid 30s and 40s to be elderly.
Some of the strongest arguments are that these moms will leave their children orphans at an early age. As though accidents or health problems don't happen to women in their 20s or early 30s.
I'm not sure if these people realize it or not, but the average life span for a Canadian woman is now 84.
I also love that nothing is ever mentioned about the age of the father even though their life span is shorter than that of a women's. (The average life span for a Canadian male is 80.) This is another example of sexism at its finest.
The problem is that it is no longer just random people who are saying that women over a certain age shouldn't conceive. I recently found out that Quebec, one of only two provinces in Canada that currently funds IVF, is trying to prevent women over 42 from having IVF.
Initially they were trying to pass a bill which would make it illegal for women in Quebec over 42 to attempt IVF. (I can't even believe that they were trying to do this in Canada!) Then they decided to no longer try to make it illegal, however, they wanted to refuse to pay for it. It is my understanding that they have now created a bill so that they will no longer pay for IVF, but will provide tax benefits to those families who meet their criteria and are between 18 and 42. (The criteria has not been made public yet.)
Now I am a realistic person and I understand that the government (and tax payers) could not afford to pay for couples to have indefinite rounds of IVF. I do feel, however, that rather than setting an age limit they could have limited the amount of times a couple could have it funded.
If you are interested in finding out more you may want to read the following articles:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/in-vitro-fertilization-age-limit-spurs-debate-in-quebec/article21964436/
http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/vardit-ravitsky-banning-ivf-for-quebec-women-over-42-is-ivf-is-good-old-fashioned-paternalism
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/quebec-to-allow-ivf-for-women-over-42/article24644081/
Side note: As I mentioned in my 'About Me' section, both my grandmothers had children into their forties. They were healthy women who went on to have healthy, happy children. Now I've never asked my aunts and uncles if they wished that they had been born to younger mothers, but I'm pretty sure if I did, they would simply respond they were just happy to have been born!
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