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Pregnant 40- to 44 year-olds are at a greater risk for complications like pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, miscarriage and children with chromosomal disorders. Yet these so-called older moms are giving birth at ever so slightly higher rates every year.
Between 2o07 and 2008, births for women over 40 increased 4 percent, while births for women under 40 decreased 3 percent.
Just how scary is it to get pregnant after 40? Well, the numbers don’t look good. But they’re also not a condemnation. Continue reading »
Oh, come on. Are we new modern parents even half as ridiculous as we’re still made out to be?
A pack of old coots up in Canada seems to think so. They’re shaking their fists in the air and complaining about a perceived, collective, prolonged adolescence in a series called “Grow Up” running in Canada’s National Post (I know, I know, why am I reading the National Post?!).
Many parents … aren’t growing up at all, they write in the introduction. From middle-aged women dressing like high-school fashion victims to daddy’s X-Box addiction, modern adults are reverting to childish habits en masse.
If only we’d embrace the elasticized waistband! If only the old man would take up golf! (Wait, now what are we doing wrong again?) Continue reading »
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