I've frozen my eggs so I can have a baby when I'm 60

Daily Mail ^ | 5/12/2007

[AntiKev]

This is a view that I just can’t understand. I don’t see why people are so driven to give up something like children (yeah I know she’s freezing them so she can have them later, but that’s just irresponsible and I’ll get to that in a minute). And they do it over something as irrelevant as a career. I’m a self-styled futurist, but there will be no future if my generation (the generation after this lady’s) has no children. I have way too many friends that say “I never want kids. I hate children.” What the hell? What have we done that this is the attitude? I don’t understand.

The fact that she can without even thinking about it say that she will want to have a child when she’s 60 (!!!!) is more evidence of her stupidity. What the hell? So when her child enters university her mother will be 80! If she survives childbearing and childbirth. This is so dumb. I can’t believe people are this stupid.

Okay, rant off, flame suit on.

[ozzymandus]

Hey great! I froze my ice cream so I can have a fudge pop when I’m 60!

[knarf]

"I feel liberated, as if a weight has been lifted from me. I truly believe it will turn out to be a wonderful investment.

I stopped there ... the premise was set from jump street ... it's all about you, ain't it.

[swmobuffalo]

There’s a reason you have kids when you’re young!!

I’m almost (gasp) 50 and the thought of having another baby is disturbing!

[Gorzaloon]

Sixty years old and pregnant.

An Obstetrician's nightmare and a Malpractice Lawyer's dream.

[Not A Snowbird]

I’m too disgusted for words.

[Ukiapah Heep]

No fair. This was one of the premises of the movie "Idiocracy". She owes Mike Judge royalties.

[AuntB]

I don’t disagree with you. I think it is the ultimate greed for some ol’ woman to be having a baby (or man over 50!). The kid will wind up taking care of the geriatric parents or the old fools will be dead before the child is raised. VERY selfish.

[ca centered]

So if the idiot has baby at sixty she could easily die before the kid reaches 18. And when the kid is 30 and if she is still alive she will probably be a vegetable that is a burden on the kid. While it’s nice to have $$ when you have children, having lots of money IS NOT the most important part. It’s having health and energy and love to share. Hopefully the shallow fool never has children.

[sunvalley]

The lady admits she is traditional enough to want to be a married woman when she finally has kids, that it is important that the child be raised by both parents. She has not yet met a man she wants to marry. She has pursued education and a career over motherhood up to this point. She isn’t so selfish that she has children when isn’t emotionally ready to care for them. What is the problem? There is nothing wrong with a woman wanting to get an education and establish a career. Many women LIKE working. There is nothing wrong with putting off having children because you are not yet mature enough to be selfless, which is what parenting requires.

I’ve seen too many kids born to parents who don’t really want them or are too self-absorbed to care for them properly. If this lady wants to wait until she is married and emotionally ready, why act like she is doing something wrong?

[Cailleach]

What a sad and selfish woman.

[MrEdd]

Nanu Nanu

[sunvalley]

I’m trying to figure out what is shallow about this woman. While it is not an idea I’d embrace myself, I don’t think she is being shallow at all. She admits that she isn’t ready to have a child. Why can’t we accept that?

And, regardless of what some people say, it IS important for a woman to have an education and the ability to support herself. Even women that choose to be homemakers and raise their children may encounter an issue in which they are forced to work and support the family.

[AdrianR]

What is the problem? There is nothing wrong with a woman wanting to get an education and establish a career. Many women LIKE working. There is nothing wrong with putting off having children because you are not yet mature enough to be selfless, which is what parenting requires.

There is nothing wrong with a person in their 20s putting off children to establish a career. But, when someone is 37, I'd expect them to be mature enough for having children. She has had plenty of time to establish her life.

[Frwy]

"I can devote time to my career, take my time finding Mr Right and know that when I deem the time is right, even if I am menopausal, I can still have my own baby."

And then deny that baby of a young mother who can run and play, get involved in the many and varied aspects of a child's life from day one through the bulk of his/her life. You are going to wait until the aches and pains of growing older kick in and then expect the child to take care of you?

The word for the day is "selfish".

[Dumpster Baby]

I've frozen my eggs

So have I! Brrrr.....

[Knitting A Conundrum]

She’s not talking about normal conception. She’s talking about IVF. Been more than one lady in that age bracket who’s had a baby. I can think of 2 or 3 who made the news right now. Most places don’t want to do it on people who are at high risk to leave their children orphans, though.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

She is a ver selfish person and she should not have children. How wonderful to have a 60 year old Mom......chances are she would die before her daughter/ or son turns 20. Sick world.