Robin's Interview on The Radio Mom
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For Mothers Who Started Off Older, a Circle of Peers (New York Times)

I'm His MOTHER, Not His Grandma! (on Mom Logic)
Guest blogger Robin Gorman Newman, first-time Mom at 42, was stunned when she mistaken for her 5- year-old son's grandmother. ...

Delaying Mommyhood But Not Mommy Friends (on Cool Mom Picks)
Sometimes moms of (ahem) advanced maternal age just need some kindred spirits to hang out with....

Oh Dee Doh Parenting Blog Roundup (OhDeeDoh.com)

New York Times: Parent Shock: Children Are Not Decor. Feb 14, 2008

Later Moms Online and in Your Neighborhood! (Ready Moms Blog)

MamasTimeOut:
Robin was a guest on the podcast!

 

As seen in Chase’s Calendar of Events 2008, Motherhood Later announces the first annual:

SALUTE TO 35+ MOMS WEEK
May 9 – 15, 2008

Motherhood is a challenge at any age, and if you have young children when you’re 35 or older, it can be quite an adjustment. This week is dedicated to moms with more life experience than baby experience. Now, and throughout the year, it is empowering to connect with peers and share the trials and tribulations that child-rearing may encompass when you parent later in life.

Motherhood Later Than Sooner gets a plug on NPR!

Talk of the Nation, May 15, 2007 More women are having kids into their 40s, 50s and even 60s due to improvements in reproductive technology. The fastest-growing age group for new mothers is 40 to 44. Which raises the question, how old is too old to have a baby? Guests talk about what life is like for older moms and dads, and what the different social, economic and emotional pressures are. LISTEN TO THE SEGMENT.

One NYC support group targets moms older than 35.

New (old) parents - Working Parents Blog on Businessweek
And just a few weeks ago, I was contacted by someone from Motherhood Later Than Sooner, which seems to be a great resource for older moms. It's a topic that is near and dear to my heart (or should I say ovaries?) as I creep up on the big 4-0.

 

OLDER MOMS IN THE NEWS

Midlife Motherhood
Many 40-something women find rewards outweigh risks.
by Vivi Hoang/The Tennessean

In her early 40s, Deborah Walker still hoped to become a mom. Like many of her peers, she had first focused on her career. She had suffered a miscarriage in recent years, but four days before moving from New York to Tennessee, she found herself pregnant. At the age of 42, she gave birth to Madeline.

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Three movies and an empty nest for Sigourney Weaver

By Donna Freydkin, USA TODAY NEW YORK — She has slain aliens, battled ghosts and sparred with a big-haired underling gunning for her job. But Sigourney Weaver, the 5-foot-11½ star of Alien, Ghostbusters and Working Girl, is getting ready to cope with something entirely out of this world: empty-nest syndrome. Her daughter, Charlotte Simpson, 18, leaves for college in the fall, a prospect that leaves Weaver, 58, stunned.

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Giada De Laurentiis has a baby girl!
Giada De Laurentiis, 37, and her husband, Todd Thompson, 44, welcomed Jade Marie De Laurentiis Thompson into the world on March 29. (READ MORE)

Elizabeth Gregory: Ready or Not?
What do Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama have in common They all began their families at relatively advanced ages Hillary was 32 when she had Chelsea in 1980, Laura was 35 when the twins arrived in 1981, and Michelle was 34 and 37 at the births of her daughters in 1998 and 2001 All three are part of a decades-old worldwide trend among women, who, when offered the chance, often choose to start their families later (sometimes quite a bit later) than their mothers did...(READ MORE)

Courtney Thorne-Smith has a baby boy
LOS ANGELES - Courtney Thorne-Smith, 40, has given birth to a baby boy, the actress' publicist said Sunday.

Nancy Grace: Motherhood Won't Soften Me
Cable TV's Toughest Prosecutor Heads Back After Maternity Leave

CNN's Nancy Grace Has Twins

Pregnancy not any easier for women over 40 - VIDEO

Is 40 too old to have a baby? - VIDEO

Having kids at 40 - MSNBC.com

Mary-Louise Parker adopts a child from Africa

Halle Berry pregnant with first child
The 41-year-old Academy Award-winning actress told the TV show “Access Hollywood” that she’s three months’ pregnant. She identified the father as boyfriend Gabriel Aubry

60-year-old Mom did this 'to help others' - VIDEO

At last, a baby for Kelly (Klein) after all these years
KELLY Klein is finally about to become a mother. Childless through her 20-year marriage to fashion czar Calvin Klein, Kelly, at age 50, is having a baby.
Page Six has learned that Kelly is employing a surrogate mother in California to give birth to a baby boy using one of her eggs and the sperm of a friend. The due date is Nov. 1, when Kelly will fly out for the joyous event.

 

INFERTILITY IN THE NEWS

Report: High-fat dairy diet may aid fertility for some (2/27/2007)
An interesting new study has determined that women that are trying to conceive may improve their chances by drinking whole fat milk and eating ice cream.

Motherhood inching later in life

Mother, May I? Late Motherhood Emerges

Two new magazines offer advice about infertility and motherhood later in life

Heartache of late motherhood

Increasing numbers of young women are leaving it later in life to start families.

Mid-Life Motherhood

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