-66 Year Old Uses IVF to get Pregnant!
by Dr. D ~ May 22nd, 2009
(Mark Large/Whitehotpix/ZUMA Press)
Here is the story of a 66 year-old successful career woman, Elizabeth Adeney, that had it all—except a child. She went to an IVF (in vitro fertilization) clinic in the Ukraine and now is 8 months along and will soon be a mother.
Response: First the ‘Octo-mom’ and now the ‘Senior-Citizen-mom’. Just because something can be done doesn’t mean it should. This mother will be over 80 when her child is in high school (if she’s still alive)! I had trouble enough dealing with my 4 teenagers when I was in my forties.
What do you think? Good, Bad, or in between? *Top
May 22nd, 2009 at 6:34 pm
No way would I do it. But I haven’t walked a mile in her shoes, either. There are many children who come into far worse situations than this one. Having a single older mother who desperately wants the child and can provide for it financially? Pretty sure I’d prefer her over Octomom.
The way I look at it is, if God hadn’t wanted her to have this baby, she wouldn’t have gotten pregnant. Maybe some will think that’s a silly statement. As people of faith, I think we should pray for a long, healthy, happy life for Ms. Adeney AND her child. That would be the best possible outcome, in my opinion.
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:34 pm
There is some rather ugly stuff in the Sunday Mail about her and her brief marriage. She apparently went through IVF more than once during the 8 months she was married, before being told by the clinic’s ethics committee that she should not continue treatment, due to her age. The article definitely makes her out to be a very unpleasant individual, perhaps because she was unable to have children.
What I did get from it, though, was that she has badly wanted a child for more than 20 years. People can question her timing and her method of choice, I suppose her baby is not going to lack for much, particularly love. You would hope that a woman who has gone through so much to have a child is going to give it all the love and attention she can muster. As Becks said above, there are worse ways to start off in life.