Amanda Peet: 41 Is "Too Old" to Have Another Baby
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It's not uncommon these days -- especially in Hollywood -- for a woman to get pregnant in her forties.
But Amanda Peet doesn't want to join the ranks of Kelly Preston, 47, and Celine Dion, 42.
The 38-year-old actress gave birth to her second child, Molly, in April and is eager to have a third -- but the clock is ticking.
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"I'm really old," Peet told UsMagazine.com at Thursday's NYC launch party for DumbDumb. Her screenwriter husband David Benioff "was like, we have to wait three years. And I was like, we don't have three years! We'll be too old at that point," she said.
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Peet -- also mom to daughter Frances, 3 -- has a point. The new issue of Us Weekly explores the risks of conceiving past the age of 40 (Halle Berry, Marcia Cross and many other celebs have become moms at an older age): fertility treatments, preterm labor, dangerously high blood pressure and diabetes.
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"At 40, there's only a 10 percent chance of conception, and at 45, it's just 2 percent." Dr. Alan B. Copperman, director of reproductive endocrinology at NYC's Mount Sinai Medical Center, tells Us.
Halle Berry (she welcomed daughter Nahla at age 40 in 2008) has warned of later pregnancies, "don't look at celebrities who are doing it and think, Oh, it's easy. It's really not."
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77Some people tend to age slower it seems. I come from several generations of 40+ moms. I had my 2 sons at the ages of 35 and 40--easy conception,enjoyable pregnancies, quick labor--great kids!
I had a healthy baby girl at 44 yrs, A home birth, with midwives of the Toronto Midwives Association present, they were exceptional. I am soo happy that I did not have (limitations) in my psyche. Isabelle was 9lbs 14ozs at birth, and labour time was 3hrs. I believe age is just a number.
Get back to school! You haven't yet learned how to form correct sentences.
To each their own but my hubby is 45 and will be 46 when our third child is born..............whatever makes you comfortable in your own skin I guess but don't down talk others who are making their own decisions about how to form their family
so this is basically saying Audrey Hepburn should've aborted her younger son Luca because she gave birth to him 3 months short of her 41st birthday due to her hit and miss luck with pregnancy Amanda should keep her big fat mouth shut she's not even a huge star sometimes you can't plan when your gonna have children at times when you expect to you sadly miscarry instead
Don't believe the hype! S*hit can happen no matter what your age - so should that stop people from having kids just because 'something may happen'. The truth is - more healthy babies are born then not, even to moms over 40! Quit trying to tell people how to live their lives as if you actually matter and your opinion means anything to anyone.
I think it is smart that she is drawing a line. The fact is it isn't just a health risk for the mother, it is a health risk for the infant. The chance of Chromosomal defects increases especially after the age of 40 including how old will you be in your child's teen age years, you want to be able to play with the grandchildren not have them coming to see you in the nursing home. She's a smart beautiful woman!
WTf let her have a baby if she wants to. shiz she can afford it. the one that needs to stop making babies are people like nadya suleyman or those people who cannot afford or too young like freaking high school! Amanda can have a baby anytime she wants!you cant freaking tell her she's too old!
hate to break it to you "mom of two" but YOU are an old mother!!!! if you had your kids in your 20's then you could claim to be a "young" mom! your post made me LOL - as if there is a HUGE difference between 34 and 40! HA HA. You just look like a dummy.
"mother" of two - glad to see you think you can make decisions for the rest of the world. As if anyone cares what you think!
I had my two kids when I was 30 and 34. I am now 41. There HAS to be an end. My cutoff age was 35. Now I wish I had my LAST child when I had my first one! Women should not be selfish. Think of the child: He/she doesn't want an old mother!!! If you're bored, get a hobby or job, don't reproduce to fill the emptiness inside you!
Ur a hateful beyotch aren't you? LOL - hope YOU can never reproduce! you would be a HORRIBLE mother with that disgusting attitude. I bet ur fat too!
It is very selfish to have children over 40. Your eggs are almost lifeless at that age. Kelly Preston obviously used in vitro fertilization and donor eggs. I hope Demi Moore and Brooke Shields are NEVER able to get pregnant again.
the funny thing is that MOST of the older women having babies are in GREAT shape - I think they have to be in order to support the pregnancy. what's funny is most of the arguments against older women having a baby seems to be this notion that they 'won't be around' to raise the child - with the epidemic of obese people in this nation - do you really think they're going to live a long and healthy life? No! They are going to die a long painful death, and be a burden to their children, who will have to take care of them!!! Who cares what your age is? Health and being a good parent is what matters right?
Lala and Caris and what planet - for being the voice of reason for some of these obviously very young? and naive posters. the bottomline is - whether you are 25 or 45 you should be healthy, and mentally, financially, emotionally, physically prepared to be a good parent!
Pfft. Poor Amanda just doesn't know any better. I can tell you that my dad was born to young parents (in their early 20s) who were both dead (one of cancer, one of heart disease) before my dad was 12. My mother was born to a mom who was 45 and a dad who was 55, and they both lived to be really old, grandma was 79 when she died and grandpa was 92! Thinking that people shouldn't have kids in their 40s because they won't make it to see their kids grow up is the most absurd thing I've ever read!
jul, the point is (that you are clearly missing) is that there are no guarantees in life, no matter what. you can have a child at 40 and live to see that child marry and have kids of their own while you can also have a child at 25 and that kid can be orphaned because of disease, accident. if you think 40 is old or 60 is old, I feel very sorry for you. not saying woman should have kids at 6o - SIXTY is not OLD AGE! How old are you to believe that SIXTY is OLD? You don't die of old age at 60. People who died at SIXTY died YOUNG. Remember that when you are 60 and someone says you are old and might die of old age at any time. LOL Any parent can die of disease or accident at any age.
I work in a OB/GYN clinic and we see women of all ages having children. Most of them are young mothers and honestly what I have noticed is that their babies are usually the ones born with problems not the older mothers. I think this is due to the fact that they don't take care of themselves when they are pregnant. You can have the youngest, healthiest eggs on the planet but if you're not eating right and getting adequate prenatal care, that means nothing. 80% of babies born with Down Syndrome are born to young mothers. This is partly because younger women have more children than older women and the more children you have the more the odds are increased you could have one with Downs. I think it depends on the individual woman. I think some women aren't as fertile as other women, period, regardless of age. Most women, however, can have healthy babies after age 35. And the people who say it's selfish to wait, isn't it just as selfish to get pregnant young and not be able to provide emotionally and financially for your child? Most women who wait are the opposite of selfish. They were trying to be the best mothers possible and provide the best life possible for their children.
Jul - um, yea if you're having a baby at 60 then I could see your point. I don't know what bad health you have in your families but my parents are 68 and very active and healthy. Both my grandmothers lived to be in their 90's and lived on their own until their upper 80's. So... I don't think having a baby at 40 is going to mean you're "not going to be around" to see the child grow up. For crying out loud you'd only be 60 when the kid is 20. If you people are dying before 60 then you got some bad luck and bad genes!
if you say so