We hear often about later moms these days, but less about the new later dads who’ve walked hand and hand with those moms into the modern world of birth timing. While it’s always been possible for men to have kids
Happy Belated Daddy Day (in Advance)
Midlife Mamas: It’s Worth the Wait
Here’s a link to a story by Karen West published in Seattle Woman Magazine in May. The media stories on later motherhood focus most on infertility — but 1 in every 7 US babies is born to a mom 35+
Gay Moms Doing Well, in Spite of Prop 8
Gay Moms Doing Well Recently Wanda Sykes (47) and her wife Alex (wed in California, October 2008) joined the growing ranks of gay parents, as these first-time moms celebrated the birth of twins. Sykes has described herself “proud to be
Remember Mama?
This piece appeared first on Huffington Post Motherhood changed utterly on the day after Mother’s Day 1960. That’s when the FDA approved the birth control pill for general use, and women at long last could become mothers by choice rather
Ready When You Are
Here’s a link to my guest blog at MotherhoodLater…ThanSooner – an on and offline community/resource serving those parenting later in life, with chapters nationwide and beyond. Their mission is to connect, empower and inform those who became moms at age
Baby Gusher: Birth Rates Up in All Age Ranges
On the fiftieth anniversary of the biggest birth year in US history, the record burst. More babies were born in 2007 than in any year prior: 4,317,119, according to the CDC. Before that the record was an approximate 4,300,000 –
From the NY Times: Why Is Her Paycheck Smaller?
Click here for direct comparisons of male and female average wages within specific professions: Why Is Her Paycheck Smaller?