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When is a couple too old to have a baby?

Jen Fad · Thursday, December 29th 2011 at 9:40PM · 383 views

That question crossed my mind over the weekend as I was reading that Robert De Niro and his wife, Grace Hightower, announced that they had a new daughter via surrogate. De Niro, 68, and the singer/actress, 56, have been married since 1997 and have a son, Eliot, 13. Let me first say congratulations to the couple, as a healthy baby is always an occasion to be celebrated. Now that that�s out of the way�

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powell robert Friday, December 30th 2011 at 8:26AM

18 years ago a friend of mine, had a son at 74 years old. The son just started UCLA at 17 ------ with his mother................

as for me, I love the wife and if Allaah pleases the mother will graduate before her son, and will deliver another diploma with diaper before her son graduates..........

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MIISRAEL Bride Saturday, December 31st 2011 at 8:26AM

Age limits on having babies makes me think about Elizabeth and Zachariah. It's totally a miracle to have a baby at any age; especially if the couple is still fertile to do so. One may say they are too old, but older parents are usually more wiser in ways of training up a child. It's a choice older couples have and most I've known have no regrets.

Jen Fad Saturday, December 31st 2011 at 5:32PM

Well men can have kids at almost any age. My husband's grandfather had a younger wife who had a son for him when he was 79. It depends on the strength of the seed in my opinion.

Jen Fad Saturday, December 31st 2011 at 5:33PM

Definitely too, old shouldn't be the issue but whether one has the money, love, and the time to give to raising a child...