Crazy or not????

HACKENSACK, N.J. - The psychologist who gave birth to twin boys at age
60 said Thursday she was on a mission to let women know they have
choices.

"It's really basically about women and empowerment," Frieda Birnbaum
told NBC's "Today" show.

Birnbaum, who underwent in-vitro fertilization last year at a South
African clinic that specializes in older women, gave birth by Caesarean
section on Tuesday at Hackensack University Medical Center.

"I don't feel like I went through a lot of trauma during delivery or
even through the process of being pregnant," Birnbaum said.

The hospital said she was the nation's oldest mother of twins.

"Age has been redefined," Birnbaum said.

She and her husband, Ken, a New York City attorney, have been married
for 38 years and have three other children — sons ages 33 and 6 and a
daughter, 29.

The couple wanted another child closer in age to their youngest son, and
Birnbaum's husband said it was his idea for his wife to become pregnant
instead of adopting.

"I couldn't be happier about the way it worked out," Ken Birnbaum told
"Today."

Their daughter has said she worries about Birnbaum taking care of the
twins when they're in their teens and she's in her late 70s — concerns
dismissed by Birnbaum on Thursday.

"I hope I'm a role model for my daughter, that when she gets older that
she can make her own decisions based on who she is rather than what
society dictates," she said.

She said that people who consider new motherhood at her age
inappropriate "need to get ready for what's coming up in our society."

The couple plan to take their sons home on Saturday.

Better her than me, is all I've got to say.

here here i second that jean!!!

I saw her and she looks damn good for 60. But, that being said; one must
wonder how considerate a woman is that has children that may or may not
have any parent in the next 10 to 15 years. I for one feel that it is
unfairy putting children in a position to be with a parents or parents
that cannot keep up with those children in their school years. Much less
being an active (playin and so forth) parent of young children.
I know that if I were a young child of parents that old, I would be
constantly worrying whether they were going to wake up one morning or
have a heart attack while playing outside with me.
I hope for the best for her and the kids. I know that I would in no way
have the energy to do the things I did with my kids when they were
small, or the teen years, wow, what about those years...I feel sorry for
the kids. I know, I shouldn't maybe say that, but I do.

Kat

Kat i agree with.sure i am only 34,BUT i have a heart murmur.i know my
limits.

yeah..I think it is selfish of the parents...the kids will end up
babysitting the parents
kind of creepy...not to mention the grandkid problems...wow

What kind of life will those twins have, when their parents are gone and
they are barely lived their lives.

I can understand wanting choices, BUT with that said, I think it is
unfair to have children that late in life. I had my children while I was
in my 20's. I can even understand women wanting children in their 40's
(not me mind you). To me, 60 is too old for children


Ok, now I'm rambling on, enough