Pop star Janet Jackson is pregnant with her first child!

http://m.eonline.com/news/762283/janet-jackson-is-pregnant-with-her-first-child

She's going to turn 50 in two weeks, and she already had her first child? Damn, I know that my mom was 36 when she had me, but being almost 50 is WAY too late for becoming a parent. Just saying.

Better late than ever! :)

Janet Jackson delays tour again to 'plan family'


http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=53479.0

Being 50 is not too old to be a parent. However, going through childbirth at that age creates problems. Most women at 50 have entered either perimenopause or straight out menopause. When women become pregnant at that late stage in their childbearing years, there is a great chance that the baby could be born with down syndrome and other physical problems for both mother & baby.

Women at that age chose In vitro fertilization (IVF). They use a donor egg or even an egg that she "saved" when she was younger. In those cases, the chance of having a baby with down syndrome lessens. But there still could be issues.



Cat 

Being 50 is not too old to be a parent. However, going through childbirth at that age creates problems. Most women at 50 have entered either perimenopause or straight out menopause. When women become pregnant at that late stage in their childbearing years, there is a great chance that the baby could be born with down syndrome and other physical problems for both mother & baby.

Women at that age chose In vitro fertilization (IVF). They use a donor egg or even an egg that she "saved" when she was younger. In those cases, the chance of having a baby with down syndrome lessens. But there still could be issues.



Cat



This is exactly what I thought as well.

Being 50 is not too old to be a parent. However, going through childbirth at that age creates problems. Most women at 50 have entered either perimenopause or straight out menopause. When women become pregnant at that late stage in their childbearing years, there is a great chance that the baby could be born with down syndrome and other physical problems for both mother & baby.

Women at that age chose In vitro fertilization (IVF). They use a donor egg or even an egg that she "saved" when she was younger. In those cases, the chance of having a baby with down syndrome lessens. But there still could be issues.



Cat


Yeah, those are the reasons why it might be a problem for a 50 year old woman to have a baby sexually. If the baby was adopted, then I'm okay with that.

Pop star Janet Jackson is pregnant with her first child!

http://m.eonline.com/news/762283/janet-jackson-is-pregnant-with-her-first-child


I wish her all the best and god bless her. :)

She's going to turn 50 in two weeks, and she already had her first child? Damn, I know that my mom was 36 when she had me, but being almost 50 is WAY too late for becoming a parent. Just saying.


My Dad was 50 when I was born. As was his Dad before him.

It's not too old, but it does get harder as you get older.  :P

My Dad was 50 when I was born. As was his Dad before him.


Ok.

It's not too old, but it does get harder as you get older.  :P


imagine what will happen when she reaches her 70's. :o

imagine what will happen when she reaches her 70's. :o


She'll still be in control.  8)

imagine what will happen when she reaches her 70's. :o

She'll still be in control.  8)
Putting pregnancy to one side, Tina Turner is still well for herself, and she is in that age bracket.

imagine what will happen when she reaches her 70's. :o


Her baby would be 20 years old at the time. My dad would be 61 at the time I'll turn 20. That's almost a decade younger.

My parents had me and my brothers very very young. My mom just turned 30 when she had me and my twin brother. My mom was 26 when she had my oldest sibling in '96, 27 when she had Jake in '97 and 30 for us in '99. My Mother will be just 48 years old when my twin and I move out to college!

Putting pregnancy to one side, Tina Turner is still well for herself, and she is in that age bracket.


I was shocked to learn that she was in her 40's in the 1980's, when What's Love.... came out. She aged very well. And she still looked great in her 50's too.

My Dad was 50 when I was born. As was his Dad before him.



But your dad didn't give birth to you. I don't have an issue with the age of parents. People in their 80s can be good parents. That isn't the issue. The issue is the age of the birth mother. With the help of modern science, older women are having babies and while some don't have complications, others do. That is just a fact of life that should be taken into consideration when a woman reaches perimenopause or menopause age.


Cat

Her baby would be 20 years old at the time. My dad would be 61 at the time I'll turn 20. That's almost a decade younger.


https://bossip.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/janet_jackson_3.jpg
and when she reaches her 70's, she'll still look good.

My parents had me and my brothers very very young. My mom just turned 30 when she had me and my twin brother. My mom was 26 when she had my oldest sibling in '96, 27 when she had Jake in '97 and 30 for us in '99. My Mother will be just 48 years old when my twin and I move out to college!


My Mother had me when she was in her 20's.

I was shocked to learn that she was in her 40's in the 1980's, when What's Love.... came out. She aged very well. And she still looked great in her 50's too.


She still looks good.

If the baby was adopted, then I'm okay with that.


::)


I was shocked to learn that she was in her 40's in the 1980's, when What's Love.... came out. She aged very well. And she still looked great in her 50's too.


She's 49 now, will be 50 in 10 days. She was 23 in the last year of the 80s, not "in her 40s".

::)

She's 49 now, will be 50 in 10 days. She was 23 in the last year of the 80s, not "in her 40s".


Millennium is talking about Tina Turner.

My mom was 18 when she became pregnant with me and 19 when she had me. She was 23 when she had my sister.

My mom was 18 when she became pregnant with me and 19 when she had me. She was 23 when she had my sister.


My Mother was in her 20's when she had me in 1974.