What Do You Think?
When I first saw that a woman in India had given birth at the age of seventy I was definitely expecting to read that she had given birth to help someone in her family. You know, something like finding a perfect bone marrow person or some other kind of selfless act. I just could not and still cannot believe that someone could even give birth at 70, let alone want to give birth at 70. I was wrong of course. The oldest woman to ever give birth has done so. She claims to be 70 and her husband about 72. Neither have birth certificates, but judging from the photo, I could see 70. She looks good for 70, but I could definitely believe her.
The woman, who gave birth by c-section conceived using in vitro. Here is my thing about this. I am a guy so there is probably no way I can ever understand how deeply some women want children. Fair enough. But, I also think that having this child is probably a little selfish. I have no idea what the life expectancy of people is in India, but I would really doubt that either parent would make it to the high school graduation of their baby. I don't always agree with the decision of 70 year old men to have children with their 30 something wives, but at least I know that the mom will probably be around. When these parents die, who is going to look after the baby? I'm sure some relatives will, but did the couple ask the relatives before they got pregnant? Did they say, "hey, we're going to have a baby, but probably die in a few years. So, would you take care of our child for the rest of your life?"
If they don't have any relatives than it is going to fall on the people of India and government to take care of the baby. Last I checked India was a fairly populous country and that is without a bunch of 70 year olds giving birth. I think the couple could have found some foster children or orphaned children to provide some love to who really need it. I don't think they should have been giving birth at 70. What do you think?
