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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (2311)	9/15/1999 1:34:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

I don't see any reason why women shouldn't be able to have children in their 40s, and yet biology makes this difficult... emotionally otoh its another matter. I think biology has its reasons for making it difficult. Raising children requires a level of physical endurance and energy that definitely declines with age. I am primary parent to 2; I am 40 and very fit, but wish I had the energy I had when I was 30. I hate to think of trying it at 50.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (2311)	9/15/1999 1:21:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

With the life expectancies rising and quality of life improving so dramatically for people in the 50s, 60s, 70s I don't see any reason why women shouldn't be able to have children in their 40s, and yet biology makes this difficult... emotionally otoh its another matter. Got news for you, many women do have children in their forties. What makes it difficult is ENERGY. Raising a kid is a full time 24 hour a day job for the first six years or so and only slightly less so after that. A lot of forty year old men and women are not physically up to the task. JLA