**Edit** The following may be offensive to some readers, but I want to clarify that I am not suggesting it isn’t possible to have a healthy child-birth after this particular age. I am going off of the over whelming evidence that suggests that it is dangerous. I define irresponsibility as someone who is fully aware of the possible risks involved with pregnancy after 40 and I choose to refer to her neglecting to heed warnings of possible danger as irresponsible, especially since she is a celebrity and looked up to by a majority of her fans.
Marcia Cross has recently confirmed that she is pregnant with her first child. USA Today reports,
The Desperate Housewives actress, 44, wasted no time starting a family after exchanging “I do’s” with first husband, 48-year-old stockbroker Tom Mahoney, on June 24. She is due in April, when Housewives will be wrapping production on Season 3.
There are just certain ages women should not have children. Women under 20 and over 40 are these particular age groups. Sure they are capable of having children, but just because they make tube tops in size 12 and speedos in size 50 waist, it doesn’t mean a 300 pound man should wear it in public. The bottom line is, if you’re under 20, you’re most likely not ready to take care of your child and if you’re over 40 there is a significant chance of having a mentally disabled child. Why risk it? Irresponsibility. [tags]Marcia Cross[/tags]
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To the writer of “Marcia Cross is irresponsible”.. This is the most absurd and irresponsible comment I have ever heard. Why dont you leave people to make the decisions they feel is right for their lives… if you’re a woman then you obviously UNDERESTIMATE the resilience of the female body… Please stop making comments like these… they make you look stupid…
Actually Nerak, before you come to my website and start calling me stupid, how about you look at the facts.
Your risk of chromosomal abnormalities continues to go up. (At 40, your chance of having a baby with Down Syndrome is 1 in 106.) (this is taken from http://www.clubmom.com/display/253407 )
Let me ask you a question… Are you going to get on a plane if 2 of the 212 people on the plane would have to lead their lives as someone with down syndrome?
I am not knocking down syndrome, but it is a very real disorder and a very real threat to women in their 40s. Why risk it when there are other viable options?
Hello, where on earth do you get off saying what a woman should do? Do you know how many women in their early 40s (including me) had healthy beautiful children? Not everyone’s life fits into whatever neat gender-ridden paradigm you imagine, and life is clearly more complex and unexpected than your tiny little brain can wrap around. Keep you misogyny to yourself, and we can all go on and be polite and pretend like we all get along.
WOW. To the writer of “Marcia Cross is irresponsible  You need to find better things to do with your time then pass judgment on someone you do not even know. If she wants to have kids then that is her decision. You are not God and you do not know that her child will have problems. There is a good chance her child could die in a car crash…so should she walk her child everywhere. Please stop posting such ignorant comments, or you just might make your mother regret having you. ïŠ
I don’t understand why you call MC irresponsible. I’m a 26 years old French woman starting a university career after 8 years of study to get a Doctorate. I intend to wait my early forties to have children to provide them with all my attention, maturity, love, and… money – which I cannot do before. What’s the problem with that?
Derek – You rule! I’m glad you are getting crazy again with the blog.
Also, think how irresponsible she is being to the producers and co-workers on her show. The way I see it, if you’re under contract to do a television series – you don’t get knocked up during the time you’re supposed to be shooting.
I also read recently the rate of autism is much higher if the father is over 40. Besides who wants an old lady for a mom. That’s not cool. That’s like having a grandma for a mom.
You know, Marcia made a sort-of admission to using an egg donor, so even if you feel this way, which I completely don’t agree with, her age is not a risk to the health of the baby.
Celebitchy – Just because she made a sort of admission it doesn’t mean it actually happened. She left an answer that is open to interpretation.
Until she states that she did receive someone elses egg, I won’t personally believe it because I don’t like dealing with vague answers.
With regards to the health risks, the health risks associated with pregnancy are still increased even with using someone elses egg, unless she chose to use a surrogate mother.
To all the people who have had healthy babies, I congratulate you. I am not saying you shouldn’t. I am saying that there is a 1 in 106 chance that the baby will be a newborn. Sure it is less than 1 percent, but would you risk a child’s life on a little less than 1 % chance to be pristine?
Wow Derek, when I read this in my RSS feed I thought for a second you were joking somehow, unfortunately your not. Bizarre choice for a post. This will be the last time I check your blog, and I’ve already unsubscribed.
There are plenty of other places online that offer what you do, and do it better. Keep your offensive views to yourself.
Nathan. It is neither an offensive view or me being ignorant.
I could go into details about how one of my close friend’s mother decided to have 3 children in her early to mid 40s, and now she has 2 children with down syndrome.
Sure it could be bad luck, but with the over whelming data suggesting that it is dangerous, without heeding the warnings, it makes you irresponsible.
Wouldn’t you agree that putting yourself in a dangerous position, int his particular case, 1 in 106, is dangerous?
Hey Derek… Did you know that tests can be done that will allow you to know if your child will have Down syndrome?
While I am sure you could earn your MD for how much you understand about having children after 40, you might want to leave the decision to the mother and doctor.
And lastly I also have a friend with a child who has Down syndrome and his mother would NOT change her decision to have him because of his health.
I am happy for Mrs. Cross and I wish her and her child all the happiness in the world. Having a child you will love and take care of is never irresponsible.
Brittany, there are tests that can test for down syndrome, but that would lead us into a debate as to whether or not Abortion is right.
I will admit I made the mistake by bringing a more political issue into a nonsensical celebrity gossip blog.
Ofcourse parents would not change anything about their child, because they love their child for who they are, and if I had a child with down syndrome, I would love him just as I would love any other child.
However, there will come a time where I wouldn’t be there to take care of him, and if I didn’t have any immediate relatives willing to do so, then he would be subject to being left somewhere where he would have to fend for himself, which in some cases is possible, but in most aren’t.
With regard to the mother and the doctor, you are absolutely correct, it is their decision, but it doesn’t mean I have to agree with it.
Derek, getting back to the egg donor issue. I think she pretty much admitted to using one, without stating it outright.
You can’t dismiss my point by saying that there are health risks with pregnancy alone at that age. Sure there are, but a womb is a womb. It’s the egg that has chromosomal issues with age, not a woman’s womb, which is capable of nurturing a child even post menopause. I still think your point is harsh and I don’t agree with you, but let’s assume that she used a donor egg, and I’m pretty convinced she did.
A 67 year-old woman gave birth using donor eggs. A womb is a womb.
A womb is a womb, but, the donor egg is more viable. You are correct.
However, that doesn’t dismiss the fact that a woman who is at that age has extra hormones going through her body, which may effect child birth.
I am not personally attacking you or your opinion, but wouldnt you agree I am at least entitled to mine?
I completely agree with Derek. It think it is quite selfish to have a child after the age of 40. I’m not saying it shouldn’t be done, but I do think it is rather selfish. First, as Derek pointed out, chromosomal abnormalities are much more common. Second, when the child is ready to graduate from school, the parents will be senior citizens. They probably will not live long enough to see their own grandchildren. Third, if they’re so desperate to have children, why not adopt a healthy child who needs a home? I think Marcia is a beautiful woman and a terirfic actress, and I hope she’s happy with her decision of having a child with someone she’s only known for less than two years.
Finally, some support.
“Celebitchy – Just because she made a sort of admission it doesn’t mean it actually happened. She left an answer that is open to interpretation. Until she states that she did receive someone elses egg, I won’t personally believe it because I don’t like dealing with vague answers.”
Well, if you have much doubt, Derek, that she used donor eggs, if you read the medical literature you will learn that at age 44, the chance of a successful IVF pregnancy occurring with her own eggs is only 2 percent.
Derek and mrf you sound young and immature in your thinking (especially mrf)
good luck to you, and don’t expect too much from life… you sound oblivious.
YOU’RE SUCH A DUMBASS.
Not all of us were fortunate enough to meet an appropriate mate while in our 20s our earlier. Many women, like me, would have preferred to have given birth to children in our 20s, but given a choice between bearing children in our early 40s, without donor egg, by the way, we decided to bear children later. I would like to reiterate that many tests can quite reliably predict whether we will have chromosomally damaged children before we bring children into the world. From the comments you’ve posted on this site, I am not convinced that you are well-informed on the topic of infertility. While I am not a reproductive endocrinologist, I have undergone several rounds of IVF and ICSI and studied the field for hundreds of hours over the last few years and still do not know everything about the field. At 41, I am now blessed with a 9-month old son who is NOT chromosomally damaged and 3 months pregnant with a child I conceived naturally. I am very lucky.
Regarding the comment, “Why don’t you just adopt?” shows a clear lack of understanding of what is involved in adoption. To avoid making a very long post, I recommend you read some adoption websites, talk to some members of a RESOLVE Adoption group, and talk to an adoption agent. Then you might have a clue as to what financially, legally and emotionally is involved in adoption. It’s probably easier to run for governor.
I hope that my children will grow up to research and think about issues from many angles before they post blogs.
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