Mothers Over 40 – An Inspirational Website For Midlife Parents
Mothers Over 40 is an inspirational, informative and encouraging resource for all those considering pregnancy past the age of 40 and 50. This website combines humour with fact and provides links to invaluable resources, articles and organisations
(PRWEB) June 16, 2002
If you are over 40 and either pregnant or planning a pregnancy, wouldnÂ’t you like to have access to a positive and enlightening resource that addressed all your concerns, but simultaneously inspired and reassured you?
Having a baby over the age of 40 is no longer an unusual phenomenon. Millions of woman and men worldwide are embarking on the wonderful experience of midlife parenting, some as first-time parents and others for the second, third and fourth time or more. However, becoming an older parent is not a decision that is often entered into lightly, given the abundant sources of negative information and depressing statistics about the risks involved.
The good news is that a healthy mother in her forties has a high chance of having a successful pregnancy, with a positive outcome and a healthy baby. Certainly, a fit middle-aged woman has a higher chance of having a straightforward pregnancy and birth than an unhealthy woman in her twenties. However, when a woman in her forties has difficulty conceiving, or develops pregnancy complications, she is often told that it is “because of her age”, even when this may not be the case at all. Pregnancy at any age is a risk and there are many younger women who have fertility problems, suffer miscarriages, develop pregnancy complications and have difficult labours and deliveries. It is not a foregone conclusion that if you are over 40, you will have difficulty conceiving or encounter problems during the course of your pregnancy.
When Jan Andersen was expecting her fourth child at the age of 40, she was far fitter than she was when she gave birth to her previous three children in her twenties and had a straightforward pregnancy and delivery. Nevertheless, her natural anxiety about being an older mother led her to scour bookstores and the Internet in search of positive resources on midlife pregnancy. She discovered that there was very little encouraging information specific to mothers over 40, so as a freelance writer, she decided to write about her own experiences to offer hope and encouragement to other older parents.
Jan received hundreds of messages from older parents worldwide, all of whom had been inspired and reassured by her articles and all of whom agreed that positive information for older parents was at a premium.
As a result of countless requests from other older parents, Jan decided to set up a website dedicated to parents over 40, the aim being for it to be a place of comfort and support and haven of optimism amongst all the other disheartening resources available.
Kim, 43, from New York said, “Mothers Over 40 is an awesome site and is absolutely the best parenting resource that I have come across for older mothers. I am five months’ pregnant with my first child and this site has been a Godsend. I spent the first four-and-a-half months worrying about the baby, worrying about myself and feeling that maybe I was taking a huge risk in having a baby at my age. After discovering Jan’s new site, I could have hugged her. It made me realise that I am not alone and that the statistics really aren’t as grim as I had originally been led to believe.”
The site, which can be located at http://mothersover40.homestead. com/home. html (http://mothersover40.homestead. com/home. html) contains uplifting articles, forums for mothers and fathers over 40 and 50 and links to information about a plethora of issues of concern to older parents, all with a positive angle.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
Jan Andersen is an experienced freelance writer who is available for interview and participation in TV lifestyle discussions. For further information, please contact Jan via e-mail worldwriteruk@hotmail. com or on (01793) 345466
Mothers Over 40: http://mothersover40.homestead. com/home. html (http://mothersover40.homestead. com/home. html)
