“Births to older moms still up”

In the news today-Overall US births fell in 2008, probably due to the recession. The one exception to the trend was the birth rate among women in their 40’s, who perhaps felt they didn’t have the luxury of waiting for better economic times…the biological clock is ticking! Add to this the decision to postpone starting a family due to professional aspirations, as well as the many women who struggled for years to achieve pregnancy (and now with high tech medical interventions are able to get pregnant) – the result is an increase in very happy, albeit, tired “older mommies!”