*followup* world's oldest mother dying 18 months after giving birth

[Red Panda]

And the mother would choose her child's life.

[blas87]

I think it's silly and selfish a woman her age had to have a child, knowing she wasn't going to live that long.

Surely the child is not an orphan by any means, and I'm not saying the child should have never happened, because Lord knows, it could be the next president, but it just befuddles me that some women are so obsessed with being mothers that they will go through dangerous procedures and great measures just to have that baby.

[jackfaire]

And the mother would choose her child's life.

Maybe but not for the sake of the child.

The mother is having a child becuase her culture says she isn't a complete human being unless she pops out a kid.

[fireheart17]

Well, pregnancy and birth are a tremendous strain on a woman's body; even a young woman. So this is sad, but not really surprising. This is exactly why people are against sixty plus women getting pregnant; the risks are greater towards the mother due to her age, and after all, it's the child who's going to suffer. This poor little girl is left motherless thru no fault of her own, at an age where she needs her mother.

There are plenty of situations I've read up about this, not necessarily from India either. Most of them seem to be women who just wanted to be a mother but couldn't due to one reason or another. There's a reason why menopause exists.

What disturbs me is that from what these women say it sounds like they only care about the part where they give birth while not at all worrying about being around to actually raise the kids.

Being a mother means raising your children not just giving birth to them.

So they'd take tremendous strain on their bodies over 18 years of raising a kid?

While it sucks that she died I still support her choice to go through with the treatment. Age shouldn't be a restriction for what a person can do with their life

If it's something like childbirth, then yes, there should be a restriction. I've heard of a 90-year-old lady getting a Master's Degree. That I don't have a problem with. But bearing in mind that there is more than one life at stake here after a period of time, I'm pretty sure that there's a reason why IVF treatments are restricted.

Maybe but not for the sake of the child.

The mother is having a child becuase her culture says she isn't a complete human being unless she pops out a kid.

I wonder how men are considered to be "complete human beings" since they can't pop out a kid and all....

[Wingates_Hellsing]

Many cultures do believe that men aren't complete until they've fathered a child, preferably a son.

[Greenday]

Many cultures do believe that men aren't complete until they've fathered a child, preferably a son.

See: Every single culture out there including modern American.