How old is too old to have a baby?

I watched an episode of Dr. OZ last week. I have ever actually watched it before, and my overall opinion is that a. it's not very organized and b. he cuts people off in a rude way. But besides that the topic was "When Are You Too Old to Have a Baby?"
Being that I have been described as "advanced maternal age" I stayed on the channel to watch it and see what they had to say.  Mostly they were referring to women 40 and up. But they tried to dissect a couple of theories like "women can have it all" and Dr.s don't really talk about the consequences of having babies that can occur from fertility treatments.

The first theory of "women can have it all" is a stigma that modern women have to address when planing a family. I get this. I had a series of things that needed to be accomplished prior to starting a family, college, find the right guy and get the right job. I didn't think it would take as long as it did, and I did have a lot of anxiety about my biological clock ticking away. Some of the opinions on the show were that the women weren't worried about the biological clock. This did bother me. It was as if they thought their eggs would last forever. They were kind of naive in their belief that it didn't matter how old they were. There definitely was a lack of realization that it could be hard, very emotional, cost a lot of money and may not work in the end.

The theory about the Dr's not fully disclosing the consequences and safety issues of fertility treatments and having babies at an advance age, was quite interesting.  I hadn't really thought about that.  Having gone through fertility treatments I could relate to this.  By the time I had to go to a fertility dr it was an emotional decision not a logical one. Logically with any other medical treatment, you would weigh the pros and cons and then make a decision. But having a baby of your own really does become an emotional one and I think most women get to the point of "whatever I have to do." So I can see where Dr's probably say things, but some women will ignore it.  The drugs can cause things like cancer, chances of down's is 1 and 12 at age 45, and the older you get the higher chance of your health overall could fail before your children are grown. No matter how healthy you are, your eggs still age.

Overall they presented some interesting statistics, but again it was very unorganized and they did not actually address the emotional decision vs. a logical decision that I think comes into play.

Link to the show: http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/when-are-you-too-old-have-baby

Mmmmmm...Cookies

I LOVE the cakey cookies that publix sells.  You know the ones that come in a ring platter, thick icing, yummy sprinkles?  I could eat the whole thing if I didn't have a tiny bit of self control.
Well they now have them all in chocolate! I'm in Heaven!!!! I had to buy it. It's a good icky Friday to share them with my co-workers.

This is a weird experience

I often say to Steve that being pregnant is so weird. His response is "well this is what we wanted."  He is so right, it is.  Two years of trying and we finally have we want.  But it's still weird. To have this little thing inside me growing, knowing that in a couple of months we will have this little thing in our arms is surreal. It is one of the most natural things on earth. I have seen so many women in my life have babies, but this time it's me. I'm in constant wonderment in what our bodies do biologically, perpetuating our species.

I can't wait to see her. To compare her facial features to that of Steve and I. And look at those little feet and hands and knees and elbows that spend most of the day poking me from the inside. April needs to come faster!!

Nursery Projects

Spent this weekend working on some nursery projects. I am loving seeing things come together, albeit slowly. We had already painted the walls a pale yellow last weekend.  And right now I am praying all of this matches the bedding, which I have only seen online.

My first project was to add a little pizzaz to a mirror I bought at the Just Between Friends sale.  I got it for $8!  I saw this photo on pinterest.com and loved the subtle hint of teal on the edges of the bunk bed railing.

 It gave me a great idea to do that to my mirror.

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After

I saw this lamp online and really wanted it. I talked about this in an earlier post.  It was at target, but I couldn't find it.  Then they finally got it in.  But it cost about $50 with the lamp and lampshade.

So I scored an old lamp from my mother-in-law that had a great shape to it.  It was pretty dated, and was forest green and brass.  With a little bit of spray paint I ended up with the a new painted lamp.

Before

After

And I made my own lamp shade out of an old one we had, plus some matching ribbon I picked up at Michaels.

Before

And the finished product

After

After

Also got some ideas for the mobile while I was at Michaels.  But that is a project for another day.

Yes I CAN cook

Those that know me well, know that I hate to cook.  I never took to it as a kid. There were a few meals my mom cooked from scratch that I really enjoyed, but there were also a lot of meals cooked from the Betty Crocker Microwave Cookbook.

During the holidays the kitchens were too small for all of the women to be in there cooking.  I was the youngest so I stayed out of their way and watched football.

I like the idea of food just appearing in front of me.  One minute it's not there, the next it is. Viola! It's a beautiful thing.  I love that Steve cooks for me.  I can't say he likes to cook for me, but he does. I take care of the dishes after all is said and done. This is how we roll.

We picked some meals to cook for the next 2 weeks.  I decided for the recipes I picked out I would cook them.  So tonight I made a Cheesy Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce.  We ate it over tortellini, and it was tasty.  So yes, I can cook.  But it doesn't mean I have to enjoy it.