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by Maggie Lamond Simone
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Dear Santa,
It’s that time of year again already, huh? Time sure flies when you’re having… well, menopause, spelling bees, and student council meetings. You’ll have to take my word on all counts, I’m guessing, but trust me. The times — and the moms — they are a’changin’. Heck, I could light up a Christmas tree without even plugging myself in! But that’s not why we’re here, is it? Let’s get down to business. […]
by Ellie Stoneley
The solemnity with which the two medical assistants entered the room, carrying the strange long floppy syringe as if it was the Holy Grail was almost laughable … apart from the fact that for me it was the Holy Grail. The embryo about to be transferred from the depths of the syringe into my waiting and perfectly prepared womb was the most precious most longed for mass of cells in the entire universe. […]
by Karin Lippert
Long before Ann Martin wrote her bestselling series The Baby-Sitters Club® I was a baby-sitter on Long Island at age 12. Looking back, I continue to be amazed that a family – a mother – would trust me to take care of three children [one an infant] at that age. It was the ‘50s and I was paid 50 cents an hour in a far more innocent time. I loved the family, enjoyed the kids. I also remember I tried one of the mom’s Lucky Strike cigarettes – cough, cough! Not good. […]
Karen Synesiou and Fay Johnson
Dear Reader: This is an update of a previous post. Given the increase in surrogates and surrogacy, we thought it important to present this comprehensive review of it all.
MYTH You have to be a couple to be able to have a child through surrogacy.
REALITY We are more and more seeing single women wishing to be Mothers coming to surrogacy. Please keep in mind that there still must be a medical necessity to ask another woman to take that risk for you. Many women can still carry a pregnancy even after their own eggs may no longer be viable. While eggs mayno longer be viable after the very early 40’s, you can still carry a pregnancy into your late 40’s. The average age of women in the U.S. carrying donor egg pregnancies is 44! We are also seeing many more single men becoming a parent through surrogacy. […]
by Elizabeth Gregory
New CDC birth data confirms that the U.S. birthrate dropped 1 percent to reach an all-time low in 2011, extending the downward trend begun with the recession in 2008. Put down your knee-jerk fears about smaller population. This drop is a good sign, foretelling not a diminished but a strengthened workforce down the line. […]
by Kathy Caprino
In my career and executive coaching, I work with hundreds of women each year going through major transitions. Recently, I was speaking with a fascinating client of mine — let’s call her “Carol” — who shared with me her views about midlife BEFORE she had arrived there, and then what happened when her 40s came. […]
by Andrea Lynn
My 4-year-old and I took a trip down memory lane last month. My memory lane, that is, since we were visiting the city of her birth, which we left when she was 15 months old, and of course she has no recollection. […]
Dear Reader: We had such a great response to our new words for 2012 that we’re going to feature these types of posts in the future. Remember: Midlife Mothers need to stay current (and hip). This may be slightly silly, but it is just an easy read….And, I, for one, need to stay cool, hip and tight…..
Here’s our latest – the 20 most exciting new bands for 2012, courtesty of MNE – online music and radio information:
What happened to the good old days, with band-names we grew to love, like: Led Zepplin, Bread, Average White Band, Eagles, Jefferson Starship, Rolling Stones…..
Bands making a comeback in 2012:
No doubt – this whole scene is getting harder and harder to experience, embrace and remember….
Next really big superstar? Bruno Mars….who isn’t touring right now, but Pink is.
