Pregnancy after 40 – A late baby, so what?

Pregnancy after 40 – A late baby, so what?

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Pregnancy after 40 – A late baby, so what?

Often misunderstood, late motherhood is seen as a refusal to age, a manifestation of frenzied selfishness and unnecessary risk-taking in terms of health or the transmission of genetic anomalies. But what is it really?

Saskia Galich

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Pregnancy after 40 – A baby on late, so what?

My name is Élisabeth Perrier, but everyone says Nona […] Today, I am 70 years old and I am pregnant again…” Certainly a bit extreme in terms of age, this fictional pregnancy *, to be seen on Arte TV, nevertheless reflects a reality. Like many celebrities such as Halle Berry, Geena Davis, Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, Alanis Morissette or even Naomi Campbell, who became mothers after their forties – even the milestone of 50 joyfully crossed – more and more women have indeed late children.