Tina Mallone Pregnant at 50

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AIBU to think it is crazy that Tina Malolne (from Shameless) is pregnant at 50 by donor egg?

Lotta, I didn't watch it, but yes, it sounds like she represented herself accurately then ...

Good luck to her. Would it matter if it was the dad aged 50? My father is having a baby with his new wife, he is 53.

She is crazy! I want to see her at 60 dealing with a 10 year old.
Poor child.

I don't know who she is, but I say well done and good luck to her. I don't think her age matters a jot. I have a friend whose mother was 48 when she was born, and her mother is still going strong in her 90s. OTOH, one of my grandmothers died in her early 40s, leaving young children. There are no guarantees WRT health and longevity.

YABU! She's got a loving home to give and is (I assume) financially buoyant.

I saw her and her husband on telly this morning and they are over the moon.

Best wishes on a healthy, happy pg and baby.

This kind of thread is always VU. Leave people alone to get on with their lives.

I don't personally think it is a good thing. Nature gives the female body a 'time limit' on reproduction fit a reason. I hold she has a healthy pregnancy and a healthy, happy child.

My mum almost became a mother again in her early 50s. As it turned out it didn't happen, but there's no doubt in my mind she would have been brilliant. So what if she would have been retired by the time her child was 10? There are plenty of mothers I know who do a worse job in their 30s than my mum would have done in her 60s.

I'm absolutely not saying Tina Mallone would definitely be able to cope with a young child at this stage in her life, but that's not to say that no women over the age of 50 are capable of raising a child from scratch.

There are no guarantees in this life. However I can guarantee you that at least one of us posting here will probably die younger than 50.

Noone knows what's round the corner. People get sick, get killed and did at 24, others are fit and active at 70.

Life is for living not conforming to some stupid stereotype.

Good for her and I hope it goes well.

Do those of you who are saying its a bad idea parents? My guess is yes. My reason for asking is until you've suffers miscarriages & fertility problems you don't understand the ache of wanting a child. I never did til it happened to me. Hopefully I won't have to keep trying til I'm 50 but I I'm fit & healthy then I'll keep tryin to have a much wanted sibling for our DD.

YANBU

But she hasn't had fertility problems though, she just wants a baby for her younger partner. Totally different kettle of fish IMO.

I have no idea who Tina Malone is, But I do think that 50 is too old to be having babies by Donor eggs. If she had conceived naturally ...ok then it happened...but IVF and donor eggs should be kept for younger mums to be ( as long as they dont already have children as then I disagree too), not people who are peri/ post menopausal.

Maybe she is being selfish but if that child is going to be loved & cherished then I don't see the problem. 50 isn't that old anymore - especially if you consider we are now expected to work intil we're nearly 80! I read somewhere that 50 is now considered middle aged. When I was young people retired in their mid-50's but as I've said that's entirely different now. I know people are concerned about the child growing up parentless but I have friends whose parents died when they were younger & their parents were in their 40s. No-one knows what the future holds.

Oh so bloody what... congratulations to her and I hope all goes well.

Best dad in the world ever (and now grandad) that i know of was a dad at 52 and then 57. My DD's grandad.

He is fantastic and I don't see why a woman can't be as well.

"but IVF and donor eggs should be kept for younger mums to be"

she paid for it privately, so I dont see the problem there..

She was declared bankrupt in 2012.
How did she then pay for the IVF?

OR could it all be a huge publicity stunt to flog a failing career?

I was an older Mum (but not as old as this) and I am in two minds. I think she is just sharing too much with the world tbh. I nearly did some shared IVF where I was ttc. I wanted to state I didnt want my eggs given to someone over 45, it never went very far because I got pregnant naturally but I am slightly uncomfortable with age limits being pushed and pushed and women in Indian for example being given more money the more drugs and eggs they produce.

I remember seeing Prof Winston travelling to Romania to visit the oldest women to give birth using donor eggs and I thought it was horrible. The women was nearly 70!

there will probably be all sorts of media appearance throughout the pregnancy that will keep her bank balance healthy...

she is a media whore..

She's made programmes about her IVF 'journey', hence the live reveal on This Morning.
Maybe that paid for her treatment.

I watched it this morning and my eyes nearly rolled out of my head! I looked like one of those poor charity shop dolls with their eyes rolled back and stuck

50 isn't old no....but I do think it is old to be having a baby.

If she had fallen pregnant naturally then fair enough but really....IVF/donor eggs at 50?

We all want things in life but sometimes I do think we need to accept that in some cases, the ship has sailed and it's too late. Of course, different if she had fertility issues but she didn't.

Actually the more I think about it the more I know she is being unreasonable.

If she is 5 weeks pregnant then that must be five weeks from first day of last period - or do they count it differently with ivf?

It's early to he sharing it with the world though.

Wish her well.