Ready
Subtitle: Why Women Are Embracing the New Later Motherhood
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: January 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780465027859
Subjects: Materno-fetal medicine; Pregnancy, birth & baby care; Family & Relationships; Family / Parenting / Childbirth; Sociology; Child Care/Parenting; Parenting - Motherhood; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Parenting - Child Rearing; Parenting - General; Middle-aged mothers; Motherhood; Working mothers
Description: "In Ready, Elizabeth Gregory tracks the burgeoning trend of new later motherhood and demonstrates that for many women today, waiting for family works best. She provides compelling evidence of the benefits of having children later - by birth or by adoption. Gregory reveals that large numbers of women succeed in having children between 35 and 44 by the usual means (one in seven kids born today has a mom in that age range), and that many of those who don't succeed nonetheless find alternate routes to happy families via egg donation or adoption. And they're glad they waited. Without ignoring the complexities that older women may face in their quest to have children, Gregory reveals the many advantages of waiting." "Based on in-depth interviews with more than 100 new later moms and extensive collateral research, Ready shatters the myths surrounding later motherhood. Drawing on both the statistical evidence and the voices of the new later mothers themselves, Gregory delivers surprising and welcome news that will revolutionize the way we think about motherhood."--Jacket.