User post: How old is too old to have a baby: 66 Year Old British Woman 8 Months Pregnant?

In a world where the perfect age to be a mother is disputed, many women decide to wait to have babies while others jump in at the first chance. Bristol Palin promotes abstinence and Octo-Mom promotes baby making now a British woman decides to have a baby at the ripe age of 66.

Elizabeth Adeney has told the press "I don't have to defend what I have done. It's between me and my baby and no one else,'' and "It's not my physical age that is important; it's how I feel inside."

In a world where the decisions you make are entirely up to you to make and the doctor you confide in, should we even be surprised to hear news of the like? The oldest reported mother is an Indian woman who gave birth last year at the age of 70. The husband said he didn't care how much money it cost as long as they had an heir.

Many thought I was too young to have a baby but nature has a different book it goes by. When nature is taken out of the picture and science allows women as old as 70 to produce a child, are we not messing with nature itself? Who is to look after the child when the mother ages and dies? I understand people can die at any point but the odds are stacked against a 66 year old to see the child mature past 18.

Are there no limits on the use of in vitro practices? Does money talk all of the time?

Photo courtesy of: http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=7612856&page=1