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Comment on Birth Rate Drops to All-Time Low in 2011 by Babies on Hold… | Mothering in the Middle

Babies on Hold… | Mothering in the Middle — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:33:50 +0000

[...] on Hold… by Elizabeth Gregory November 30, 2012 New CDC birth data confirms that the U.S. birthrate dropped 1 percent to reach an all-time low in 2011, extending the [...]

Comment on Birth Rate Drops to All-Time Low in 2011 by Women Have Good, Instinctive Reasons to Delay Childbirth These Days : Ms. Magazine Blog

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:40:42 +0000

[...] New CDC birth data out last Wednesday confirm that the U.S. birthrate dropped one 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, though: This drop is a good sign, foretelling not a diminished but a strengthened workforce down the line. [...]

Comment on New Parents @ 50+ by elizabeth

elizabeth — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:01:28 +0000

Hi Jennifer,
I love that Leibovitz self-photo – the reality of middle-aged pregnancy. Not glammed up, but totally normal. Very different from the “photo-illustration by Darrow” photoshopped with “photos [plural] by Danny Kim.”
Happy to learn about your book – i look forward to reading it.
cheers! eg

Comment on New Parents @ 50+ by Jennifer Bingham Hull

Jennifer Bingham Hull — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:25:32 +0000

Excellent points here and I’m glad to have found your blog as I really enjoyed your book.

I found the article interesting but thought the abrupt about-face in the middle was really strange. It made me wonder about the editing process.

Meanwhile, the cover photo was horrible! And isn’t it ironic? I mean, doesn’t anybody remember who shot the original Demi Moore pregnancy photo for Vanity Fair?

Check out my post: “The Real Older Mom Behind New York Magazine’s Cover” on MidAgeMom: http://bit.ly/oeks8m

I think of Leibovitz when I need a little inspiration.

Comment on New Parents @ 50+ by Angel LaLiberte

Angel LaLiberte — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:18:12 +0000

Elizabeth, it was a great moment to find we were both included in the same piece. I think that’s a first! And, I’m genuinely pleased to see that we seem to have a similar take on this article, as posted in our respective blogs today. http://flowerpowermom.com/motherhood-after-50/.
One of my main concerns about this piece is how far are people actually reading? If they don’t make it past the half-way mark, they are likely to buy in to the social prejudice that the writer seems to be touting in the beginning. It almost seems as if her editor gave her one brief and she felt she had to emerge with her own agenda as well. I’ve never quite seen an article written in this fashion, changing positions right in the meat of the text.
It was important, however, that she raised the point that ageism is the last bastion of prejudice for the liberal-minded. Lest we forget: it’s older WOMEN she’s referring to for the most part. (Isn’t that what the picture on the cover is suggesting after all?)
What I found most intriguing is the comment that menopause might just be an “evolutionary relic” with respect to motherhood. I’ve been waiting for someone to put that concept into words. And they did. It means it’s finally entered the collective consciousness (as opposed to “un”). I’d really like to know your thoughts on this.
Great to see you standing up for the demographic once more…yes, excellent, trustworthy and reliable childcare would answer for much. I just interviewed Access Hollywood’s Laura Saltman, who had her baby at 40+ and she is a big advocate for childcare as an empowering resource. http://flowerpowermom.com/laura-saltman-access-hollywood/

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Comment on That Girl, the Continuing Story by Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:08:04 +0000

These days Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) and Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) carry forward the working girl banner – and neither one has kids (just the occasional pregnancy scare). In real life though, Fey and Poehler both have kids and comment on and deal with family/work issues.

Comment on Free Birth Control – IOM Report by Elizabeth Gregory

Elizabeth Gregory — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:04:12 +0000

These guidelines are “effective” as guidelines on August 1, 2011. But plans don’t have to begin offering these benefits until August 1, 2012 – or January 2013 if they operate on a calendar basis. Please let me know if you hear of plans offering these benefits sooner than August 2012.

Comment on Free Birth Control – IOM Report by Elizabeth Gregory

Elizabeth Gregory — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:18:28 +0000

Update: The Dept. of Health and Human Services has adopted the IOM recommendations:
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2011/08/01/adopts-recommendations-reproductive-health-care-exempts-religious-employers-birth-control-coverage

Comment on A Dose of Pro-Natalism for Mother’s Day: What’s Up with That? by elizabeth

elizabeth — Thu, 12 May 2011 14:19:55 +0000

Thanks Kasey – I know the media tend to skew stories toward the drastic, and to reduce multi-strand arguments to misrepresentative sound bytes, and I did note that your book seems to look more complexly than many at the dynamics of contemporary women’s lives and decisions around fertility. It was the statements you made in your Irish TV interview however (“it’s really hard to get pregnant in your thirties”), and the statistics you referred to, that in tandem with your title led me to the takeaway that your book echoes Sylvia Hewlett’s in misrepresenting the dangers of infertility to most women in their 30s. It’s difficult to get a balanced message across in a sentence or two, but you might add “for some women” to the beginning of the quote next time, and quote statistics that more fully and clearly represent the actual likelihood of successful pregnancy across the 30s and early 40s, not just data on the chance per month.
I completely agree that women should be informed about their fertility as they make life shaping decisions – which means both knowing that waiting may lead to infertility, and knowing what the actual incidences of infertility are — for example, that 89% of women are fertile without intervention at 35, and that two thirds of women are at 39. No guarantees where an individual will fall in those proportions, but people need to be able to decide for themselves when to start their families, given the complexities of work and partnering, based on full information.
I look forward to seeing your full text when it comes out in the US. If you have a chance to read READY, my book on related material, I’d be happy to hear your thoughts.