This just in from Boundless.org. Hopeful mommas to-be, read carefully:
by Candice Watters on Apr 2, 2008 at 11:46 AM
You can’t control your fertility … A good marriage will make you happier than a good job … You can control where you spend your time and energy, and you should search for your mate if you don’t want to face fertility problems.Wow. So glad to be able to report that this is from the Boston Globe. If I’d written it, I likely would have received heaps of crit mail. What else does this provocative story reveal? “Women who want to have children should make it a priority in their twenties to find a partner.” Why? “… because one of the most dramatic issues facing Generation X is infertility. No generation of women has had more trouble with fertility than this generation.”Xers were sold a bill of good by Boomers. And at the top of the list of “terrible baby boomer advice, ‘Wait. You have time. Focus on your career first.’” Finally, a mainstream newspaper is serving it straight up. You may not like what reporter Penelope Trunk has to say in “Want to Have a Baby? Now’s the Time,” but you can’t fault her for glossing over the facts. And without the facts, we’re at a disadvantage. Our decisions will always be faulty if they’re ill-informed…(read the rest here)..
