How Old is Too Old to Have a Baby?

by Susan Newman, Ph.D.

If you think you may be too old to have a baby, think again. The trend is clear: more and more women in their late thirties and well into their forties are starting families.

A few weeks ago, the CBS Sunday Morning show looked at the increase in older women having babies. They talked with Dr. Joanne Stone, director, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City about what she sees in her practice and, with me, about why more and more women are having childr...