@article{1356157,
      recid = {1356157},
      author = {Ashworth, Cat.},
      title = {The oldest mother on the block [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (58 min.).},
      year = {2007},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {Everyone over the age of twelve knows how a baby is made.  But for the fastest growing age group of women having  babies, the magical process of sperm meeting egg takes  place in a Petri dish. Many women over age forty soon  realize that their own eggs have expired. These women  decide to use eggs donated from a younger woman. This film  follows three older women, as they struggle to achieve a  pregnancy and later, as they cope with the unique problems  of being an older mom. Eileen and Mike visit a fertility  specialist who talks about Eileen s "egg problem." At  first, they are told that there is less than a five per  cent chance of conceiving using her own eggs. In the end  they use donor eggs after considering all their options.  Another woman uses donor sperm, chosen online. She gives  birth to twin baby boys. The filmmaker and her husband  conceive with donor eggs "... after wasting 25 years of  good eggs!" She becomes pregnant at age 47 and now has a  healthy five year old daughter who is asking them  uncomfortable questions about her biological mother. These  women are all pushing the limits of their biological  clocks. They are struggling with pregnancy and small  children at an age when many of their peers are becoming  grandmothers, and they are redefining the image of  motherhood. Included are interviews with several doctors  and with Nancy London, MSW and author of Hot Flashes, Warm  Bottles: First-Time Mothers Over Forty, who discusses how  fertility declines with age.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1356157},
}