But I Don't Feel Too Old to Be a Mommy!: The Complete Sourcebook for Starting (and Re-Starting) Motherhood Beyond 35 and After 40 by Doreen Nagle Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of But I Don't Feel Too Old to Be a Mommy!: The Complete Sourcebook for Starting (and Re-Starting) Motherhood Beyond 35 and After 40
Book Review: This book covers it all.
Summary: 5 Stars
This book covers literally everything I wanted to know about becoming an "older" mom. It's what every woman in my position would need to think about and know about.Fertility is only a part of this book (I find too many other books for women in this age group focus only on fertility and pregnancy when there is so much more to consider: for instance, would we have to move? Give up my job? There is a huge section on career options including being a stay at home mom). This book covers every possible other way to become a mom -- from adoption (Nagle adopted a boy), surrogacy, even a foster mom which no other book even considers. The book is also loaded with questions to consider about motherhood after 35, and talks with a lot of humor and warmth about what life is really like after later motherhood becomes a reality. There is lots of practical great information. Nagle is realistic and very positive. You can tell she loves being a mom. It is a book written for women: mothers to be and mothers to be again, even though dads are considered in passing. It's a great resource.Book Review: Book is misnamed -- should be "The High-Tech Fertility Book"
Summary: 1 Stars
If you're looking for what the title of this book promises, look at Sheila Kitzinger's "Birth Over Thirty-Five" instead, a sensitive and far-ranging exploration of many, many issues of interest to the mature woman who is pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant. Nagle's book is NOT, by any means, a "complete sourcebook for starting (and restarting) motherhood beyond 35 and after 40." It would be better billed as a sourcebook for information about a wide range of super-high-tech methods for getting pregnant. That is the topic of the bulk of the book. Emphasis is definitely on the high-tech. The existence of natural, holistic approaches is given cursory mention only.
Book Review: encouraging and insightful resource for moms-to-be
Summary: 4 Stars
This encouraging, uplifting book is is written by a woman who became a mother to a gorgeous Russian-born boy later in her own life (a photo of the two of them is on the back cover; he is a cutie). The book is better-suited to someone who is thinking about becoming a mother rather than for someone who is pregnant or has otherwise decided to become a mother. It is a supplement to, but not a substitute for, a good pregnancy guide -- it doesn't have pictures of what your belly will look like at any given time or what to do about morning sickness & such. The author emphasizes the positive aspects of older motherhood -- the wealth of experience we have, how healthy we are, how patient & self-confident we are, the advantages we can give to our children, how having children keeps us young. She provides a list of 32 questions to thing about before you decide to embark on motherhood -- they're all thought-provoking & well worth spending time on. She includes quotes from a number of older mothers (and stepmothers) discussing the experiences. She discusses ways of becoming a mother (the old standard, infertility treatments, adoption, surrogacy, even step-parenting). One thing I particularly like about the book is the author's focus on maternal health & fitness -- for the child's sake. Twenty-something-moms may take their own youth & health for granted in a way that we forty-something-moms can't really afford to do. Overall, a good resource, particularly for those contemplating later-in-life motherhood.Book Review: Lots of information but...
Summary: 4 Stars
As a soon to be 40+ mom (hopefully) I read this hoping for support and guidance. Although there is a lot of info. in the book and I'm sure it's all true, I felt it a little on the pessimistic side. If I weren't so determined and strong minded, I might be really put off the whole idea of trying for a baby after reading the negative stuff. Good source for stats, though.Book Review: need more info about daddy's role
Summary: 3 Stars
I know this book is about mid-life *motherhood* but there was very little information about how daddy fits into the whole scene. My husband is going to be a stay-at-home Mr. Mom to our children and there was almost no information about this "growing phenomenon" in the working section. There was plenty about starting your own homed based business but I don't find that option very realistic, or appealing, frankly. Other than that I found the book to be a good overview of things to think about.