Older Parents On the Rise as Babies Take a Back Seat
- More than 50,000 new parents of babies in 2011 aged 40+
- Mums 45-49 and dads aged 50 fastest growing parental groups
- The older mum trend is expected to increase in future years
Older Mums On Top, But For How Long
ANGELA EKERT likes to joke with people that there is ”just a small gap” between her first and second children.
Ten days ago Mrs Ekert, 46, gave birth to Elyssa, a quarter of a century after her first daughter. Giving birth at her age is not unusual. New figures show a record 12,800 babies were born to women over 40 last year – up from 7100 a decade earlier.