I knew I had seen this statistical table somewhere, so I looked it up.
Link: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/84f0210x/2007000/t003-eng.htm
Here in Canada in 2007, there were 367,864 live births in total.
Of these, 10,854 were to women 40 and over at the time of the birth.
10,854!!!!!
Moreover, the footnote for the final column "Age not Stated," tells us that this column includes births to women over 50, as well as some infants whose birth-mothers' info was unknown. I wonder how many were to over-50 mothers?
So, just think of it! 10,854 live births to mothers 40 and over in Canada, in 2007 alone! Don't let anyone tell you it can't be done. Whip out a copy of this table!
This encouraging number is only amplified when you consider that women over 40 who conceive are the age group most likely these days to terminate the pregnancy because it was unintended. If this was not so, then the number of live births might easily be 20,000!
Go, team!
~Wendy