Secrets of an Old-School Mama: What They Don't Tell You About Starting Your Motherhood After 35

By Dr. Jeannine Hogg

Having a baby at any age can be challenging, but having a baby after age thirty-five may bring another set of concerns. Some people think that if you are thirty-five and over, parenting may be more of a wish than a reality. The advice Dr. Jeanine Hogg gives in this book, Secrets of an Old School Mama, encourages women

• Language: English
• Publisher: Purposely Created Publishing Group
• Release date: Mar 5, 2019
• ISBN: 9781644840399

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Jeannine E. Hogg, MD

SECRETS OF AN OLD-SCHOOL MAMA

Published by Purposely Created Publishing Group™

Copyright © 2019 Jeannine E. Hogg

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To my brilliant, kind, funny, smart, and amazing daughter, Rebecca Elyse-Marie, who inspires me and keeps me on my toes. And to my equally amazing mother, Dr. Betty Hogg-Pittman, whose sacrifices and struggles I understand better and appreciate more with each passing day.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1

Too Busy For Motherhood?

Chapter 2

Geriatric Motherhood Is Not for Punks

Chapter 3

Ozzie and Harriet Are Dead

Chapter 4

Life Is a Three-Ring Circus

Chapter 5

Nightmares of a Nervous Mature Mama

Chapter 6

Wisdom of an Old-School Mama

Chapter 7

Wonder of the New-School Mama

Chapter 8

Wisdom and Wonder Working Together

Chapter 9

It Really Does Take a Village

Chapter 10

I Am More Than Becca’s Mom

About the Author

Introduction

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a doctor, specifically a pediatrician. I have always loved caring for children and knew from an early age that would be my life’s work. For an almost equal period of time, I also wanted to be a mom. I loved playing house with my baby dolls, and mothering all of my cousins and the younger kids in my neighborhood. I have always had a deep and abiding passion to work with kids and teach, coach, and parent them towards their best outcomes. I was focused so singularly on my professional goal of becoming an excellent pediatrician that one day I looked up and was over thirty-five (advanced maternal age or AMA in medical terms) and desperately desiring the children I hadn’t yet had. Eventually, via adoption, I was blessed with the gift of a wonderful daughter. Becoming a mom for the first time over the age of forty truly focused me on my purpose of parenting and teaching others to parent confidently, effectively, and with joy.

This book is for all of you first-time moms over thirty-five, fellow old-school mamas, and other