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Article: Call Me Tippi! Pregnant Pigeon Makes Me Nuts.(Politics&Opinions)
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- May 27, 2002
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Byline: Gillian Silverman
Spring in New York City belongs to the toddlers. I love to watch them, but I get nervous when they come too close. Their mothers make me anxious, too. For I am that most tired of cliches: the married careerist, who can't choose between freedom and family, and therefore spends equal time reviling and desiring all things reproductive. This year, during my annual visit to the gynecologist, I was introduced to a new cause for anxiety: Advanced Maternal Age (A.M.A.). It seems that women over the age of 35--I'm 34--are entitled to instant acronym status and reams of literature warning of potential complications with pregnancy.
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