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Featured Mom:> inspiration from other moms
InSeason Mom is now seeking first time moms over 35 to be featured in this section. If interested, please email
cynthia@inseasonmom.org

2007-08 FALL/WINTER INSEASON MOM
-KIM DOTY    
Kim Doty is a full-time computer systems administrator who telecommutes two days a week. She is the mother of two and is active in the later-motherhood online community.  She also blogs about Type 2 diabetes on the website dlife.com.  http://www.dlife.com/diabetes-blog/blog/kim-doty

INSM: Were you trying to get pregnant?
We had been trying since my son was 6 months old (3 years ago).  After I turned 44 last summer, I told my endocrinologist to change the focus of my treatment from trying to get pregnant to losing weight.  Later found out that I conceived within 24 hours of making that statement.

INSM: Did you have difficulty getting pregnant?
I had three miscarriages between my son and this last pregnancy (Kim has a newborn baby girl—Katie. She weighed a healthy 7 lbs, 13 oz.)

INSM: What finally enabled you to become pregnant?
Giving up, perhaps?  Actually my endocrinologist started treating my thyroid, which was borderline, and put me on metformin for my diabetes but it is also used to treat PCOS, and beginning to be used in the infertility field.  Either one of those may have contributed to my success.  My OB/GYN thinks I just happened upon a genetically healthy ovum.

INSM: Did you receive support from those around you?
Not particularly.  The online world is incredibly supportive if you look in the proper places.

INSM: What challenges do you face as an older mom?
Stamina and energy!

INSM: What concerns you most about being a mom over 35 and how do you compensate for this fear?
Fear of leaving my children too young.  I am taking better care of myself than I have in my lifetime as a result.

INSM: What do you enjoy most about being an older mom?
I'm calmer and less dramatic.  Motherhood is a much higher priority than it would have been in my 20's when I was focused on my career.

INSM: Knowing what you know now, would you have a child over 35 again?
Most definitely!

INSM: How has having a child impacted your life?
How hasn't it?  Everything is impacted by becoming a mother.

INSM: What advice do you have for other over 35 moms and those considering motherhood after 35?
Go for it!  Remember that your health and welfare has to come first, so that you can be the best mom you are capable of being.

InSeason Mom would like to thank Kim for being an inspiration to moms across the world! InSeason Mom is made financially possible through C Juliet Writing-Resume and Interview Coaching Service.












A picture of joy is Kim with her son James. Not pictured is husband Steve and little sister Katie who was born three months ago!