Queen Elizabeth II's daughter-in-law, Sophie Countess of Wessex is pregnant again.  Sophie's husband, Edward Earl of Wessex, is the son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.  This is the eighth grandchild of the Queen and Prince.

Princess Sophie is now 42 years old.  Is 42 too old to be having a child?  How old is too old?  Having a child at age 42 can seem somewhat unfair to a child, afterall when the child is 18 Sophie will be 60.  Will she be able to be a grandmother that plays with the grandchildren or will she simply be too old? 

On the flip side having a child at age 42 has its advantages.  She has had her entire adult life to figure things out, settle her affairs and live her life.  I guess now seems the appropriate time to move things along.

I just wonder how fair is it to these children born to such late-in-life mothers.