The term “geriatric” has an entirely different meaning in the medical world when you’re a mom-to-be.
In a new interview with theAssociated Press, actress and mother of two Kathryn Hahn recalled her experience being pregnant with her younger child (daughterMae, now 9) at the age of 35.
“I remember a very insensitive doctor calling me a ‘geriatric mother’,” revealed the 45-year-old star of Netflix’sPrivate Life, out now. “I was like, [exaggerated gasp].”
“I’m in a similar situation where I have pals that are like that too and I think the most sensitive thing is just [to realize] it’s not our business,” Hahn opined. “Whateveranyone’s personal journey is, you gotta just let them go through it.”
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“Everybody wants to give advice and everyone wants to give opinions [and] of course we have our own thoughts and our own feelings of how that’s gonna be for them,” she continued.
“They’re gonna feel it and they’re gonna go through it and you never know [the details of someone else’s journey],” Hahn said, pointing out, “Families are made in a gazillion different ways now. Peoplebecome parents in ways wecouldn’t have imagined and mothering and parenthood looks a million different ways.”
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“The tooth fairy left him 20 bucks because she felt a little guilty, maybe,” the actress admitted during an appearance onGMA Dayearlier this month, explaining that she also left him a note on behalf of the tooth fairy that read, ” ‘Happy last tooth. That was fun. Love, the tooth fairy.’ ”
“And I was bawling because I was like, ‘Thatwasfun. It was the last tooth and it’s over,’ ” Hahn shared. “Ugh, I can’tstand how fast it goes.”
source: people.com
