AYESHA CURRY OPENS UP ABOUT BEING LABELED A “GERIATRIC PREGNANCY”

On the cover of the first digital issue of Ayesha Curry’s magazine, Sweet July, the restaurateur and chef shared that she and her husband, NBA Golden State Warriors legend, Steph Curry, are expanding their family. The soon-to-be mother-of-four opened up further discussing how she felt about being labeled a “geriatric pregnancy”. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sweet July (@sweetjuly) “What’s been interesting has been my doctor’s appointments,” Ayesha stated in the interview about her latest pregnancy journey. “I’m in my 30s, and so there’s all this paperwork referring to the experience as a ‘geriatric pregnancy’ and all the concerns that come along with that.” “I think there’s something that needs to be more nuanced when it comes to women, their age and conversations around having children. Many women in their 30s and 40s are going through this for the first time, and being told you’re ‘old’ feels alarming and wild. I think the narrative needs to be shifted a little bit.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sweet July (@sweetjuly) According to Webmd.com, the term “geriatric pregnancy,” has now been replaced with “advanced maternal age pregnancy”. The benchmark for “geriatric pregnancy” age is...