The Many Roads to Motherhood
Saluting the ladies who forge an older — or single — path to being a mommy
Recently Tiffany Haddish revealed that she is taking parenting classes in preparation for adoption. Haddish, 41, told E’s Daily Pop show that she wanted to adopt an older child, age 5 or older. Today, more and more women are choosing motherhood later in life — and choosing to love on older, adopted children as well. There are more options than ever before to help achieve these goals including in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intrauterine insemination (IUI), surrogacy, and, of course, adoption.
Haddish is not the only celebrity looking into adoption as a pathway to motherhood. Celebrities including Academy Award-winner Viola Davis, singer T-Boz from the ’90s hip-hop group TLC adopted. And Today host Hoda Kotb, at age 52, adopted her first child. Three years later, she adopted again.
Nsenga Burton, 48, adopted her daughter Kai five years ago.
“I was 43 — in my early forties at the time. I didn’t want to deal with childbirth, and I didn’t want to be tied to someone else for the rest of my life,” says Burton. “Adoption was the best option for me.”
The writer and Emory University professor says it wasn’t a hard decision. She had been mothering in some capacity her entire…
