On May 12th Dr Kirsty Budds was invited to participate in a round table discussion on representations of age and parenthood in the media.

The roundtable discussion formed part of a symposium entitled 'Postponing Childbirth, Extending Fertility? Biotechnologies and the transformations of reproductive life' at De Montford University, Leicester. The 2-day symposium brought together a number of researchers from varied disciplines, including nursing and midwifery, sociology, obstetrics and psychology, in order to discuss the causes and implications of the increasing trend towards later parenthood.

Kirsty's research findings on how the media portrays 'older mothers' - women who have their first babies over the age of 35 - can be found here:
Budds, K., Locke, A., & Burr, V. (2013). Risky Business: Constructing the 'choice' to 'delay' motherhood in the British press. Feminist Media Studies, 13, 132-147."