The producer and director of this documentary talks about her aim in making the film, and how she felt about the women she met.
'Initially, I didn't know how I felt about Elizabeth personally, but I was fascinated by the public and media furore and didn't fully understand why so many were so utterly outraged and sickened by it,' says Amanda.
'My aim was to explore the morality and ethics of elderly motherhood, to get beyond the kneejerk reaction of the media, to meet the women who've pushed against the boundaries set by nature and society to have children in old age.
'Who were these women and who were the children. How did they fare? What drives these women to have babies when they could be collecting their pensions? And why do they so disgust us, when men of a similar vintage are getting a firm pat on the back for their lasting virility?
'This myriad of questions is explored through each of the women in the film. Often they don't have a straightforward answer, but I couldn't help wondering if there was something sexist and ageist converging around these women's bodies and their choices. Or was the outcry justified on behalf of the children?
'It seemed to me a hugely interesting moral journey to go on, as technology has made it possible to 'cheat nature' and give post-menopausal women babies, does that necessarily make it right? And what can the conclusion be - that these children should never be born?
'Ultimately, my feelings and empathy for the women oscillated constantly during the filming and it was hard to ever draw black and white conclusions.'
