TNG s6e6 "True Q"
this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2023
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Right, Jack is the result of Picard and Beverly finally getting together after the events of Nemesis and Insurrection.
Now, that does make Beverly 55+ when she had him. But future medicine and all that I guess?
55 ain't what is used to be. Jeri Ryan is 55 now.
So, misplaced timeline aside, Beverly "to blave" Crusher is not to be taken at her word.
Its not about looks when you talk about having kids at older age. Its about genetic risk factors, increasing the risk the pregnancy goes wrong or your child will have issues.
It's not even about that.
Like 99% of women have hit menopause by 55, and the number of births for mothers over 50 with no medical intervention in the conception process is extremely low. So low that Wikipedia has an article detailing specific women it's happened to.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnancy_over_age_50
This wouldn't be a huge deal, except a major plot point is that it was an accidental pregnancy neither of them planned for. So it's not like she was getting any kind of fertility treatment.
While not impossible it just makes Jacks conception extremely unlikely
It's the future! waves hands mysteriously
The fact Q shows up at the end to meet Jack makes me wonder if he had anything to do with the "accident".
Teleporters, Warp speed, and phasers you have no issues with, but medical science advancing enough to extend the human period of fertility is unrealistic?
If she were trying to have children, sure then I can believe medical science could make that happen.
But menopause happens in part because the body runs out of viable eggs. The body doesn't produce more over a life; you are born with your supply.
Why would medical science have given her more eggs at some point?