I signed up for a new community on LJ today: OlderMoms. Like many others, there's an approval process involved during which they asked me some questions and I had a chance to ask some in return. Something was said that I thought was a tactlessly poorly phrased statement, so I confirmed it, and lo and behold, it's not a group for older moms... it's a group of older biological mothers only thank you very much but you're not welcome here. I can not say I've ever, ever unsubbed from a group as quickly as that.

From their info page, which I missed the first time around, and italics mine:

While I've had numerous requests from those currently in the "trying to conceive" stage or the "we're adopting/we've adopted a child" stage unfortunately at this time, this community is not right for you. I agree wholeheartedly that those and other stages of a woman's life are important, they're just not what THIS particular community is about. From a random search on TTC, adoption, babies, newborns, etc, I have seen hundreds listed for those interested in joining other sites geared towards those specific situations.

If you are interested in joining, you will notice that there is an approval process in place. The requirements for admission are pretty basic but one requirement I DO enforce is; a mother MUST have been PHYSICALLY pregnant and had a child AFTER turning 35 years old.