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As China prepares to carry out the universal second-child policy, some excited mothers in their 40s want to give it a try but are encountering objections from their adult child.

A 45-year-old woman in East China's Jiangsu province wanted to have a second child because she fears that her adult son, who is in his 20s, feels lonely, even though her grandchild is on the way, Yangtze Evening News reported.

Both her son and daughter-in-law objected to the idea when informed of the woman's desire. The daughter-in-law, surnamed Wang, who is pregnant, was shocked and thought she heard it wrong at first.

"Who will take care of the second baby and what will I and my husband call him?" asked Wang, adding that she is willing to deliver a second baby after the first is born rather than let her mother-in-law do so.

About 90 million additional women will be allowed to have a second child after the second-child policy is enacted; half of them are ages 40 to 49, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

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