Is there a right age for becoming pregnant
April 8, 2009
Older mothers worry that their age will adversely affect their pregnancy and younger mothers feel that they are too immature to handle the demands of mother hood. This pops up the question whether there is a recommended right age for pregnancy.
Recent studies indicate that there has been a steady increase in the percentage of women who deliver their first child after they cross forty. This statistics reveals that there has occurred a huge swing in favor of delayed mother hood.
However, being beyond thirty five raises many important concerns in the minds of pregnant women. It is at this stage that they often tend to worry whether their decision to start a family late has been a right one, after all.
It is true that there occurs a gradual decrease in their fertility chance as they cross the age of thirty. It might take you a bit longer to conceive, when compared to a woman who is in her twenties.
Sub-fertility is a likely problem that you will have to encounter. Studies indicate that about twenty per cent of women between the age group of thirty five and thirty nine are infertile. So, a greater number of pregnant women who have crossed their thirty five year mark are likely to have undergone fertility treatments.
It is important to ensure that women who become pregnant in their late thirties remain well nourished through out the pregnancy months. An unfortunate fact is that being older makes you more prone to ailments such as diabetes, blood pressure fluctuations and some other chronic diseases that can affect your delivery.
Some of the effects of age on childbirth include complications such as gestational diabetes, low lying placenta and premature birth.
Even a healthily pregnant woman who is in her advanced thirties is likely to undergo a series of antenatal tests and more ultrasound scans than a younger mother.
However, psychologically an older mother is much ahead than her younger counterparts. Mature women are likely to have more positive perceptions of their bodies. They are found to tolerate the trauma of pregnancy and labor in a more mature manner.
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