When the pregnancy goes beyond 35
Spending more time alone with the couple to settle or to travel economically, for example, performed professionally and many other reasons cause more women today are mothers in that age range, at one time belonged to the “mothers years.”
The term mother, who applied to women over 35 years, has fallen into disuse, because on the one hand, it is increasingly common for women to postpone motherhood and, secondly, because in vitro fertilization ovodonation today and are very common and can resolve problems that once seemed insurmountable. However, we must not ignore that, after 35 years with the aging of the egg, it becomes increasingly difficult to get pregnant and also increase the likelihood of occurrence of spontaneous abortions and births of children with Down syndrome.
So if a woman decides to become a mother after 35 years should, first performed a general check up and implement the necessary precautions to minimize risk and carry a healthy pregnancy: for example, stopping smoking, if it ago, lose, or gain weight, if needed, begin a fitness routine-if it has not yet started, control blood pressure and tendency to diabetes, stop drinking and supplement their diet with folic acid and with all the supplements as directed by the obstetrician.
If pregnancy is not achieved naturally and is used assisted fertilization, we study the couple and ova and embryos prior to the procedure “and this is because it is scientifically proved that the possibility of conceiving a baby with birth defects, especially Down syndrome, is accentuated with age: if a 25 year old woman has 1 chance in 1250 of having a baby with abnormalities chromosome as Down Syndrome, that probability rises to 1 in 400 to 35 and 1 in 100 at 40.
That’s why after 35 years indicate amniotic fluid analysis to determine if the embryo has any chromosomal abnormalities. Genetic counseling and ultrasound are studies that give more information on baby health and the proper progression of pregnancy.
In addition, another set of diseases that occur more commonly in mothers over 35 years, such as hypertension, which can be caused by pregnancy and is called preeclampsia – and gestational diabetes, pregnancy-product also . The more complicated deliveries, which often derive from or are scheduled as caesarean sections, and even premature babies with low birth weight are also more common in mothers than 35 than in those who are in the range of 20 to 30
But motherhood after 35 is possible and is a very special experience, because the baby is mature and experienced parents in many ways. With proper controls and care, a pregnancy at this stage may take quite normally.