Pregnancy after 35
May 31, 2008
For last 15 years number of women who gave birth for the first time in the age between 30 and 39 years increased more than twice. For the same period number of women over 40, giving birth for the first time, increased 50%. 10 years ago a woman’s biological clock began ringing discomposedly, when she was 30. Today the first ring sounds somewhere in 35 or even after 40. Because chromosomal abnormalities are the most common reason for miscarriage, the risk of miscarriage also increases with age. It has also been suggested that higher rates of stillbirth for women over 35 could also be attributable in some part to chromosomal abnormalities.
Overall, the risks faced in pregnancy after 35 for the women have been exaggerated. Most pregnancies for women in this age group are uneventful and have a good outcome. Many recent well-designed studies have shown that in healthy women, the absolute risks of delaying pregnancy are low, even though being over 35 is associated with an increased risk of certain pregnancy complications. This is partly because it’s not just your age that matters; your health before you conceive matters too. That’s good news, because it’s something you can control.
If a woman is about 40, and she is going to give birth for the first time, while first sings of some problem a doctor begins to work. He’s in rush to meddle. Unfortunately, you shouldn’t completely trust to previous researches of women of older genital age. If you’re almost, or over 40, you should strongly consider genetic testing because the risk of genetic problems increases significantly.
Somewhere women of this age either had many children, and everything was not ok with their health, or these were women, who had been trying to become pregnant for a long time - may be, last 15 years, but they had miscarriages. Another problem is that the odds of having a baby with a genetic defect increase, as you get older. Figures from the Office of National Statistics for 2005 show that the risk of having a baby with a genetic abnormality such as Down’s syndrome rises from 2 per 1,000 births at ages 35-39 years, to 4 per 1,000 at age 40-44 years up to 14 per 1,000 at age 45 years or over. Unfortunately, the biggest obstacle for women over the age of 35 may be getting pregnant.
A woman hits her peak fertility between the ages of 20 and 24. In women aged 35 to 39, fertility is at least one quarter less. The Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority’s Your guide to infertility states: “Figures suggest that 94 per cent of women aged 35 years and 77 per cent of women aged 38 years will conceive after three years of trying”. All-in-all, pregnancy after 35 is generally considered to be a risky task.
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