Many doctors warn women from late pregnancy, because it is unknown how the late pregnancy affects the health of the baby and mother?
Your late pregnancy, all pluses
Most often the late pregnancy is desirable, a woman aged 30 to 40 years has acquired the necessary life experience, psychologically ready for the birth of her first child or second child. At this age, the woman develops a family life, career growth is achieved, and the woman's marital status allows one to think about its replenishment. In addition, a child so long-awaited and desired, he will be surrounded more by caress and care.
If a woman before pregnancy was healthy and led a healthy lifestyle, and now is pregnant with her first-born, then you can not worry about her health, and the health of the future child. It is necessary to comply with all the recommendations of a doctor, use vitamin complexes, undergo the necessary examinations, the child will be healthy.
It is believed that with late pregnancy, genetic diseases such as Down's syndrome may appear, and a late pregnancy will affect the baby. Now doctors are pregnant, who are over 35 years old recommend to undergo mandatory examination, for the presence of these abnormalities. In turn, it will allow to diagnose various disorders, even in the early stages of pregnancy. Thanks to modern medicine, now it's less risky to give birth after 30 to 40 years than it was twenty years ago.
Late pregnancy will lead to a second youth: there comes a later menopause, there is a desire to be in shape and watch yourself so that others do not perceive a woman with a stroller as a grandmother, but as the mother of a baby.
Late pregnancy, cons
To the great regret of cons, at a late pregnancy much more.
First, after 40 years, the health of women leaves much to be desired: the general aging of the body, ecology, malnutrition, the emergence of bad habits (sedentary lifestyle, smoking), chronic diseases, all this affects how the fetus will develop.
Secondly, now and 20 years ago, the best time to conceive a child, and then to give birth to it, is the age from 18 to 28 years. After this time, the ability to conceive can significantly decrease. After 35 years in a woman's body, calcium is washed out of the bones, this can affect the development of the skeleton of the child. But the woman herself suffers from this, because when there is a lack of calcium in the body, this entails problems with joints, tooth decay, the appearance of rheumatism.
Thirdly, those chronic diseases that were present in a woman with late pregnancy are exacerbated. If the blood pressure increases regularly, it can lead to gestosis, ischemic heart disease progresses, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, anemia often occurs, toxicosis is more difficult to tolerate, and the risk of premature termination of pregnancy.
Fourthly, during labor, problems can begin, accompanied by breaks and traumas, and most often births are lengthy. During late delivery, fetal hypoxia and weakness of labor can be observed, so in most cases, late pregnancy ends with caesarean section.
Fifthly, the postpartum period is complicated, as chronic diseases worsen and new ones appear. As a result, it turns out that a woman after giving birth acquires a new bouquet of diseases, and all this can affect lactation.
Risk of late pregnancy
There are risks of late pregnancy:
1. With age, the risk of not bearing pregnancy increases several fold and amounts to 33%, from 40 to 45 years.
2. Placental problems: premature detachment of the placenta and so on.
3. Multiple pregnancy: most often after 35 years, twins are born.
4. Complications during the course of the entire pregnancy and childbirth.
5. Premature birth.
6. The fetus has a risk of genetic abnormalities. For example, Down syndrome occurs once in three hundred and thirty-five conceptions, in women at 35 years of age. And already in 48 years one case of fifteen conceptions.
Despite all the risks of late pregnancy, it is not a rare occurrence. You met and know how to save and give birth to a healthy child with late pregnancy. And if you, despite all the cautions, still decided to have a child after 35 years of age, follow all the doctor's recommendations, monitor your health and be ready during pregnancy, to strict medical control.