Should Fear of Childbirth in Upper Age 35?

For various reasons, eventually you get married at the age of 35 years. This makes you happy, because now you can start building a family. However, there are fears that no longer young age will affect the chances of becoming pregnant and giving birth to healthy babies. Are these fears reasonable?

Until 2000, one of every 12 babies born to mothers aged 35 years or more. That said Glade B. Curtis, MD, a member of the board of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, in her book, Pregnancy Above Age 30.

According to him, first births to women in the age of 30 years in 1990 totaled about a quarter of all births in women that age group. Every day in the United States, nearly 200 women aged 35 years or more gave birth to their first baby. Shift in the age of childbirth influenced many things, among others, the more extensive role of women in the public sector, the advance of medical technology, and shifting the age of marriage.

After age 30, a woman may experience decreased fertility due to reduction in the number of healthy egg production, decreased production of female hormones, accompanied by a decrease in the number of sperm pairs, decreased frequency of sexual intercourse, and physical conditions that are no longer optimal.

However, controlling pregnancy and routine medical examinations to cope with the possibilities of complications arising during pregnancy in over 30 years. It's good we are aware of risks faced and trying to minimize as recommended by your doctor.

"Currently, many health workers measure the risk of pregnancy by the health status of pregnant women, not of age. Pre-existing medical condition is an indicator of women's welfare and health of her baby. A healthy woman aged 39 years does not seem to be experiencing problems such as pregnancy than women 20-year-old who suffered from diabetes. The level of fitness of a woman have a great impact on her pregnancy, "said Glade.