To give birth after 45 dangerous

Very few women over 45 unable to conceive a child. Israeli scientists utverdzhayut that in case of late delivery is at risk not only the health of mothers but also of the future baby.

After giving birth to such a late age, women are three times more young at risk of diabetes, as well as becoming a victim of chronic hypertension during pregnancy. This is stated in a report published in the journal American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Women aged observe a large number of premature late childbirth and placenta previa (pathology, in which the placenta is in the lower uterus for any wall, partially or completely blocking the birth canal).

"A more advanced age by itself is not such good health, as a young man, and this in turn increases the risk of pregnancy" - explains Dr. Maximilian Franz of the Medical University of Vienna, who was not involved in the study. Alas, today more and more women delay childbearing, causing experts to wonder what consequences this entails for the mother or child. Most of the research on the " starorodyaschaya "Focuses on women from 35, but almost nobody is studying those older than 45.

Dr. Yariv Yogev and his colleagues from the University of Tel Aviv doing just that. They are closely watched starorodyaschaya women between 2000 and 2008. The study involved more than 80,000 pregnant women, but only 117 of them were older than 45 years. This is about 0, 2%.

Most of these mothers were able to conceive using donor egg, and 80% gave birth by Caesarean section. This is more than twice the traditional indicators in younger women in childbirth.

Pregnancy and Gynecology

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