What are the disadvantages of giving birth at an advanced age for women?

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Older childbearing is bad for women's health

With the development of society and the awakening of people's consciousness, more and more women are entering the ranks of late marriage and late childbirth. However, the elderly childbearing will bring a series of adverse effects on women's health.

Pregnancy complications are easy to occur

The increase of age will reduce the success rate of female pregnancy and increase the risk of pregnancy complications. On the one hand, the quality of eggs drops sharply with the growth of age, making it more and more difficult to conceive, which may even lead to infertility. On the other hand, the risk of elderly pregnant women suffering from complications such as pregnancy induced hypertension, diabetes, placental insufficiency, etc. is also greatly increased.

For these pregnancy complications, women need to undergo more frequent prenatal examinations, regularly review blood pressure, blood sugar and other indicators, and even need to be hospitalized or undergo emergency cesarean section, thus bringing a certain burden to women's bodies.

In the modern society with advanced medical technology, the treatment and management of these complications can be better controlled, but women's bodies still need to experience more risks and difficulties.

Increased risk of genetic diseases during pregnancy

The egg quality of the elderly pregnant women declines, which is prone to genetic variation and increases the risk of genetic diseases during pregnancy. Specifically, it includes Down's syndrome, congenital heart disease, congenital intellectual deficiency, etc. These genetic diseases not only threaten the normal growth and development of the fetus, but also impose heavy psychological and physiological burdens on pregnant women.

In order to reduce the risk of fetal genetic diseases, older pregnant women often need prenatal diagnosis and screening, including non-invasive prenatal gene testing, amniocentesis, etc. Although these examinations and screening can provide opportunities for early screening and diagnosis, they also increase the mental pressure and physical burden of pregnant women.

Increased risk of difficult pregnancy and childbirth and low birth weight infants

The incidence of pregnancy problems may increase due to the poor intrauterine environment of elderly pregnant women. For example, intrauterine growth retardation, fetal distress, etc. These problems increase the risk of premature delivery and low birth weight infants.

Premature and low birth weight infants will face more health risks, including respiratory distress syndrome, neonatal infection, brain damage, etc. These adverse effects may have long-term effects on children's health.

Increase the probability of postpartum depression

Older childbearing women face more physical and psychological pressure, which increases the probability of postpartum depression. Women often face greater life changes and family pressure after giving birth at an advanced age. At the same time, due to the growth of age, the speed of recovering physical functions will also slow down.

Postpartum depression has a negative impact on women's physical and mental health and family harmony. Therefore, the elderly women who have given birth need to seek social and medical support in time and carry out reasonable psychological adjustment to reduce the possibility of postpartum depression.

summary

Older childbearing has many adverse effects on women's health, including increased pregnancy complications, increased risk of fetal genetic diseases, increased risk of difficulties in pregnancy and childbirth and low birth weight infants, and increased probability of postpartum depression. Therefore, women should rationally consider their own physical conditions and age factors when choosing to give birth, so as to ensure the health of themselves and the fetus.