How does the elderly childbearing affect the health of parents?
With the development of society and the improvement of economic conditions, more and more couples choose to postpone childbearing, which makes the phenomenon of elderly childbearing gradually increase. However, the elderly childbearing not only has risks to the health of infants, but also has an impact on the personal health of parents. This article will elaborate on the impact of elderly childbearing on parents' personal health from four aspects: physical health, mental health, physical consumption and recovery.
1、 Physiological health effects
1. Pregnancy complications: Older women have a greater risk of pregnancy than younger women. A series of pregnancy complications, such as diabetes, pregnancy induced hypertension and pre eclampsia, are more likely to occur in older pregnant women. These complications threaten the health of pregnant women.
2. Increased difficulty in delivery: The elderly pregnant women have poor uterine muscle elasticity, weakened placental function, and are more difficult to deliver than young pregnant women. Older women are more likely to have complications such as dystocia and caesarean section, which will cause greater harm to the mother.
3. Postpartum recovery is slow: due to the older age, the body recovery of older women is relatively slow. Postpartum lochia is not discharged smoothly, insufficient milk secretion and other problems are common, which affect the recovery of the mother's own physiological function.
2、 Mental health impact
1. Anxiety and anxiety: Couples who have given birth at an advanced age often worry about the health risks of their children. This anxiety is easily transformed into the anxiety and anxiety of pregnant women themselves, which has a certain impact on mental health.
2. Concern about abnormalities of infants: couples who have given birth at an advanced age undergo various prenatal examinations during pregnancy, such as amniocentesis, Down's syndrome screening, etc. These prenatal screening results may cause both spouses to worry and fear about the health problems of their babies.
3. Increased educational pressure: couples who have given birth at an advanced age may face higher educational pressure during the growth of their children, including problems such as adapting to school learning, getting along with peers, etc., which will cause a certain psychological burden to both spouses.
3、 Impact of physical exertion
1. Increased energy demand during pregnancy: The metabolic rate of older pregnant women decreases due to their older age, but the demand for nutrition of pregnant women does not decrease, resulting in greater physical consumption of older pregnant women.
2. Difficulty in postpartum recovery: The uterus muscle of the elderly parturient is loose and bone density is reduced, so it is difficult to recover after childbirth. If proper exercise and recovery are not carried out in time, it is easy to lead to a decline in physical function, and physical consumption affects the normal work and life of pregnant women.
3. More effort to care for children: Compared with young mothers, older mothers are more likely to feel tired when taking care of their children, and their children's needs consume more physical strength, which adds additional burden to mothers.
4、 Impact of rehabilitation
1. Prolonged recovery time: some studies have shown that the postpartum recovery time of elderly mothers is relatively long. Affected by age and physiological factors, the elderly mothers need more time and attention during the recovery period.
2. More medical intervention is needed: Compared with young mothers, older mothers need more medical intervention during the recovery period, such as the treatment of psychological problems such as postpartum depression, which increases the consumption of medical resources.
3. Decreased recovery of physical function: Due to the older age, the recovery of physical function of elderly mothers is slow during the recovery period, which may lead to the decline of some physiological functions and further affect the quality of their daily life.
Summary
The elderly childbearing has a significant impact on the personal health of parents. From the four aspects of physical health, mental health, physical consumption and recovery, the elderly childbearing has brought many adverse factors. Therefore, both husband and wife should fully consider their own physical conditions and age factors, as well as possible physical health problems, and make the right choice when making fertility decisions.
