The topic of today's article is what is health
risks associated with having pregnancy at increased age by women? Although
technology has advanced and there are solutions available to manage these risks. But it is always better to
have pregnancy at right age to avoid these associated health risks of having
pregnancy in increased age. Also if treatment options for these health risks has increased,
so is cost of treatment; example is IVF
treatment which is very costly.
So, coming
back to topic of article of today, what are health risks which are associated
with having pregnancy at increased age by women? The various health risks which
are associated with having pregnancy at increased age by women are-
1. Difficulty in having pregnancy by women is one of the very common problem faced at increased age by women. The reason for this fact is that with increasing age fertility of eggs of ovaries and also count of fertile eggs decreases, so, do chances of pregnancy.
2. Complications associated with pregnancy- not only increases in number but also their severity becomes worse when a women have pregnancy at increased age; which go intolerable and also difficult to manage as complications sometimes cross the limit and can pose danger to life of both mother and their foetus(baby).
3. Risk of abnormal pregnancy- increases with increased age of women. Chances of having abnormal pregnancy for example ectopian pregnancy increases manifold in increased age.
4. Chances of abortion increases when having pregnancy at increased age by women which are comparatively less if a women is having pregnancy at right age. Chances of having cesarean section, operative deliveries also increases when having pregnancy at increased age of women.
5. Chances of having babies with chromosomal disorders increases manifold- Chances of having abnormal babies born increases manifold; if a women is having pregnancy in increased age, especially after age of 40 years. Health also decline with increased age and so are chances of suffering from medical diseases also increases and having pregnancy with abnormal health always poses great health risk.