These days majority of the women tend to work to lead a comfortable life. Amidst coping with a career and personal life, there are an increasing number of women who prefer to wait to get pregnant.
But they are unaware of the biological complications that they may have to face for this ignorance. Women have a peak reproductive potential while they are in their twenties and it declines drastically after the age of 38. What causes the decline in egg quality is often due to a decrease in the energy supplied by the mitochondria. This means that eggs which were healthy at a younger age can not support fertilization and growth once they grow older.
Why should you plan early?
There is a decline in the production of eggs as one gets older Uterine IVF is less. More fibroid endometriosis. By 40 years, average women in India experience menopause. This is a specific milestone in every woman, when, she abruptly ceases to produce reproductive eggs. Most women have hyper tension and diabetes by 35 years. There could be other hormonal complications which may hinder pregnancy
What are the adverse affects of a late pregnancy?
Increased risk of chromosomal abnormalities in the child like Down’s Syndrome. More possibility of still birth. Increased risk of maternal mortality. Risk of miscarriage is high.
What to do?
One should ‘plan’ a pregnancy . Attend pre-pregnancy counselling which helps in removing a lot of your doubts. Go for regular general health check-ups. Plan pregnancy before 30 years of age, to prevent complications
Increased risk of miscarriage:
20 – 35 years 15%
35 – 40 years 18 – 20%
40 and above 25%
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