what are the risks for a woman having a baby over 40? What test should she be taking ?

Question

what are the odds of not having a healthy baby? and are their vitimins or medications the mother should be taking? and what is the name of the test older woman should take when pregant? I'm 44,what are the diadvantages of a single middle aged mother to be? When is it to late to have an abortion?

Answer 1

webmd.com

Answer 2

What is the risk of birth defects in babies of women over 35?
The risk of bearing a child with certain chromosomal disorders increases as a woman ages. The most common of these disorders is Down syndrome, a combination of mental retardation and physical abnormalities caused by the presence of an extra chromosome 21 (humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes). At age 25, a woman has about a 1-in-1,250 chance of having a baby with Down syndrome; at age 30, a 1-in-1,000 chance; at age 35, a 1-in-400 chance; at age 40, a 1-in-100 chance; and at 45, a 1-in-30 chance.
Besides the increased risk of diabetes and high blood pressure, women over 35 have an increased risk of placental problems. The most common placental problem is placenta previa, in which the placenta covers part or all of the opening of the cervix. The University of California at Davis study found that first-time mothers over age 40 were up to 8 times as likely as women in their 20s to have this complication. Placenta previa can cause severe bleeding during delivery, which can endanger mother and baby, but complications often can be prevented with a cesarean delivery.
Some studies suggest that women having their first baby at age 35 or older are at increased risk of having a baby who is low birthweight (less than 51/2 pounds) or premature (born at less than 37 full weeks of pregnancy). A 2002 Canadian study found that women over age 35 were 20 to 40 percent more likely than younger women to have a low birthweight baby, and 20 percent more likely to have a premature delivery. These risks appear to rise modestly but progressively with a woman’s age, even if she does not have age-related chronic health problems such as diabetes and high blood pressure.

Maternal Age Down syndrome Any abnormality
15 to 24 years 1/1300
1/500

25 to 29 years 1/1100 1/385
35 years 1/350 1/178
40 years 1/100 1/63
45 years 1/25 1/18

Answer 3

wow! lots of questions.... Women over forty have a higher incidence of having a down syndrome child or a child with other birth defects. Majority of doctors will encourage you to have an alpha-fetal-protein test as well and an aminocentesis to test of possible downs and other birth defects. I am sure there are several disadvantages (and possible advantages) to being a single mom at any age. Abortion.... depends on state you live in. Many states will only perforn abortions during the 1st trimester. Some will go as late as 20 weeks.

Answer 4

chante
im 42 and have a 3yr old.
i will be 44 when i plan to have my second.

Start now with the BEST vitamins and nutrion you can put in your body. It is much harder to heal at this age. NO joke.

Contact me direct at magictxmom@yahoo We can talk.

Best wishes -