How old is too old to have a baby ?

Question

I need help for my project.

Answer 1

Many people say the magic number is 40, however recent studies show that the quality of a woman's eggs starts going downhill at 25. I know women in their mid to late 40's that have had successful pregnancies and smart/healthy children and young mothers who have delivered babies with physical and mental problems, so really it's anyone's guess.

Answer 2

HAVING A BABY AFTER AGE 35
If you have delayed pregnancy for any reason and are 35 or over, you may wonder if it is safe for older women to get pregnant. Statistically, women over 35 have slightly increased chance of having medical complications during pregnancy—then, again, so do teenagers. Research has shown that older mothers are more likely to miscarry, develop high blood pressure and gestational diabetes (gestational glucose intolerance), and have difficult deliveries.

But don't worry. Newer research shows that older mothers are more physically fit than they were a decade or two ago. While the negative statistics you hear may have been true for your mother, they certainly are not valid today! In fact, in the past twenty years, the number of women over age 35 who have given birth has more than doubled.

Many older women successfully give birth to healthy babies and also have maturity to raise children. Older mothers usually make wiser choices in self- care, ask more insightful questions during doctor-interviews, and assemble a strong birth team because of "doing their homework."

The bottom line? With today's advances in obstetrical care, women over 35 should no longer be frightened of having first babies. The risk decreases even more when women over 35 have second babies. If you are contemplating having a baby, don't let maternal age stand in your way

Answer 3

Depends on the individual woman. Just like how young is too young? I know some 20 year olds that shouldn't have a puppy in the home, and then I've know some 18 year old moms, that I'd trust with the Presidents kid!

Answer 4

I was almost 43 when I had my son, who
is now 7; he is beautiful and perfect; not
even an itsy bitsy birthmark. Just perfect.
They told me I was so high-risk that there
was a one-in-38 chance of a genetic
defect. They said for every additional year that goes by, I should subtract two from the "38". Yips.
I had the genetic testing you get when you are at risk, but it was fine. I feel very
happy and very blessed to have him, his
name is Frankie.

Answer 5

Thats a personal opinion on one hand and a medical one on the other. For me, 35 is the limit. But technically, you can have them until your body wont produce eggs anymore.I just think its unfair to a child to have them too late in life, because i was born when my mom was 32, its not old by any means, but i wish id been born when she was 20 then id have even more time!

Answer 6

Well let's see, in the stonage when I grew up parents had kids until they were to old to ride Dino to work or school. I think the woman who invented the wheel had her last one when she was like 185. LOL, I am not sure I would say 39 would be pushing it because most women 39 and over are way over the hill. Glad my wife ain't seeing this one.

Answer 7

I had my last child right before I turned 40. I've never felt younger, except maybe when I was six. I felt pretty young then.

It's not about how old is too old to have a baby. It's about how stupid is too stupid to have a baby.

Answer 8

I say as soon as the forest down under turns white. A baby does not need to come into the world through cobwebs.

Answer 9

22-28

Answer 10

I think that any time a woman is attempting to get pregnant after she's entered menopause and stopped her menses. That's a woman's body's way of saying it's time for child bearing is over.