Having children is what every mother and father or couple are looking for as a gift in life; so it may take time to plan on it for long while the number of age keeps stepping and eventually changed to start with number “3” like 35 or even 40. The older the more risk to a baby with many bad effects such as Down’s syndrome for that reason older woman should consider dangerous latent symptoms to make her pregnancy secure and healthy effectively.
How age of a mother affects a baby?
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- Older age of the mother has a significant impact on the ovulation process. The older the lower numbers of egg and ovulation efficiency.
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- Regarding older age, egg stimulation may not provide a quick success as a response of the ovary to medicine is slow compares to younger mothers.
- older age causes the ovary degeneration. Therefore, egg quality will also be lowered. As a result, the embryo will not be healthy or in good condition.
What are the pregnancy risks of the old woman?
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- The risk for chromosomal abnormalities or syndrome. According to research, 60 percent of mothers aged over 35 causes the fetus risk of Downs Syndrome.
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- Risk for miscarriage
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- The risk for Placenta Previa or a condition where the placenta is embedded and located near the cervix.
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- The risk for diabetes and high blood pressure during pregnancy
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- The risk for Preterm Labor and Low Birth Weight.
- The risk of fetal death
The solution to lower a chance of Downs Syndrome in your baby by “IVF”
According to research, most of pregnant women aged 35 or older have their baby risked for the Downs Syndrome due to deterioration of fertilized cell and egg caused regarding older age.
According to medical technology evolution at present, the risk can be lowered using IVF, technology developed to help to select good quality sperm and eggs for fertilization. Therefore, there is a high possibility for the baby to be healthy and free from a genetic disorder such as leukemia or Intellectual disability.
“Egg Freezing” for older mother pregnancy in the future
For those who have no plan of pregnancy or having a baby, an specialized obstetrician and Gynecologist at Phyathai Nawamin Hospital , Dr.Chanin Asvadhares added that there is a way to prepare their pregnancy in the future called “egg freezing ” a process that used to collect the egg in order to keep it for use in the future
Procedure is done by making a way to stimulate eggs for more numbers of them; after more egg increased later they will be kept in a freeze. However, if a lady is ready to have a baby that time a next process called IVF will begin. From this, we can see that the numbers of the frozen eggs collected when you are younger are much more than age around 35 or 36.
Although, this method can help increase the number of eggs there are some hassles such as weakness of eggs and embryo that is because as soon as they are dissolved in water or used, quality of eggs will be lower. However, today new medical technology is provided to improve almost 50 percent of their quality.
The older you get the lower quality of pregnancy thus couple aged over 35 who desire to have a baby should consult a specialized doctor for a proper solution to prevent a mother from the pregnancy risk in the future.
More Information contact
AGSC Center, Phyathai Nawamin Hospital
Tel. +662-944-7111 ext. 2201
