Bit old to be having kids, the odds of the children having mental disabilities/defects etc, soar after your 30s.
Anyway, hope it all turns out fine. Good luck to her and her husband.
Also...why on earth did I have it in my mind that she was a lesbian? Did she play one in a film or something? Lmao.
https://pagesix.com/2022/10/05/hilary-swank-48-reveals-she-is-expecting-twins/
The likelihood of a woman having a child with disabilities goes up to about 1% if she is in her 40s. That’s it.
share1% ???
The risk of gestational diabetes increases. This type of diabetes occurs only during pregnancy. It's more common in older age.
People with gestational diabetes must maintain tight control of blood sugar through diet and physical activity. Sometimes medication is needed too. Left untreated, gestational diabetes can cause a baby to grow larger than average. Having a larger baby increases the risk of injuries during delivery.
Gestational diabetes also can increase the risk of premature birth, high blood pressure during pregnancy, and complications to your infant after delivery.
The risk of developing high blood pressure during pregnancy is higher. Research suggests high blood pressure that develops during pregnancy is more common in older age. Your health care provider will carefully monitor your blood pressure, along with your baby's growth and development.
If you develop high blood pressure during pregnancy, you'll need to see your health care provider more often. Also, you may need to deliver your baby before your due date to avoid complications.
There's a greater risk of premature birth and having a baby with a low birth weight. Premature babies often have complicated medical problems.
The chance of having a C-section goes up. After age 35, there's a higher risk of pregnancy-related complications that might lead to a C-section delivery.
The risk of chromosomal conditions is higher. Babies born to older mothers have a higher risk of certain chromosomal conditions, such as Down syndrome.
The risk of pregnancy loss is higher. The risk of miscarriage and stillbirth increases with age. This may be because of preexisting medical conditions or because of chromosomal conditions in the baby.
Spare us your numbers and percentages. They have little credibility since all sources are questionable nowadays. I for one, don't believe any "studies" or internet "fact checker" data since it can just conjured up from anywhere. Hey don't blame me, blame social media and fake news.
shareWomen aged 40 and older have a two in 1,000 chance of stillbirth at 39 to 40 weeks pregnant, which is double that of women less than 35 years old (one in 1,000).
The risk of a pregnancy ending in miscarriage for women aged 30 is 18%. That rises for women aged 35 to 22%. For women aged 40, this increases to 38% of pregnancies, and 70% for women aged 45.
The chance of having a baby with Down’s syndrome increases from less than one in 1,000 under age 30 to one in 400 for women who become pregnant at 35. The likelihood of Down’s syndrome continues to increase as a woman ages. So by age 42, the chance that a pregnant woman will have a baby with Down’s syndrome is one in 60. By age 49, the chance is one in 12.
In conclusion given her age, her kids have a 1/12 chance of having Down's Syndrome and she has a 70+% chance of a miscarriage?
shareTHATS ALL FAIRLY ACCURATE...THE DOWN SYNDROME PERCENTAGE IS A BIT HIGH...MY WIFE HAD MY DAUGHTER AT 45 AND THE DOCTORS HAD OUR CHANCES OF DOWN SYNDROM AT 1 IN 60...WE HAD WEEKLY CHECKUPS FOR THE DURATION OF THE PREGNANCY.
shareFrom your original post: "the odds of the children having mental disabilities/defects etc, soar after your 30s."
From your follow up:
The risk of gestational diabetes increases
Not a mental disability/defect of the child
The risk of developing high blood pressure during pregnancy is higher
Not a mental disability/defect of the child
The chance of having a C-section goes up
Not a mental disability/defect of the child
The risk of pregnancy loss is higher
Not a mental disability/defect of the child
Women aged 40 and older have a two in 1,000 chance of stillbirth
Not a mental disability/defect of the child
The risk of a pregnancy ending in miscarriage for women aged 30 is 18%
Not a mental disability/defect of the child
The only thing you cited that is relevant is Down's syndrome. Which does have a significantly higher chance of occurring at that late age. 1 in 30 by age 45 is extremely concerning.
Yeah, his sources were mostly about miscarriages and stuff which was nit the initial point the OP made.
shareProbably in vitro. Odds of defects and other complications don’t “soar” after age 30, but slowly tick up after age 34. That’s why many doctors give the amniocentesis test to moms over 35. Didn’t Adrienne Barbeau (from “Maude”) have a healthy baby in her mid 50s?
Anyway, happy for her and her husband. Kids are great, busy, but great. They have the money to hire nannies and au pairs to help with the busy part.
Adrienne Barbeau had twins. Swank's could have been natural or froze her eggs.
Such negativity from people. I'll join you in congratulating her.
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why on earth did I have it in my mind that she was a lesbian? Did she play one in a film or something?https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171804/ share
good luck to her. my niece had a baby at 38 and that was a considered high risk age. let's hope it works out for her.
shareDouble the down's...
shareBetter late than never I guess. As far as defects "soaring" after 30, that's a bit of an exaggeration. Yeah there's some chance, but "soaring", no. In my opinion, the worst thing about having a child this late in life isn't the chance of complications, but that you're going to be at retirement age when the child graduates high school. That's "grandparent" territory.
shareGood luck to her, my mom ex as 45, I was her last kid. My brothers were teens.
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