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Published on Dec 11, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Geriatric Parenting is defined as one where the mother is 35 years old or older. A generation ago and beforehand, the question of geriatric pregnancy was much less prevalent than it is today, partly because the less availability of contraception.
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Geriatric Pregnancies are more likely to be problematic then pregnancies where the mother is 34 or younger, due to the age of the mothers eggs.
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POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS
- Miscarriages
- Chromosomal abnormalties
- Diabetes
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Pre-mature birth
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When having a child at a older age you have a higher risk of chromosomal abnormalities in the child and a higher risk of conditions such as down syndrome. Sadly at the age of 40 statistics shows 1 in 100 children will be born with the condition.
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In a BBC news article, gynecologist Dr. Peter Bowen Simpkins encouraged women to have babies before the age of 35 and certainly before the age of 40, if possible. Doing so relieves the pressure of declined fertility and the need to under go fetal abnormality tests.
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WORKS CITED
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