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Late Pregnancy :

Is it scary if having a baby when you’re over 40? 

These days, more women are finding themselves in Robinson’s situation. The birth rate for women age 40-44 increased 4 percent in 2008 from 2007, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Contrast that to the birth rate for women below age 40, which went down as much as 3 percent from 2007 to 2008.

 Higher risk of any chromosomal disorder

1. At age 20: 1 in 526 births At age 30: 1 in 385 births At age 40: 1 in 66 births At age 45: 1 in 21 births
2. Women are born with all the  eggs they’ll ever have. As a woman ages, her eggs also age.

 ”All genetic abnormalities increase as the egg gets older,” says Fleischman.

“The eggs are stored in the ovaries, and there is a potential for change over time.” 

Pregnancy after 35
Many women now start a family when they are in their mid-30s or older. Today, 1 in 5 women in the United States has her first child after age 35. The good news is that most have healthy pregnancies and healthy babies. However, studies show that women in their mid-to-late 30s and 40s may face some special pregnancy risks.

Women should be aware of these risks so they can make informed decisions about their pregnancies, including when to become pregnant.      

The risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes, a study of 400,000 pregnancies in England suggests up to 2011.

If only the title of this blog were a true indication of how I am feeling about the latest developments in Matthew’s case and with psychotropic medication prescribing in general.

You may think you know everything there is to know about breasts, but they have a whole colorful history beyond pink ribbons and mammograms. Here, weird, and fascinating breast facts.

Unusual Lumps
Milk-filled breasts after pregnancy tend to have a texture that is uniformly bumpy, but these lumps are small. Unusual lumps, on the other hand, are most often pea-sized or larger, may be painful and can be found either near the surface of the breast or deep within the tissue. They may move or be stationary.

Sore nipples are an inevitable part of the breastfeeding experience. Initially, the areolae become sore from the constant sucking pressure;

Your breast milk, which provides antibodies and immunity for the baby, also protects your skin from infection. However, the constant skin trauma from frequent nursing (especially during those growth spurts!) may create small fissures, or cracks, which allow bacteria to invade. Once under the skin, they grow and grow, and eventually your body sends in white blood cells to fight off the infection.

Now that you are finally using your breasts for their other biological purpose, (ask any anthropologist: they exist to attract a mate) you need to be aware of the pitfalls of breastfeeding: The breast is a collection of milk sacs attached to ducts that empty at the nipple. Sometimes these ducts become blocked, and the milk backs up in the sacs, causing moderately painful lumps.

You have been told countless times, undoubtedly, that babies are messy eaters because they explore the environment with all of their senses. Also without a doubt, no one has ever told you how to clean him up afterward, particularly if he doesn’t want to be cleaned up. You can always gather him into a football hold, squalling and fighting, and just wipe the crusts and rinds away with a washcloth at the sink.

Forget childbirth, now comes the hard part: your first night home with a tiny, demanding creature you barely understand, with your body feeling like ifs just gone through a Bruce Willis ordeal. Your husband, a huge, demanding creature you barely understand, is paralyzed into utter uselessness. Your Percocet is wearing off and you’d like nothing better than to take a triple hit,(don’t) and this is the moment your baby chooses to start wailing.

HOW LONG IS A MOTHER IN BED AFTER GIVING BIRTH?

The period of recovery that follows giving birth is called the puerperium, and management of it has changed a great deal in recent years. The days when a new mother was treated like an invalid for weeks on end are long since gone.