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11/12/2013
The study found that women who delay having children could face problems in their early 30s. It is understood the risk of problems, such as premature and stillbirth, increases by as much as 20% for women aged between 30 and 34 compared to women in their late 20s.
Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and the University of Bergen looked at data from around one million first-time mothers in Sweden and Norway for the study, and they compared the results of pregnancy in first-time mums over the age of 30 with those aged 25 to 29.
The results, which have been published in the scientific journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, found that women in their early thirties were 20% more likely to be at risk of giving birth very prematurely or having a stillbirth. There was also a higher risk that the unborn baby's growth would be restricted and that the baby would die. Previously, first-time mothers in this age group were not viewed as being at risk.
Professor Ulla Waldenström, who led the study, commented: "To our surprise we found an absolute increase in risk for negative effects on pregnancy outcomes in the age group 30-34. These are independent of the effects of smoking and being overweight, which, when combined, lead to an even greater risk.
"For women individually, the risk is small, but for society at large there will be a significant number of 'unnecessary' complications with so many women having children just after 30.
"It would therefore be advisable to inform both women and men, even at schools, of how important age is to child birth.
"Biologically the best time is probably 20 to 30."
Professor Waldenström added that many women wanted more than one child, which meant the age of the first was important.
(JP/IT)
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Women Warned Over Delaying Motherhood
New research has suggested that women who delay starting a family enter a "risk zone" of problems much earlier than was previously thought.The study found that women who delay having children could face problems in their early 30s. It is understood the risk of problems, such as premature and stillbirth, increases by as much as 20% for women aged between 30 and 34 compared to women in their late 20s.
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The results, which have been published in the scientific journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, found that women in their early thirties were 20% more likely to be at risk of giving birth very prematurely or having a stillbirth. There was also a higher risk that the unborn baby's growth would be restricted and that the baby would die. Previously, first-time mothers in this age group were not viewed as being at risk.
Professor Ulla Waldenström, who led the study, commented: "To our surprise we found an absolute increase in risk for negative effects on pregnancy outcomes in the age group 30-34. These are independent of the effects of smoking and being overweight, which, when combined, lead to an even greater risk.
"For women individually, the risk is small, but for society at large there will be a significant number of 'unnecessary' complications with so many women having children just after 30.
"It would therefore be advisable to inform both women and men, even at schools, of how important age is to child birth.
"Biologically the best time is probably 20 to 30."
Professor Waldenström added that many women wanted more than one child, which meant the age of the first was important.
(JP/IT)
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