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Originally posted by carnation
Well, there's that, but I gave birth 5 times after I was 35. Three of those were after 40. Most of the women I know who had late-in-life babies had had babies earlier too...there's something about conceiving for the first time after 30 or so that seems to be harder.
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So, since I am probably gonna be having a first-time pregnancy after 35 (if ever
), then I have been doing some of my own investigation in the subject.
Most women after age ~35 who have NEVER been pregnant often get "anovulation"--they stop properly ovulating and then don't ovulate at all--oh, they do get menses--hella menses, but they do not release eggs. I don't think they really know why that happens...
For some reason, women that had those eggs cranking and fertilized a peak ages seem to be "saved" from that issue--not 100%--but plenty enough of them... I don't know why that is, either...
Oh, they'll solve prostate cancer before they figure out fertility issues on women...
The other thing is some women, myself included, start to have other health issues putting them in a high-risk pregnancy situation. If I already have benign high blood pressure, and I get pregnant, the pre-clampsia could straight out kill me, period. And most women, if not all, get increased blood pressure during pregnancy, if not gestational diabetes... Think what'll it be like for an older woman having health problems...
And for some reason, like you and your friends having babies later in life, your body remembers what it was like and has the energy to withstand the pregnancy. Whereas, if it was your first go round at 40-something, think of the Rh-factor and antibodies that would do wonders to that poor placenta, much less the embryo...
That's why the medical establishment needs to come clean about women's fertility issues and provide some level of alternatives, including those that aren't extremely bankrupting...