Due to economic factors and busy careers, more and more women are waiting to become pregnant until they are over the age of 35. While they may be more financially able to provide for the child at this more mature stage of their life, older mothers also face a number of risks that their younger [...]

A pregnancy after 40 has increased risk for both the mother and the baby. In fact, getting pregnant after the age of 35 does carry the increased chances of developing complications during the pregnancy and during the delivery. Being in good health before you become pregnant and obtaining prenatal care as early as possible is [...]

The average reproductive life span for a woman is approximately 30 years. Depending on when you first began menstruating, you have about 30 years of cycles in which your ovaries produce eggs that have a reasonable chance of fertilizing. We can’t necessarily change this fact but we can enhance the quality or essence of the [...]

“My biological clock is ticking” is a common expression. It indicates that a woman recognizes that she is getting older and that she can’t indefinitely postpone having children. Perhaps it is wisest, if possible, to use the years between 30 and 35 as at the time for completing the family instead of 35.
Couples marry later [...]

I previously ran a women’s support group and I recently spoke to women and couples struggling with infertility for my local infertility organization. Most women (and men) were in their late 30’s and 40’s and they all started nodding when I spoke about the “infertility profile”. Here are some factors we all seem to have [...]

In the past, people married right out of high school and college and had their children while they were still in their twenties. Now we know that many people are marrying at a later age and having children while they are in their thirties and forties.
Many of these parents are quick to point out the [...]

OK, I know you’ve heard it all before, the pregnancy statistics over 40 are dismal. As far as I’m concerned, statistics are for statisticians. What about the fact that the number of unintended pregnancies in women between 40 and 44 is second only to teenagers? Many women in their 40’s think their too old to [...]

Congratulations you’re expecting a baby! You’ve waited, prayed and are excited about your first baby. Whether you decide to tell the world or just secretly bask for a while in the wonder of future motherhood, here are a few pointers to prepare you in telling your big news.
First, decide whether you will have additional prenatal [...]

There’s not an expectant mother alive who hasn’t had some anxiety about her baby’s health. She wonders whether her baby will be born healthy. Thoughts that never entered her mind are now present.
Movies, books, television, the nosy woman in the hair salon tell birth horror stories that increase a pregnant woman’s anxiety. Combine all this [...]

All first time expectant and new moms whether they are 22 or 42 underestimate the emotional and physical challenges created by pregnancy and the actual raising of an infant just to age one.
Because we, older moms, have waited so long to give birth we are afraid or ashamed to admit many of our feelings, feelings [...]