Think of a life, and how magnificent it is to bring life into the world, but now think about life with complications, all because women are delaying pregnancies due to their own personal reasons, such as careers and money. According to the Journal of Clinical Nursing by Loke & Poon (2010)- both professionals in the medical field- state “[t]he growing proportion of first births to advanced age women is a public health concern,” and “…there are controversial views as whether advanced age pregnancy renders women more prone to pregnancy complications and adverse outcomes” (p. 1142). This statement provides credibility behind the fact that there are many risks developed during pregnancies in older women. Within the media today there are stories about pregnancies in the younger generation and the controversy in children raising children, but how detrimental is the case in which older women are bearing their first or maybe even their last child up into their pre-menopause stages and sometimes -but very rarely- into menopause stages. According to Bedwell (2006), who is a research midwife, “…[mothers], however healthy at the time of birth, are likely to subsequently face health problems by virtue of their age,” and this raises awareness to the fact that health risks should be examined and considered before conception in the older generation (p. 514). Not only will the health concerns affect advanced age mothers, most importantly, they will affect the unborn child with problems linked to physical and psychological risks, which will both be mentioned throughout the remaining of the essay.
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology provide evidence to its readers that there are physical health risks associated to advanced age pregnancies such a...
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...would they really have gone through with it? It is known that women are working their way up from minority to become well respected but this is costing themselves damage as well as their unborn child, if they postpone pregnancy because they are waiting until she has lived her life first.
It is no secret now that advanced age pregnancy is a detrimental concern, both physically and psychologically. If these concerns would be presented to advanced age women who are choosing to become pregnant, they may reconsider before they take that step. Women and children are diagnosed everyday with concerns and defects due to pregnancies gone wrong and because of a cause, which could have been prevented. This is one way that the mothers, both young and old, can raise awareness in preventing an increase of defects and concerns from occurring in possible advanced age pregnancies.
... rest of their life from the onset of puberty. There are also many complications a woman may face for both conceiving and giving birth to children in their fifties and even forties. The mother and the baby can both be harmed in the long run. Although there are women who may have lost their chances at having children in their younger ages, there are many children who are waiting to be adopted. There is no need for medical science to develop this possibility, as women are not in a society where conceiving children is the highest priority.
In my opinion it was very sad reading the stories of the older women who decided to become pregnant through IVF and ended up passing away when their child or children wasn 't even eighteen years old. It takes a lot to take care of a child and it would not be easy for anyone to take care of a child at the age of some of the women in the examples in the textbook. Children need someone who can run and play and properly take care of them and I do not think any normal elderly man or women would be able to do that. Again some could use the argument of the paradox of harm for these situations of elderly women having babies because they can not properly give them the attention they
...h at the idea of carrying a new life, as well as saving an older life-when aspects of her maternity give life.
At some point in a woman's life, she may think of the idea of having a child. Some young girls are taught at a young age that when she grows up, someday she can have a family of her own if she chooses. When I was a child, I remember my mother and other womanly influences telling me that when I'm older, I might have a family of my own; and in result of this, ever since I was little, I have planned out how many children I want to have, and my expectations of my family life. However, while many women see themselves having children someday, and understand the process of carrying a child, some women might be in the dark about the complications that can come along with pregnancy. Life can throw curve balls, and everything that may have been planned, and thought out clearly might not go as smoothly as expected. There are many complications that can occur from pregnancy for mom and baby. In fact, one of the most common complications to occur is Down syndrome. And while Down syndrome may be very common, many women are making the decision to abort their fetuses once they are aware of the disability.
Prenatal care is an essential aspect of a pregnancy in terms of child development. Depending on whether the mother received adequate prenatal care, there could be problems with the child 's development (Santrock, 2016). Prenatal care might differ depending on the era of pregnancy. For example, a 21st century 's mother might more access to information due to technology as opposed to a 16th or 17th century 's mother. Could this have played a role in the type of prenatal care each mother engaged in during her pregnancy period? Another reason could be a difference in cultural beliefs which might influence a mother 's prenatal behavior.
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How the provision of information in the antenatal period can positively affect health and life style choices in the pregnant woman and her family.
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Abortion, like any other medical procedure, carries some risks. When one considers, however, that “the risk of death associated with childbirth is about 10 times as high as that associated with abortion” (“Know the Facts”), the threat of abortion suddenly does not seem as perilous. Additionally, contrary to popular misconception, abortion does not contribute to future infertility or development of breast cancer. It is therefore safer and more prudent to have an abortion than an unwanted pregnancy.
The debate concerning abortion still exists and is causing a lot of controversy. One of the biggest is an issue concerning mother’s who are experiencing health compilations during p...
Pasquariello, P. S., Jr. (Ed.). (1999). Book of pregnancy and child care. New York City, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
A lot of pregnancies have led to maternal mortality and maternal morbidity. This area of concern is often situated with MFM subspecialists, in order to reduce the rate of maternal mortality and maternal morbidity (Haywood, B., 2012). The Society for Maternal-fetal Medicine also strives to improve maternal and child birth outcomes by standards of prevention, diagnosis and treatment through research, education and training. (Schubert, K. & Cavarocchi, N., 2012) In order for MFM subspecialists to help reduce the rate of maternal deaths, they must receive adequate training and education, including research, which is very essential for treatment. The main focus of the MFM subspecialist is early diagnosis of fetal abnormalities, pathogenesis, and early diagnosis and treatment of pre-eclampsia and fetal growth restriction. In ...
Poster, E. (1984). Human Responses to Child Bearing. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 6(3), 99. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.
One of the most common arguments is that aged parents are more likely to have a stable living and financial situation. The main reason is they want to educate their children with high class education. When parents are working in a well-established career, they can concentrate more on their children. In many cases, they have already committed to each other, and they could be cooperating to give proper guidance to their children. However, studies have shown that there are greater risks of health complications on mothers who wait longer to have children; it is possible to increase the chance of a delivering preterm or a low birth weight babies. For instance, after age 40, the rate of the physical complications is higher to carry an unborn baby, including diabetes and high blood pressure. Moreover, psychologists are worried about the possibility of another factor that could be ignored; the characteristic making bette...
This journal was useful for me because it gave me the background details on why women are opting for delayed motherhood by the age of 30 or 40. Accordingly, I was able to build up my points on how it will affect the health conditions of both baby and mother and also the risk of taking that challenge.