How would you feel being told you had a “high-risk” pregnancy?
What about “geriatric pregnancy,” or the tongue-twisting “elderly primagravida?”
But doctors will also note that an otherwise healthy mother should look forward to a healthy pregnancy.
Healthy women without underlying problems will sail through pregnancy."
And what else can these healthy, older moms sail right through?
Quite a lot, it would seem.
Your finances are in order
News flash!
And the benefits don’t stop there.
Maybe they should start calling “high-risk” pregnancies, “high-risk, but totally worth it.”
In fact, science says thatour brains may not fully mature until we hit our 30s.
If your folks are still in their 50s, they are probably still making the daily grind at work.
But if they are retired?
Older parents have a greater chance of their own parents having free time to watch their little tyke.
And don’t forget those harried first few weeks when you are home with a newborn.
It turns out that giving birth when you are older than 25 might just make you live longer.
I’m able to take time to appreciate just how rich my life really is."
It’s this attitude that possibly best sums up the advantages to embarking on parenthood at an older-but-wiser age.
And if you want to wait even longer?
