The Ideal Age to Have Children
What's the ideal age to start having children? IS there an ideal age? The inquiring minds at Gallup posed the question by telephone survey this past August to 5,100 people representing the full spectrum of American society.
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Cancer During Pregnancy
Research is lacking, so there is very little proven fact to guide patients and doctors down the proper treatment path. We do know, however, that a woman who is diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy can carry the fetus to term and deliver a healthy infant.
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12 Tips for Pregnancy in Your 40s
Pregnancy in your 40s can be a challenge.
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Pregnancy Guide For Women 35 and Older
Women over 35 may have more pregnancy complications.
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Infertility and Egg Donation
Egg donation, also referred to as oocyte donation, is one such option.
It has proven to be an effective fertility method for couples who have
longed for a baby, but have been unable to have one on their own.
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How Age Impacts a Woman's Fertility
As you get older, you may have trouble getting pregnant.
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Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by a duplication chromosome.
Patients with Down syndrome have two copies of chromosome 21 so they are
born with 47 chromosomes as opposed to the normal 46.
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Risk Factors Revealed for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
According to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, there are
several factors that may increase the risk of having children with a
genetic predisposition to the cancer.
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How Do So Many Celebrities Conceive After 40?
There are all kinds of people in Hollywood, but there is one common thread that keeps many of these stars connected – late in life pregnancies and parenthood.
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Testing Inhibin B and Ovarian Reserve
Measuring Inhibin B and ovarian reserve in order to determine if the ovarian reserve is decreased.
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Abruptio Placentae (Placental Abruption)
An abruptio placentae (i.e. placental abruption) is the separation of the
normally located placenta before the baby is born and after the 20th
week of the pregnancy.
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Clomiphene Challenge Test (CCT)
Who should get tested using the Clomiphene Challenge Test (CCT)?
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Venous Thromboembolism
Venous thromboembolism is a serious disorder that is the result of blood
clots that form on the walls of veins. For pregnant women, VT is the
number one risk of death during delivery of the baby.
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Halle Berry, Pregnant at 46
When Halle Berry met Canadian model Gabriel Aubry she had no idea
the next eight years would consist of the best times and the worst
times. During her five year relationship with Aubry, Berry gave birth
to her first child, Nahla.
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Parents' Ages Influence Children's Risk of Autism
A new study “like no other” indicates parental age as an influence on the child’s risk. This study shows “for the first time that autism risk is associated with disparately aged parents..."
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Is Six the Lucky Number for IVF Success?
A study conducted at Harvard Medical School reveals the odds actually
improve as cycles are repeated. By the sixth cycle, most women have the
same odds of giving birth to a live baby as a woman of the same age with
no fertility problems.
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Conception After 40: Choose IVF First
The latest study on infertility and older women suggests the most effective approach to fertility treatment when the cause of infertility is unknown is to choose IVF first.
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Factors Affecting Pregnancy in Later Years
Before actively trying to conceive, a woman may want to consider the
factors that affect pregnancy after age 35 and the steps she can take
before and after pregnancy that will ensure the best outcome.
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Older First-Time Moms Not at Higher Risk of Depression
Researchers at Macquarie University have found no connection between
maternal age and risk of depression. The study expressly focused on
older women.
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Egg Freezing for Fertility Preservation
Egg freezing is a method of fertility preservation for women. Cancer, age and family history of premature menopause are the most common reasons women choose to freeze eggs.
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Preeclampsia: Short-Term and Long-Term Effects
Not only do women have to worry about preeclampsia during pregnancy, the effects of increased blood pressure during pregnancy may last for years.
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Coping with Fertility Postponement
Women are choosing to put off motherhood until later in life, typically
the mid to late 30s. Researchers from Italy recently examined the coping
styles and issues these young women deal with when they postpone
fertility.
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Age and Female Fertility: New Discoveries
General medical knowledge for the past 50 years has maintained that a woman's fertility drastically declines after age 35. This has caused many women in their late 30's and early 40's to go running to a fertility doctor at the first sign of difficulty conceiving.
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Pregnancy Outcomes and Deliveries Following Myomectomy
Researchers from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the
University Hospital of Pointe-a-Pitre in France recently published a
study in the journal Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics on the long-term reproductive effects of myomectomy.
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Placenta Accreta: Novel Approach Saves Lives
Dr. Patrick Nicholson used a novel, two-step approach to treat placenta accreta, whereby mothers’ lives are saved, their fertility spared, and no babies suffered ill effects of treatment.
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Risk of Complications for First Time Moms Over Age 30
Conventional wisdom always held that pregnancy is a riskier for women over the age of 35. New research, published in the medical journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, suggests age-related risks actually begin as a woman leaves her 20s.
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300 Year-Old Fertility Statistic is Still Cited Today
One out of three women over the age of 35 will not conceive after one year of trying to conceive (TTC). While that statistic may sound about right to most people, it may not necessarily be true in the present day.
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Women 35+ Less Likely to Have Babies with Anatomical Defects
A study revealed a decreased risk of anatomical defects by as much as 40% when the mother is older.
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Slight Alteration in IVF Could Boost Success for Older Women
Dr. Yan-Guang Wu and his research team found the timing of egg retrieval is a key to success when treating older women.
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The Effect of Advanced Parental Age on Parenting
When I was in school, nearly all of my peers had parents that were generally the same age. I remember one classmate who did not fall into that group. Her father was in his late 60s when she was a senior in high school.
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Trying to Get Pregnant But Having Trouble
Trying to get pregnant but having trouble? When infertility problems leave a couple without the ability to conceive a child of their own, there are options for parenthood that will bring that little joy home.
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Predicting a Miscarriage
Successful pregnancy can be predicted up to 94% accuracy between days 33 and 36 using transvaginal ultrasound to detect 3 markers, gestational sac diameter, yolk sac size, and fetal cardiac activity.
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Increasing Awareness of Fertility Issues
A new study has shown that women who are more knowledgeable about age-related fertility issues have started to move their ideal pregnancy ages up, even though they may not be at risk of impacted fertility due to age.
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Having Children after 40 Could Extend Your Life Expectancy
Getting pregnant too young or too old can be risky for the mother and
her unborn child. However, studies show that women who get pregnant
during or after their 40’s could actually live longer than women who
stop having children at a younger age.
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How to Find Out if You Are a High Risk Pregnancy in 12 Steps
Finding out if you have a high risk pregnancy is important. Having a high risk pregnancy means you have an increased risk of complications during pregnancy.
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Should a Woman 50 Years and Older Get Pregnant?
Should a woman 50 years and older get pregnant and have a baby? CNN recently reported on women at 50 years of age and older who had a baby.
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Will Age Always be a Factor in Fertility?
Not that many years ago women in their 40s were considered late in life
and having a baby was a mistake at that age, not a choice. If women are
changing and fertility is changing, how long will it be before age is no
longer a factor?
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Healthy Pregnancy Over 35, So Possible
In 2012, there were more than 9 times as many first births to women aged 35 years and older than there were 4 decades earlier. Translation: most people know a new mom over 35.
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Advanced Maternal Age and Perceived Pregnancy Risk
A recent study published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth reveals older women
go into a pregnancy with confidence, but when things go wrong the first
blame they place in on their age.
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How Old is Too Old to Conceive?
This question is more a moral one than a physical one. While the risk of complications like gestational diabetes and
preeclampsia are higher in older women, all other pregnancy statistics
are relatively the same.
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Older Parenting - Killing Generations
Older parents are just as capable of giving birth to and raising
children, but what does pushing that parenting clock do to the
foundation of a child’s life. Is older parenting killing generations?
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Does My Uterus Age?
Sometimes women choose to freeze eggs when they are healthy and abundant
in hopes of starting a family later in life, but as the years of
menopause approach, does the uterus age to the point that conception and
healthy pregnancy is impossible?
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Those Eggs Have an Expiration Date
How much potential does advanced maternal age have for resulting in
adverse pregnancy results outcome? In other words, when is the
expiration date for a woman's eggs?
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