This is true even in the best of circumstances. However, underlying and chronic health conditions such as hypertension and diabetes, just to name two, up the proverbial ante even more (Grabowska et al., 2012).
While not completely in line with the angle that this report is taking, there are indeed women over the age of 35 (and beyond) that end up getting pregnant in an unexpected fashion. Even if the birth (or at least the pregnancy) was not intended, the results when it comes to mortality, economic and health statistics will still be affected. By default, the amount of prenatal care and such would be lower until the pregnancy is actually discovered and that could easily take a few weeks as compared to someone that is vigilantly keeping tabs on their ovulation and pregnancy status. To put it concisely, women of any age getting pregnant in an unplanned or otherwise haphazard fashion from a health and prevention standpoint are going to tend to skew the overall dataset. As such, that needs to be part of the consideration when it comes to how and whether birth defects are caught, when they are caught and what could/should/would be done about them when detected. Although the data was taken more than a generation ago, the mortality rate for women with unexpected pregnancies was triple the average (Darbois & Boulanger, 1990).
Even with the common narrative and message that is shared about women over 35 or 40 having kids, there are some people that clearly disagree and this includes when it comes to birth defects and other complications. Even more intriguing is that one of the sources that has proclaimed this was written nearly thirty years ago. Indeed, a journal article written in 1987 tried to assert that pregnancies over 40 are no long "high risk" (Darbois et al., 1987). However, the knowledge gained and learned since then has really proven all of this to be less than true. Just one example are the complications rendered from a study that ran from 2010 to 2014 that looked at something as simple as a flu vaccine. Just a few of the bad endings or complications that are mentioned are birth defects (in general), spontaneous abortion, pre-term delivery, babies that are on the small side given their gestational age and beyond. The presence of a vaccine or some other aggravating agent (from a childbirth perspective) is that there are clear differences in defect and negative event rates from adding (or removing) the vaccine by itself (Chambers et al., 2016). This is just one example of how a seemingly minor and basic thing. Similarly, it is commonplace for people to get a "Tdap" vaccine before the arrival of a baby. This is a cocktail vaccine that includes protection for tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) and diphtheria. However, women that intend to get pregnant really need to get that shot out of the way and through their system before they get pregnant rather than waiting until after they have become pregnant. Not unlike the just-mentioned flu vaccine, the risk of birth defects rises a great deal if the timing of the vaccine is handled poorly and without forethought. While the presence of vaccines or other aggravating factors is technically not age-specific, the realized risks and problems that arise with these substances and events is amplified when speaking of older women having children. Much like anti-depressants/SSRI's amplify the effect of alcohol's effects on the body, the same thing happens with the risk of birth defects and aggravating events that lead to the same (Desilva, 2016).
One potential "boogeyman" out there when it comes to birth defects are environmental causes that are not known about. It is the opposite of what is going on right now with Zika. Indeed, there are many people that…
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