But right before we got married, they thought I could potentially have placenta accreta, where the placenta starts growing into your uterus. Placenta accreta can cause a mother to hemorrhage. We traveled from New York to L. When we got back, I had an MRI, where they discovered that it was potentially not just accreta but increta, when the placenta grows through the uterus. It was very stressful — the doctors were definitely not treating this lightly.
When a doctor is that serious about something, of course you take it very seriously. They hoped to get me to at least 37 weeks, but they knew they might have to take her out at My situation was monitored closely into the third trimester. I had to be very aware of tell-tale signs that something was going wrong. If fluid is leaking, you have to go to the doctor right away.
I was always checking, wondering if I was leaking … or just sweaty. I had to look for signs of early labor.
Every time she kicked, I wondered if it was a contraction. In the middle of this, I was tested for gestational diabetes, and the result came back borderline. To be safe, my doctor decided that I should follow the protocol for that. So then I had to start taking my blood every day and really watching what I ate.
I was like, What other complication could there be? On the sonogram that made a room go silent. At my week checkup, my blood pressure was found to be elevated. I was like, Oh great, now I have preeclampsia.
I had an ultrasound, and all of a sudden, everyone in the room got very silent. One of the doctors took me into a room and said that the baby had not grown, and the fluid in my uterus was very low. I needed to go to the hospital for observation. My husband was traveling at the time — I had to run home, pack a bag, then hustle up to the hospital without him. There, they found that my blood pressure had stabilized. They told me there were three ways it could go: One, she could be delivered soon.
Two, once the baby was stable, I could go home, stop going to work, and be on limited bed rest. Three, I could stay in the hospital for three weeks, until I made it to 35 weeks. After a night, they decided I could go home. She was stable; they felt good about it. But by that afternoon, a different specialist saw me and said she needed to come out now. He wanted me to get ready for surgery.
In 24 hours, I went from being a total mess, terrified, to feeling determined. This is going to be great. Luckily, my husband was able to get back in time. On having a baby in a room full of people. It starts when you get your first period and stops when you reach menopause. As time goes on, your chances of having a successful pregnancy become less and less as your egg reserve diminishes, your egg quality decreases, and your hormones change. Fertility rates trend with the average number of eggs a woman has at any given age.
In general, you begin puberty with between , to , eggs. This number drops to around 25, at age 37 and continues dropping to 1, or fewer by age How does this look exactly? Well, the likelihood of becoming pregnant naturally without medical assistance after a year of trying is as follows :.
By the time you reach 40, only 1 in 10 women will get pregnant each cycle. Regarding women who undergo artificial reproductive technology ART , live birth success rates follow a similar decreasing trend with age, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC :. Related: A look at your fertility timeline. Menopause is defined as the stopping of the menstrual cycle for a year or longer.
Most women reach this milestone somewhere between their late 40s and early 50s, with an average age of around 51 years old. Generally, women enter perimenopause sometime in their mid 40s, but some may hit this point as early as their mid 30s.
For example, a year-old woman in India gave birth to twin girls in Related: A year-old woman gave birth to her grandchild. Many women are able to carry pregnancies after age 35 and beyond. However, there are certain risks — for both mother and baby — that tend to increase with maternal age. Related: Health concerns for new mothers at Even with the risks, some 17 percent of pregnancies in the United States are to mothers who are over You might also want to ask if certain preconception testing might be helpful.
You can get blood tests that check your hormone levels, thyroid function, and ovarian reserve number of eggs you have. Other tests can check for any abnormalities or damage to the reproductive organs themselves, like the uterus and fallopian tubes. Related: 9 questions about infertility treatments to ask your doctor. Make a preconception visit.
We ask the experts. Flick through the pages of the latest glossy magazine and you're likely to come across at least one female celebrity who has started a family aged 40 plus. Singer Gwen Stefani and actress Susan Sarandon had children in their mid-forties, pop icon Janet Jackson had her first child at 50, and Dame Julia Peyton-Jones announced last year that she had become a mother for the first time at The number of women having healthy babies later in life is on the rise, but conceiving in your forties is by no means a certainty and many women hoping to start a family mid-life will miss out.
Dr Jane Stewart, chair of the British Fertility Society , says there are plenty of women who conceive in their 40s if their fertility is in the normal range, but trying for a baby when you're younger significantly increases your chances. So trying a bit younger does make a difference.
As a consequence of age-based decline in egg quality, some of the eggs released by the ovaries as women age will not be viable for fertilisation, will have chromosomal abnormalities or not implant correctly in the uterus resulting in miscarriage.
Stewart comments: "The ability to conceive, and the risk of miscarriage and Down's syndrome in pregnancy, all relate to the age of the egg and hence the woman's age. Women in their 40s have less chance each cycle but although it may take more time it is possible. Egg-based decline is one reason why private services such as developments in egg freezing most effective for women under the age of 35 and the use of donor eggs are becoming increasingly popular as options for women struggling to get pregnant in later life.
The average age of menopause in the UK is around 51, but is still considered to be within the normal range. It is useful to establish when your mother went through menopause and if she had a history of fibroids, miscarriages or other gynaecological issues, as early menopause can have a genetic component:.
With new advances in fertility technology, it is possible to have a baby after menopause, but this involves the use of previously frozen eggs, or those of a younger donor. Stewart reveals: "It is possible to carry a baby to term post-menopause, with the use of hormonal support, but there are risks.
In general terms the uterus can be manipulated to accept a pregnancy when a woman is older if you've got a good-quality embryo to put in it - success really is all about the age of the egg.
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