What To Expect When You're Expecting
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Is It All Downhill for Older Moms?
The average age of having kids is increasing as we go forward and people are focusing on the professional lives a bit more before kids. There are increased risks for example one that they spell out is the risks of having Down syndrome if you're a 25 years old it goes up a bit to one in 300 for 35 year olds it goes up to one in 35 for 45 year olds so it's not all downhill. And in addition older moms you're more likely to pop out twins have an increased risk of miscarriage by short amount. So that's kind of the risk profiles going into it things you might need to think about during it.
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