Ep 177: How Age Affects Pregnancy

Birth With Power

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

I’ve talked about advanced reproductive age before but I realized I’d never devoted an entire episode to it. After having a lot of requests for this subject, I decided to cover it today. More and more people are opting to delay parenthood. However there seems to be a commonly accepted myth that the minute you turn 35 you can no longer expect to have a healthy baby or a vaginal birth.

What defines a healthy age to get pregnant is on a spectrum. It depends on too many factors to list here so you’ll have to listen to the episode! The bottom line is that if you want to have a baby in your thirties, forties, or even fifties, you can likely expect positive outcomes!

In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:

-How common it is to get pregnant over the age of 35

-Why some people are choosing to delay having children

-How the advancing of age can correlate to higher rates of miscarriage

-How age affects the prevalence of chromosomal abnormalities and congenital anomalies

-How preexisting conditions, especially hypertension and diabetes, can affect the chances of these issues

-What the effects are on morbidity and mortality

-How pregnancy care differs according to age

-How age affects rates of induction and c-section

-How children can benefit from being raised by older parents

-Why you should plan for your family’s future if you decide to get pregnant when you are older

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0:00.0	What is advanced maternal age?
0:03.5	What are the exact risk for pregnancy and birth for someone who's advanced maternal age?
0:08.3	And how does your pregnancy care, including your labor and birth management change because of advanced maternal age?
0:14.7	You're going to learn all of that in today's episode of the podcast.
0:23.9	Welcome to the all about pregnancy and birth podcast.
0:28.5	I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankin's, a board certified OBGYN who's been in practice for nearly
0:33.6	15 years.
0:35.1	I've had the privilege of helping over 1,000 babies into this world,
0:39.4	and I'm here to help you be calm, confident, and empowered to have a beautiful pregnancy
0:45.7	in birth. Quick note, this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for
0:51.8	medical advice. Check out the full disclaimer at Dr.naclerenkens.com forward slash disclaimer.
0:58.1	Now let's get to it.
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1:30.9	Well, hello, hello, welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is episode number 177.
1:38.3	I am so glad you're spending some time with me today. So I have talked about advanced maternal age before in the context
1:46.1	of genetic testing. I talked about that in episode 49 and again in episode 146 of the podcast.
1:53.9	But I realized that I'd never actually done an episode solely focused on the topic of advanced
2:00.6	maternal age. So after having
2:03.1	what feels like a lot of request for it recently, I decided to do it today. So in this episode of
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