A behavior change presentation looking at motherhood over the age of 35.

1. Doctors often
refer to
pregnancy in
women age 35
and older as
“advanced maternal age.”

2. This can be
very upsetting
for some
women.

3. There are both risks and benefits to
postponing motherhood.

4. Mothers, age
35 and older,
have increased
risks of...

5. babies with chromosomal disorders
such as downs syndrome

6. multiple
miscarriages

7. gestational
diabetes

8. still birth

9. gestational
high
blood
pressure

10. c-sections

11. increased cost of
pre-natal
care

12. multiple births

13. increased
time
to
become
pregnant

14. While the risks seem daunting...
the benefits are often immeasurable.

15. Most babies
born to women
over 35 are healthy.

16. These mothers have an increased
chance of multiple births.

17. They have often achieved financial
stability.

18. Relationships are more stable.

19. Increased levels
of education have
been achieved.

20. Overall,
these
mothers
have more
resources
available,

21. their patience is increased,

22. ...and so has their
confidence.

23. Their children spend less time
in jail.

24. Their children have a higher
chance of graduating from high
school and attending college.

25. In Closing

26. While no person over the age of
35
should
blindly
attempt to have children...

27. the risks
are easily
mitigated
with proper
health care
and
education.

28. Children of older
mothers
reap
social benefits...

29. if the health risks
are addressed
head on.

30. Resources
•http://www.skylakes.org/topnav/library/
pregnancycenter/articles/Trying+to+Conceive/
•http://pregnancy.more4kids.info/112/pregnancy-after-35-
risks-and-benefits/
•http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/pregnancy-after-35?
page=3
•http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pregnancy/PR00115