Till what age women can get pregnant?

Any woman can give birth to a child till the age of menopause, but the best time for pregnancy is considered to be between 20 and 35 years. This is because, as the age increases, the ability of a woman to become pregnant starts decreasing. This thing is explained in detail below with the help of some facts -

• The probability of getting pregnant for a healthy woman of 20 years and above is up to 25 percent, which is considered the best.
• The chances of getting pregnant in a healthy woman aged 30 to 35 years decrease to 20 percent, which is not considered a matter of concern.
• At the same time, after the age of 35, the chances of a healthy woman getting pregnant are only 15 percent.
• Similarly, the probability of becoming pregnant for a healthy woman aged 40 years and above is only 5 percent.
• At the time of birth, a woman's body naturally contains about 20 lakh eggs, which decrease year by year. At the age of 37, the number of these eggs would have reduced to 25,000. At the same time, after crossing the age of 50, only 1,000 of these eggs remain. Along with aging, the quality of these eggs also starts decreasing.
• With increasing age, women may also have problems like endometriosis and tubal disease, which directly affect fertility.
• Apart from this, cancer treatments like radiation, chemotherapy, and along with this smoking, pelvic infections can also affect the ability to get pregnant.

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On becoming pregnant at this age, a woman may have to face the following types of physical problems -

• Gestational diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Pre-eclampsia
• Placenta previa
• Miscarriage
• Premature delivery
• Stillbirth
• Cesarean delivery
• Heavy bleeding after delivery
• Low birth weight baby
• Chromosome problems like Down syndrome

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Women can become pregnant from the beginning of their periods till menopause. Nevertheless, it is considered better that a woman should not risk becoming pregnant when she is over 35 years of age. This can harm both the mother and the baby. If a woman wants to become pregnant at an advanced age, then she must take the advice of a gynecologist before planning.

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