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What issues should older pregnant women pay attention to?

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Asked on:Mar 30, 2026 08:06 PM

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  • Faith Faith

    Mar 30, 2026

      7 major things that older pregnant women should pay attention to

      If you choose to become an older mother, you should be more careful about pre-pregnancy preparations and pregnancy check-ups than young mothers.

      1. Have a physical examination before pregnancy. This is a check-up that both husband and wife should undergo. Especially those who are preparing to become pregnant female , in addition to routine examinations such as heart, liver, and kidneys, the reproductive system should also be examined with emphasis. If you have sexually transmitted diseases , you have to wait for recovery from treatment before getting pregnant.

      2. Take folic acid orally 1 month before pregnancy. Take folic acid to avoid nerve phylogeny disease . If you did not take folic acid in time before pregnancy, you should continue to supplement after pregnancy until 12 weeks of pregnancy.

      3. Pay special attention to health care during pregnancy and ensure regular prenatal check-ups.

      4. Down syndrome screening is required at 16-20 weeks of pregnancy. This test is to extract the blood of pregnant women and detect the amount and concentration of various substances contained in the blood to determine whether fetus Some possible illnesses.

      5. Amniocentesis is required after 20 weeks of pregnancy. This examination is not required for normal young pregnant women. Research shows that the older a pregnant woman is, the higher the incidence of congenital dementia and deformed children. This is because as women age, their ovaries gradually age and degenerate, and the eggs they produce naturally age, increasing the chance of chromosomal abnormalities. This test can directly obtain the number of chromosomes, and based on the test results, you can know whether there are any abnormalities in the fetus. This check has 0. There is a 5% chance of miscarriage.

      6. Pay more attention to blood sugar, blood pressure and other indicators. Older mothers are susceptible to Pregnancy complicated by heart diseasegestational hypertension syndrome and gestational diabetes, etc. Because the blood volume in pregnant women is significantly higher than that in non-pregnant women, the burden on the heart increases. Pregnant women with preexisting heart disease may have to terminate their pregnancy early because they cannot tolerate it.

      7. It is more difficult for older women to give birth naturally and they need to be prepared in advance. Elderly pregnant women have higher indications for cesarean section, and usually 90% of elderly women choose cesarean section. The pelvis of older pregnant women is relatively hard, and the ligaments and soft birth canal tissues are less elastic. Uterus The contraction force is correspondingly weakened, which can easily lead to prolonged labor, even dystocia, fetal trauma and asphyxia.