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Doctor’s opinion on pregnancy after 40

Doctors say that after the age of 40, getting pregnant and maintaining a healthy pregnancy can be challenging. Women at this age have the highest risk of miscarriage after pregnancy because they are more likely to have many diseases at this age.
​Preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and gestational hypertension are among the problems that can arise in pregnancies over the age of 40. Apart from this, there may be fetal macrosomia, in which the baby may be heavy or underweight after delivery.

how did you get the news

“A phone call changed my life. Last year, a few days before I was about to go back home for my holidays, I got a call from Appa. He seemed restless. After a few minutes, he said, ‘Amma’ me Didn’t know how to react. This is not something you want to hear from your parents at the age of 23. I was shocked to hear that Amma was in her eighth month. In fact, when Amma herself Turns out, she was 7 months pregnant”.

always wanted brother and sister

The girl told in her post that she wanted a brother or sister throughout her childhood and she used to say the same to her mother but her mother told that after her birth she could not conceive again due to some problem in her uterus. . She came to Bangalore for studies and her Amma and Appa lived in Kerala.

was shocked

The girl told that when her father got the call, he said that he wanted to keep it a secret as he did not know how his daughter would react to the news. When she reached home, she started crying keeping her head on her mother’s lap. She said that she is not ashamed about this thing and that she wanted her own brother or sister for a long time.

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