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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You want to be done by 37 or else the baby may be deformed or mental problem due to ama[/quote]

Hate to break it to you, but younger moms have babies with problems as well.  And many over 40 have perfectly healthy children.  [/quote]

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Learn to read your own stats.  Vast majority of births over 40 are healthy.  [/quote]

Learn to read.[/quote]

Are you misreading the x axis on the yellow chart or what? PP is right[/quote]

Anything past 35 is dangerous[/quote]

[b]no it's not. these are all very small probabilities. [/b][/quote]

+1!  According to this chart, at 40, the percentage of babies with some type of a chromosomal abnormality is 1.5%.  So, the overwhelming majority of 40 year olds (98.5%) give birth to babies without any type of chromosomal problem.

I'm in the 98%!  I had our healthy, smart, beautiful DD at 40.  She is our third.  I had the first two at 33 and 36.  The only difference is that it took longer to get pregnant with #3.  I got pregnant with #1 and #2 the first month trying.  When trying to get pregnant with #3, I got pregnant the second month trying and then miscarried at 12 weeks.  It took another 6 months of trying to get pregnant with DD.  But, I got pregnant on my own and had a completely easy pregnancy and birth.  I can completely understand why some people might not want to have babies in their 40s, but it bugs me beyond belief when people misunderstand or misrepresent the risks of being an older mom.

In my experience, most educated professional (which DH and I are) have kids in their 30s to early 40s.  So, at least among the moms I know, I don't feel "old."  For me, having kids in my 30s and 40s has helped to keep me young.  [/quote]

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