The Effect of Aging on the Course and Outcome of Pregnancy
- 1 October 1946
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Gerontology
- Vol. 1 (4) , 418-425
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/1.4_part_1.418
Abstract
Obstetricians have taken the age of 35 to be the end of youth and the beginning of old age as far as human reproduction is concerned. This is particularly true in the case of the primiparous woman. Dr. Hellman discusses the effect of the age of the mother on maternal and infant wellbeing in both primiparous and multiparous women aged 35 to 45 years. The hazards to pregnancy which undoubtedly increase in this age group should serve as warning posts that additional care must be taken when the mother is over 35.Keywords
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