Pregnancy after the age of 35 used to be called a “geriatric pregnancy”. But we all know a woman is far from geriatric at that age - which is why it's now called a pregnancy of advanced maternal age. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), about 20% of women in the United States have their first child after age 35. Hear from others who have experience with pregnancy of advanced maternal age and some of the steps they took to ensure the health of themselves and their babies including

Advanced maternal age is defined as a pregnancy >35 years old. I used to think that was when we should be done growing our family, but here we are 41 and expecting our 9th baby- and our 4th 'advanced maternal age' baby ❤️ what blessings!! | The Bradley Bunch