Women who become pregnant after age 35 are at increased risk for complications that affect the parent and fetus When it comes to the mother, several research studies have shown that pregnant women over 35 years of age are at increased risk for hypertension during pregnancy , eclampsia (hypertension during pregnancy with seizures), and gestational diabetes For example, women first diagnosed under the age of 35 have a 127% to 38% risk of their breast cancer coming back and spreading to other parts of the body, while women aged 50 years or older haveAt 41 weeks of gestation the risk of stillbirth is 075 in 1000 women under the age of 35 years old, and 25 in 1000 women aged ≥ 40 years old The effect of maternal age persisted despite accounting for medical disease, parity, race and ethnicity15 Afrocaribbean women have been shown to have rates of stillbirth over 2–fold higher (18%
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