Fetal intrauterine growth retardation and preterm labor are more likely in advanced maternal age. This is reflected in the fact that the weight of preterm or full-term newborns is lower than that of normal children of the same gestational age, and there is also an increase in unexplained stillbirths and a relative increase in the rate of congenital anomalies. Therefore, if you are already an advanced maternal age, you should pay special attention to prenatal monitoring and examination.

Fetal intrauterine growth retardation and preterm labor are more likely in women of advanced maternal age

1, the main complication of advanced maternal age is hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, which can easily affect the health of the mother and fetus and the safety and security of life, and should be prevented as early as possible. Also prone to pre-eclampsia and other diseases. Because of the advanced age of childbearing, joint ligament tissue elasticity is poor, the uterus is easy to contraction weakness lead to difficult labor, easy to give birth to the feeling of beams and post-partum anemia, easy to cause the body to debilitate. If the original mixed with other diseases, can lead to premature degradation of placental function, more unfavorable to the fetus, these should be given great attention.

2, elderly women are most likely to have a prolonged or difficult labor. Because a woman reaches middle age, her sciatica, pubic bone, skeleton and dice bone have basically ossified in conjunction with each other, forming a fixed pelvic cavity. Therefore, when the fetus is born, it is easy to lead to labor difficulties, resulting in a great increase in the risk of complications for the mother; at the same time, it is also very easy to cause the fetus to stay in the uterus and cause fetal distress. The threat to the fetus of this distress disorder, the minor impact of fetal cardio-cerebral ischemia and hypoxia, and even lead to irreversible brain damage, the serious asphyxia fatal. Delivery is prone to neonatal injury; prone to neonatal asphyxia; and increased incidence of malformations.

Because the cervix is generally tougher and slower to open, making natural labor difficult, C-sections are more common among older women. With the development of medical technology, cesarean section has been greatly improved than before. Not only has the method of anesthesia developed from the previous single general anesthesia to the current combined anesthesia, so that the patient reduces the pain, but also the operation time has been shortened from the previous 1-2 hours to a few minutes now. Therefore, elderly women undergoing cesarean section do not need to worry too much.