What are the unknown hardships of pregnancy at an advanced age?

Is it difficult to get pregnant at an advanced age? Although many parenting editors will tell you that it is difficult; many hospital doctors will tell you that it is difficult; but there are still many people who disagree (it is difficult)! Because, looking at the stars in the entertainment industry, there seem to be many: Yi Nengjing gave birth to her daughter Xiaomili at the age of 46; the great beauty Michelle Reis gave birth to her son Xu Jiantong at the age of 40; and the popular hot mom Alyssa Chia gave birth to her baby at the ages of 40 and 42. And Bo Niu? So many examples seem to make giving birth at an advanced age a very common thing. However, just like a beautiful woman with a great figure, there must be a strong self-discipline hidden behind it, hiding the sweat after exercise and the repressed saliva in front of delicious food, pregnancy at an advanced age is actually a difficult thing to achieve. thing! Today, the editor will take you to find out.

The most direct difficulty: egg quality and quantity are not up to standard

Why is it difficult to get pregnant when you are older? The most direct factor is the quantity and quality of eggs. In the video previously released by the editor, "The combination of sperm and egg reveals the secret of human body creation!" ", we know that if you want to conceive a healthy baby, in addition to sperm, you also need eggs of good quality, and the quality of eggs has a great relationship with a woman's age.

As a woman ages, the age of her eggs also increases. Therefore, the egg's ability to be fertilized and survive in the womb will gradually decline as the woman ages. In addition, the number of egg cells produced by the ovary is limited. A woman has about 300 to 400 mature eggs in her lifetime, and one will be released every month along with the menstrual cycle. If a girl begins to have pregnancy at the age of 12, excluding the period of pregnancy, there will be only a few dozen egg cells left by the time she is in her 40s, greatly reducing the chance of pregnancy.

To evaluate the number of egg cells, the AMH value is a commonly used indicator. The higher the AMH value, the richer the egg cell storage. If the value is lower, it means that the ovaries are aging, which also indicates that fertility is beginning to decline. Generally, after the age of 35, the AMH value of women decreases rapidly. Objectively speaking, it does not mean that low AMH levels mean that you cannot get pregnant. If the number of egg cells is reduced but the quality is still high, there is still a chance of pregnancy.

For many elderly women, in order to stimulate the ovaries to release egg cells, they will choose to receive ovulation induction treatment. But the direct consequence of ovulation induction injection is severe edema. Why? To promote ovulation, ovulation induction injections are needed to increase estrogen levels. However, when estrogen levels rise, water will remain in the body, leading to weight gain or edema. However, for a period of time after treatment, as the drug is metabolized, the estrogen level will return to normal, the water remaining in the body will be excreted, and the edema will disappear. Therefore, you must be careful when using ovulation induction drugs! Female friends must take medicine under the guidance of a doctor and do not abuse it privately.

The most realistic difficulty: the physical and psychological endurance is not as good as before

For most elderly women, the pressure of work and the psychological desire for pregnancy will bring some fear. Negative emotions such as depression and anxiety affect women's endocrine and normal ovulation, causing many elderly women to suffer from some gynecological diseases or have irregular menstruation, making it more difficult to get pregnant. Moreover, even if the pregnancy is successful, because the physical fitness of older pregnant mothers is relatively low and their immunity is also weakened, they may miscarry when exposed to external factors; some older pregnant mothers themselves have certain chronic diseases that have not been cured. , In this way, even if you become pregnant under the guidance of a doctor, miscarriage may occur due to some unpredictable factors.

Possible difficulties: Uterine adhesions greatly increase the difficulty of pregnancy

The uterus is the environment for fetal growth. For elderly mothers who want to become pregnant, uterine environmental examination is essential. Through the uterine environment examination, the thickness of the endometrium can be seen. With different menstrual cycles, the normal thickness of the endometrium ranges from 5-10MM, while the thickness of the endometrium that is conducive to pregnancy is about 8MM. Too thick or too thin will affect a woman's pregnancy. Because the thickening of the endometrium will affect normal ovulation, and being too thin will affect the baby's implantation. Secondly, the morphology of the endometrium can be understood.

If there are polyps, tumors, etc. on the endometrium, it will affect the implantation of the fertilized egg and is not conducive to pregnancy.

The most feared thing during the uterine environment examination is the discovery of uterine adhesions, that is, parts of the uterus are stuck together. The uterus is supposed to be an empty "small pocket". If adhesions occur, it will affect the entry of sperm. Even if the sperm enters the uterus and forms a fertilized egg with the egg, it will be difficult to get pregnant because there is no place to stay and implantation is difficult.

The editor said

Although, with the improvement of living standards and the development of makeup technology, many women look very young. However, looking young doesn’t necessarily mean being young! The aging trend of the body is inevitable for everyone. Therefore, if you do not have the desire to have a baby, please act as soon as possible and have a baby as early as possible!