Today, late birth is called the first birth after thirty-five years. However, even now, in the old fashioned way, midwives squint at twenty-five-year-old girls who give birth for the first time, secretly calling them old-born. Where do such stereotypes come from?
In the ancient world, it was the norm to give birth to twenty years. Otherwise, the girls fell into the category of peculiar losers. They were threatened with public censure, because the main purpose of having children at that time was to replenish the ranks of soldiers - there is no child, there is no benefit to the state from such a woman. In the Middle Ages, the situation did not improve much - the girls were also given out early to marry, moreover, their partners were much older, who first thought about sex, and only then about contraception.
The period of Soviet power with its ossified morality here, surprisingly, also does not stand out much. At twenty-five, a woman with her first baby fell into this “shameful” category. At the same time, the definition of an old-born almost equated to an old maid, which many female representatives could not bear.
The turbulent seventies certainly brought western wind to the post-Soviet countries. In Europe, the first birth has already steadily “exceeded” over the thirty-year mark, and the age of the mother did not indulge in condemnation. On the contrary, late births were perceived as a sign of maturity, gaining a certain position in society, a stable income in the family, etc. This position soon began to be adequately perceived in the Union, and even in the dashing 90s they simply did not pay attention to it, since the woman moved forward more and more into business circles, pushing motherhood away for a certain period. Even then, giving birth at 45 was not perceived as something unusual. Now on maternal forums is full of women of forty years old who are either planning a pregnancy or discussing the colic of their children. This trend shows that late birth is not so much popular as a conscious choice of the beautiful half of humanity. And the birth rate at this age does not decrease.
It is worth mentioning here also the negative point that sometimes late childbirth is not a woman’s choice, but her peculiar chance. Paying for the mistakes of youth, or for other reasons not having the opportunity to conceive earlier, women tidy up their reproductive system by about the age of forty, and then the question of choosing the timing of childbirth is no longer there - the faster, the better.
A completely explainable factor of late birth is an improvement in financial position or remarriage with the desire of a common baby. In this case, late labor is also not unusual - many couples are now resolving to such actions. And among them are popular politicians, show business stars, business women.
Doctors ambiguously evaluate late birth. On the one hand, in most cases, the mother’s health does not speak in favor of late births - by the age of forty, a woman has a history of not only a bunch of gynecological abnormalities, but also abnormalities from the heart, excretory and digestive systems. This factor always responds to the state of health of the baby and the state of health of the mother during pregnancy and childbirth. On the other hand, late childbirth gives the mother great confidence that she will be able to adequately raise a child without saving on basic things, providing the spiritual needs of the baby. As a huge plus, the increased responsibility of the father for the child is added here - as a rule, late birth for the pope is a great chance to realize his paternity in full.
Whatever the reasons for the late birth, the mother must understand that at the age of sixty, she will still be, in fact, a teenager who needs tremendous help. In the meantime, parents themselves may need help. The most recent births are recorded at the age of seventy, but is it worth it to condemn a child to loneliness?