#maternal-age tag

Becoming a mum after 45: 'Women like me are having children a lot later in life and it is amazing'

the number of mothers over 45 in Ireland is rising. Arlene Harris speaks to two mothers about what it's like to become a parent in your late 40s or 50s The average age for motherhood in Ireland is 33.2, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), but its most recent figures also reveal that an increasing number of women are waiting until they are a lot older before becoming first-time mothers.

Public health

Women

fromBuzzFeed

2 weeks ago

"I Didn't Think It Was Possible": Claire Danes Felt "Shame" When She Accidentally Got Pregnant At 44

Societal pressure frames female fertility as time-limited; pregnancies at 44 carry higher medical risk but remain possible and not exceptionally rare.

Public health

fromIndependent

3 months ago

Why women in Ireland are having fewer children and postponing motherhood to their 40s

Nearly half of births in Ireland are to women aged 35 or older, with 11.7% over 40; older maternal age raises complication risks.

fromMail Online

4 months ago

Boy or girl? Chance of having a son or daughter is NOT 50/50

The human sex ratio has long been of interest to biologists, statisticians, demographers, sociologists, and economists. Here, we showed that within each sibship size, sex at birth did not conform with a simple binomial distribution and identified a significant intramother correlation in offspring sex.

Science

fromNature

4 months ago

Sex at birth is not always random - mum's age and genetics can play a part

In families with three boys, there is a 61% chance that the next sibling is male, while families with three girls have a 58% chance of another female.

Science

Women

fromNew York Post

7 months ago

More babies born to women over 40 than teens for first time in US history

Teen pregnancies in the US are declining, with more births occurring among women over 40 than among teenagers.