VISAKHAPATNAM: Pregnancy after 30 has become increasingly common due to delayed marriages, higher education, and career priorities. Medical experts, however, caution that while most women can conceive and deliver safely in their 30s, health risks to both mother and baby rise with advancing age, particularly after 35. “As maternal age increases, risks to both the mother and the baby also increase. Fertility also declines with age, leading many women to seek assisted reproductive techniques such as IVF. Any birth before 37 weeks is considered high risk.” While advances in neonatal care have improved survival rates even for extremely preterm babies born at 23 or 24 weeks, survival remains limited and long-term complications are common.

Source: Indian Express December 19, 2025 12:50 UTC