Pregnancy is a possibility for women who are fertile.
In our common perception, it is assumed that women go through menopause after the age of 40, and by the age of 50, most of them start to go through menopause. After that, around 50-60 years old, most women lose the ability to bear children.
But that's not entirely accurate, because there are a small number of women who are still fertile after age 60.
And when you get older, you tend to neglect contraception, thinking that the likelihood of getting pregnant at your age is virtually zero, so you don't go out of your way to use contraception. The result is often unexpected, may be such negligence, some women after 60 years of age will still be pregnant.
The matter of older women getting pregnant is actually seen quite often on the internet.For example, back in October 2019, there was an incident in Zaozhuang, Shandong province, where a 67-year-old high-risk woman gave birth to a baby girl.
At the age of 67, a healthy baby was conceived naturally, something that caused a big stir on the Internet at the time. Some people said the old couple was good and responsible, while others accused them of being too selfish and not thinking about their other children, who had already reached adulthood.
For a pair of elderly people who already had children more than three decades ago and whose granddaughters are now adults, the birth of their daughters is actually facing a lot of problems. However, having a baby daughter at this age, the elderly couple have always believed that it was destined to be, and named their daughter "Tian Chi", claiming that they will raise her well.
Why do pregnant elderly people insist on giving birth to their children?Elderly people may still be able to get pregnant, but they're not really fit to carry a child. This is because after 40 years of age, the risk of various complications is very high, which is why there is an optimal age for pregnancy.
For example, the 67-year-old pregnant woman in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province, she was pregnant in the process of blood sugar, blood pressure fluctuations are relatively large, and cardiac function class II, and the symptoms of pre-eclampsia, liver and kidney function is damaged, the hospital had once recommended termination of pregnancy, but she refused to deal with.
Even for her, the hospital set up a special team to monitor her around the clock. And she had been hospitalized and awaiting delivery in the hospital's high-risk obstetrics department and was admitted to the ICU with her newborn for further observation after delivery.
So why did these elderly people have to give birth to their children regardless of their own safety?
One, the elderly need a new life to bring vitality to their lonely old age.
Why do we advocate that young people should often go home to be with their parents? It is because the elderly are too lonely and isolated.
The children themselves were around when they were young, but when they got older they were gone instead.
The children who have their own lives will pay less attention to their parents, and the parents will feel that the whole house is dead because they are lonely and have no place to talk about it.
At this time, if there is a fresh new life, it will be a ray of light for the aged parents. It doesn't matter if the child is a grandchild or a son or daughter, as long as it brings a different change to their boring life, then they will be overjoyed.
Two, the older you get, the more you are in awe of life.
Young people may not feel much for a new life, but the older they get, the more they are in awe of it.
To have a child at such an age is nothing short of a miracle for these older people.
People already have a hard time accepting the fact that they're getting old, and having a child is just the thing that allows them to prove that they're not old.
And the older people get, the more stubborn they become, and what they decide is not going to change.
Is it good for older people to get pregnant?While it's true that some older people still have the ability to have children, is it really a good thing for them to have children?
I personally don't think it's a good thing.
First, the elderly are not as physically fit as the young, and may face great risks in having children.
As I said earlier, the chances of all kinds of pregnancy complications are much higher when you are over 40. The first thing to consider if you get pregnant over 60 is whether your body can still handle it.
Shandong this 67-year-old pregnant woman doctor is not did not recommend her to abort the pregnancy, is her own will not listen to. The process is a bit scary, but she was lucky to have so many complications and still be able to turn the corner.
In fact, we look at this matter from other aspects, the woman so serious complications, she does not give up, then as the man does not care? Knowing that the wife because of the pregnancy has been all sick, at any time in danger. As a husband, how can you bear to let your wife suffer this ordeal at the age of almost 70.
Secondly, after the birth of a child, child rearing is a big problem, and the elderly are generally less energetic.
Children do not grow up on their own, even if you have a lot of retirement pay, not worried about money. But the energy put into the process of raising children is just too much for most older people to handle.
Especially when the child is small, that is a moment can not leave the person. A person who is already in his old age, does he have that much energy to raise his children?
Thirdly, people say that being too old to have children will have an effect on both themselves and the children they already have.
Generally, people will point fingers at you for having children when you're over 50, let alone over 60.
And it's just as well if you've never had any children, the point is that you already have children, and those children are old enough to have children, and having another child in this situation would be too embarrassing for the children.
A big reason why the sons and daughters of this old couple in Shandong are angry and don't want to care about them is that their granddaughters are already adults. Suddenly there is a sister who is about the same age as their granddaughter, which children can be comfortable in their hearts.
Conclusion:
While some older people are in good health, there is still a possibility of pregnancy.
But it is still recommended that they should not have children easily.
After all, there are so many problems that you may face in having a child, and as an elderly person, you still have to consider all the issues in a comprehensive manner.