baby at 33

sorsha

I am 33 years old and I need to wait another year to get pregnant.
I am really scared I will have baby with down syndrom or any other disability because of that.
I know there is many healthy babies born even later, but I cant get rid of this fear.
Any girls out there with the same "problem"?

Twee.

Hi Sorsha I've moved your thread to the Trying to Conceive forum.

Roesy

sorsha wrote: »

I am 33 years old and I need to wait another year to get pregnant.
I am really scared I will have baby with down syndrom or any other disability because of that.
I know there is many healthy babies born even later, but I cant get rid of this fear.
Any girls out there with the same "problem"?

I'm 33 and pregnant. I'll be 34 when junior arrives. Lots of women have healthy children at that age. I teach Senior Infants and the age profile of parents in my area is definitely on the rise. Lots of the parents of 6-7 year olds appear to be late 30s/early 40's. I know that odds of certain things increase with age but youth is no guarantee of healthy babies either. My 21 year old , fit and healthy cousin had a baby with Down Syndrome a couple of years ago and alternatively my 40 sister in law gave birth to her fourth healthy baby just over a year ago. All I can suggest is be as fit and ready as you can be and try not to go into the whole stressed before you even try to conceive.

sorsha

I think I am fit and healthy and I hear often I don't look my age,but still have some black clouds around my head because of that, I wish I don't feel this way, but dont know how..

ILoveToast

Hi

Try to look at the percentage instead, for your age(33) there is than less than 1/6th of one percent risk that your baby will have DS. That number is not high at all

pwurple

Tiny tiny risk at 33. Even at 40 it is not particularly high.

veronics mckenna

had my baby wen i was the big 40 all brilliant dont even think like that

sorsha

veronics mckenna wrote: »

had my baby wen i was the big 40 all brilliant dont even think like that

I am trying, but I heard last year from both GP and gyn (I was 32 than) that I should harry up etc.. also when I was teenager I had very unpleasant situation with boy with down syndrom, he grab my hair from behind and didn't want to let go, it was really scary and his mother/carer didnt have any control over that.
I know its silly and many of them are smart and nice, but I would die if that happens to be.
Are they checking it while you are pregnant if there is a risk,or its seperate tests you have to do?

veronics mckenna

they do a test for u if u ask but u shud try put it. out of ur mind

lollpop

I can't remember the exact stats but the figures I was given by my clinic are that the risk is approximately 1 in 1000 in your 20's moving to 1 in 375 by 35 and 1 in 125 by 40. It's not an overnight thing, it's a gradual decline, you don't just suddenly become more risky one day. But yes the earlier you get pregnant the better but unfortunately that isn't an option for everyone.

I'm also in my thirties and worry about this all of the time, but the reality is that there are lots of things that can go wrong in pregnancy, some age related, some not, if we worried about everything, no-one would ever have a baby!