Older maternal age

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• Synonyms

  • Old mother
  • Maternal ageing

• Effects

  • Fetal macrosomia
  • Gestational diabetes
  • Pre-eclampsia
  • Placenta praevia

• Parents

  • Lifestyle

• Description

  • "Neonatal death is higher in babies born to women under the age of 25
  • and women over the age of 40"