What does BB know that we don't know? Instead of having the Birthday Baby plastered on the front page - everybody is greeted with this:
Mary turns 40, but it should not prevent her from having more children, says the midwife
Last year in early January-born Crown Princess Mary twins, and with the now-perennial twins, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, is Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary's children flock has grown from two to four.
And although Crown Princess celebrated her 40th birthday on 5 February, so it is not necessarily her age, to prevent the royal couple to become parents for even a prince or princess, says midwife Leah Toft from Jordemoderhuset.com to Alive.dk. - Crown Princess Mary has so many good things going for themselves, to suggest that she could easily have another child. She is not smoking, which is a clear advantage. She is slim and toned, which also has a lot to say, says Leah Toft, who also points to the fact that the 40-year-old princess has already born Prince Christian, Princess Isabella and twins Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine.
- She has, so far as we know, born four children without complications, and it also speaks that she easily could feed uncomplicated again, so it's definitely an advantage for her that she has already gone through several births and that another pregnancy will not be her first. And if she can even go and become naturally pregnant, then you will very much look at it as a health indicator, and it will also mean that there is less risk of complications, says Leah Toft.
However, it should not forget that the age thus affecting several factors associated with pregnancy. First and foremost, a woman's fertility decreases with age.
- It is said that 40-year-old women are on average one quarter as fertile as a 25-year-old woman. So the chance of ever becoming pregnant is significantly reduced, the older you get, says Leah Toft. But if in spite of his age, yet ends up being pregnant, then you will be met with a number of other increased risks. Here, among other things, talk about an increased risk of having a miscarriage, hypertension and gestational diabetes.
But it is not only the mother who is in the firing line. There is also increased risk to the fetus. 40-year-old women who become pregnant are entering a danger zone for chromosomal defects in their fetuses, and here we are talking especially about the risk of having a child with Down syndrome (mongolism, ed.) . The older you are, and especially when the age of 40, the risk of having a child with Down syndrome.
Actually, it is especially the risk of having a child with Down syndrome will be the greatest risk for the Crown Princess, says Leah Toft. Risk of having a child with Down syndrome
1:1500 15-29 years
1:800 30-34 years
1:270 35-39 years
1:100 40-44
1: 50 Over 45 years
