Home
43
,
44
,
45
Centenarians more likely have 1st child in 40s
Catherine McDiarmid-Watt |
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
0
comments
European researchers, drawing on 12 centuries of genealogical records of the British aristocracy, have shown a clear trade-off between early childbearing and longevity.
In an article published last December in Nature, two gerontologists at the University of Manchester found that women who delay having children until their 30's and 40's, and then have only one or two, are more likely to live into their 80's, 90's and beyond. Female longevity, they say, is linked to the number of children a woman has, and her age at the birth of her first child.
This study comes in the wake of another carried out in the Boston area by a team of Harvard researchers led by Thomas T. Perls. It showed that
centenarians are four times more likely than the general population to have had their first child in their 40's.
Recent Keyword Searches: stories pregnancy birth 44, pregnancy stories by age, pregnant at fifty yeears old, is it possible to be pregnant at age 48, chance of pregnancy at age 44
Category:
43,
44,
45
About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost that precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted that there will be no more babies in our house.
Find Catherine on Google+ - Circle us on Google+ - Join us on Facebook - Follow us on Twitter
WE LOVE COMMENTS!
Don't just sit there, reading this story or article - say something! Do you believe it? Do you think it is impossible? Do you wish it was you? Do you have a story to share (it might get published!)
NOTE: Comments are moderated - just to stop the spambots - and so may take up to a few hours to be approved.
Catherine reserves the right to review, edit, refuse or delete any comment.
Popular Posts
-
Hi ladies, I have you all beat! I'm 48 years old with my first pregnancy, my husband is 48 years old as well. I am 14 weeks pregna...
-
If you like you can add me to the list. My son Garret was born when I was 40, my daughter Alanna when I was 43, and Brian when I was 46. Mat...
-
My Mom and Dad were already married when my grandmother got pregnant with my uncle - she was 50! ~~~@~~~@~~~@~~~@~~~@~~~@~~~@~~~@~~~@~~~ Sto...
-
Just wanted to let you know I was 45 (going on 46) when I got pregnant. What I did was go on Fertility Blend and was pregnant in two weeks...
-
I guess I should add my stories. My great grandmother remarried and moved to Canada from England - leaving 2 adult daughters behind, taking ...
-
One of my aunts had babies at 44 & 46, another aunt had a baby at 45. ~~~@~~~@~~~@~~~@~~~@~~~@~~~@~~~@~~~@~~~ Stories of Pregnancy &...
0 comments