A new study conducted by scientists from the Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Institute in Minnesota was released on Feb. 17 revealed that women who get pregnant in their 40s are more likely to experience a heart attack than women who chose to get pregnant earlier than the said age bracket.
Scientists made a comparison of the rates of heart attack and other heart-related issues after 12 years of making a follow-up with their participants who got pregnant at their younger years. The result came out revealing 3.8% was the risk of women getting a heart attack if they delayed their pregnancy until they reached their 40s. It is higher compared to women who got pregnant younger, as the figure for them only came out to 2.4%.
In an article published by The Guardian, they said that younger mothers are of high risk as well in acquiring hemorrhagic stroke that it went up to 1% compared to younger pregnant women who only got 0.5%. The bottom line is that it is not wise to delay your pregnancy and wait till you are 40, especially if you are planning to raise a family.
It is then said that it will not be healthy for you as the mother and even for your baby. It would also be wiser to always consult first with your gynecologist before continuing with the pregnancy should you have no choice but to delay it.
The Mirror got a hold of this research and reported that this study was presented during the American Stroke Association's Internal Stroke Conference in Los Angeles. The study involved over 72,000 women and 3,300 of them got pregnant in their 40s.
"We already knew that older women were more likely than younger women to experience health problems during their pregnancy. Now, we know that the consequences of that later pregnancy stretch years into the future," the head of the research team for this project and the director of the Institute, Professor Adnan Qureshi said.
