meltycat

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[–] meltycat@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If your DNA is so beaten up from ageing that having a pregnancy after 35 is risky, then perhaps it makes sense to call 35 old. A woman who is geriatric (or advanced age) having a pregnancy.

[–] meltycat@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, as in, a geriatric woman being pregnant. It's risky having children at or past that age, because a woman's DNA has took a beating from ageing.

[–] meltycat@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago (10 children)

It is if you're a woman. https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/geriatric-pregnancy 35 or over is clinically classed as "geriatric".

[–] meltycat@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Everything's normal! I've seen multiple doctors and had every blood, vitamin, and hormone test under the sun, and then some. Everything comes back normal. I'm just not in my prime

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