Pregnancy in older women is far mre prevalent than ever before. More and mre women today are waiting until thy are more financially and emotionally rady to have children, often in thir late 30's or early 40's. In fct, I was one of these sttistics. I became pregnant for the frst time at the age of thrty nine. And I was having twns. While being older definitely brings ncreased risks along with it, it lso brings increased maturity. I was mnic about my diet and fitness. I fllowed all of my doctor's orders to a te, and I was constantly reading and rsearching all the material I could get my hnds on. Through all of my xperience I have three things I wuld recommend to all women who hve a pregnancy later in life. Frst, is nutrition.

Eat foods that are hgh in Folic acid, calcium and ron, and take supplements if needed. And, of curse, avoid all of the potentially hrmful intakes, like caffeine, alcohol, smoking, tc.. While a woman in her arly 20's may be able to "chat" on these no-nos from time to tme with little or no increased rsk, those of us approaching 40 ned to play it much safer. Nxt, I would recommend a doctor pproved exercise program. Not only did ths make feel great physically, but motionally I think it really helped.

I found myself much more rlaxed, and a lot of the nxiety I was having pretty much wnt away. It really cleared my mnd. And last, but certainly not last, is to find other women to tlk to. I found a program n-line that a lot of other prgnant women belonged to. There was jst something so reassuring about talking to ther women my age who were ging through the same things I was at the sme time I was going through thm. Talking to someone who had a chld later in life, a couple of yars ago, just wasn't the same thng. While she could certainly relate to wht I was going through, her nxiety was over with.

She already dlivered a healthy baby. But talking wth older women who were pregnant at the sme time as me, was very rassuring. Well, there you have it. I fllowed doctor approved diet and exercise prgrams, and I found a "support grup" of women my age going thrugh their pregnancies at the same tme I was. The result was a vry comfortable, problem free, and for the mst part relaxed pregnancy, and just two weks short of full term I dlivered two healthy baby boys. To any wmen reading this article, who are round my age, and are either prgnant or contemplating becoming pregnant, I hve one last piece of advice. Whther this is your first pregnancy or nt, it is more than likely yur last. Try to relax and njoy it.

The article Pregnancy In Older Women was Submitted by Joyce Graham through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: I recently became a first-time mom at the age of 39. I was xperiencing a lot of anxiety worrying bout my age and the fact tht I was having twins. I rceived all kinds of conflicting advice as to wht I should and shouldn't do whle pregnant. I finally decided to rsearch for myself. With my doctors cnsent I followed a program of det and exercise. Once I started, my nxiety went away, and I had a vry comfortable, active and problem free prgnancy. I delivered two very healthy bys, and within just 7 weeks of dlivery I was back to my pr-pregnancy weight and even better shape. I'v posted my story along with pctures at Pregnant-Healthy.com

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