At what age to give birth to the first child: what do the doctors say

I always fidget in my chair and when asked “what?”you are waiting, it is time for you" or comments like "it is too late for the first birth" or, even better, "you will be an old mother, but that's okay" I start mumbling something in my defense. And there are many excuses: not married, alone - well, there is no decent man on the horizon who is ready to have children with me right away. Although I want to scream at the top of my lungs: "I don't want!" Right now, I don't want children. But I am planning on doing so in two years. This is my decision, and the doctor's job is to help bring it to life, and not judge me. Well, that's what I think. To figure out who is right, we asked three burning questions about pregnancy planning to obstetrician-gynecologist, candidate of medical sciences, author of the book "Honest conversation with a Russian gynecologist" Dmitry Lubnin.A photo: Getty Images Many gynecologists hurry women with pregnancy. At what age can you not give birth? - The doctor has no right to insist on pregnancy and rush. Its task is to give reliable information about the situation after the survey and its recommendations. When assessing the possibility of becoming pregnant, it is necessary to take into account not only the patient's passport age, but also the biological one. There are women who have excellent ovaries at 30 years old. The doctor sees that before the menopause is still far away, which means there is a high probability. It happens the opposite - at 32, a woman can have only a couple of follicles, that is, there is a great chance that the menstruation in such a patient will end in 40-42 years, simply because the genetics ordered it, or this is the result of the transferred operations, diseases. not necessary. Yes, the frequency of genetic pathologies becomes higher, and the condition of the uterus may worsen with the years. There is a new blood test, which at the 8-9th week with a high probability of showing the genotype of the fetus and in case something is wrong, it allows to interrupt pregnancy at an early age. But, of course, it is not worthwhile to postpone the first birth for an age beyond 35 years for the reasons listed above, and also because late births are a risk factor for the development of breast cancer and some other diseases. Specialists often prescribe very expensive women's vitamins. Do they really need to drink? "" The effect of using such medications is if you are a person suffering from avitaminosis. With a balanced diet, all important vitamins and trace elements come from food and no additional supplements are needed. If doctors prescribe vitamins just like that, without the diagnosis of "beriberi", then, probably, they do it just to write something down. You came to the doctor, how to get away from him without a prescription? The only exception is the situation when the patient is planning a pregnancy. Then you need vitamins. How many years have you given birth to the first-born?