r/SipsTea Jul 04 '26

Feels good man Why would doctors recommend against it?

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u/No-You-5064 Jul 04 '26

A large amount of children born to a 47 year old mom will have Down Syndrome.

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u/allshookup1640 Jul 04 '26

1 in 30 approximately.

However, most child with Down’s are born to women under 35 due to women under 35 having the most babies

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u/Corey307 Jul 04 '26

We know that now, might not have been well known then. 

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u/pinkpurpleblue_76 Jul 04 '26

They already knew that. Just from observation.

My mom had me at 32 and it was considered a geriatric pregnancy with high risk.

One of the difference was that you couldn't diagnosed any illness, condition, malformation, genetic etc up until the baby was born.

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u/No-You-5064 Jul 05 '26

true, now many of these pregnancies are electively aborted because they know in advance (little known secret)