In many countries, people decide to have a child at a later age. Why is this? Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

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Individuals in many nations globally have made the decision to conceive at a much later time in their lives and
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may be due to the urge to be financially stable and mentally prepared before
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birth
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,
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of the numerous reasons attributed to
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decision could be financial stability. A lot of people are of the opinion that financial abundance is pertinent to
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bearing and feel the need to make a lot of money and be financially capable before the thought of bearing a
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cross their mind and in order to do
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, they need to commit many years of their lives towards their work.
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can be seen in the Forbes 40 under 40 magazine where all the females without children said they needed to work in order to provide comfortable lives for their children.
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, most people who make these decisions say they need to be mentally prepared for
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child
the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
childbirth
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. There are many things
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needs to prepare for
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child
the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
childbirth
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and mental stability is
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of them and seeing that a large number young mothers have become
clinically depressed postpartum
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a clinically depressed postpartum
, these older mums take the decision to be psychologically proficient before having kids. Admittedly, while there are a lot of merits attributed to late
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bearing, I opine to the fact that the drawbacks outweighs the advantages and a major
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is the high risks affiliated with pregnant aged women. Problems like fibroid, infertility and even death have been linked to
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child
the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
childbirth
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for aged women and
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is because of the growth of some tissues in the womb, lack of viable eggs for conception due to menopause and the loss of youth
vigor
forceful exertion
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needed during
labor
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
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. Evidence of
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is seen in the medical magazine issued from Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) which dedicated a page to strongly enlighten women about risks associated with late
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birth
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and showed that 80% of women in their early 40s have lower chances of conceptions and the few exemptions either die during
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birth
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or suffer serious postpartum diseases.
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, women who chose to give
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at a later time in their lives have a slim probability of taking care of these children before their death. With the constant pollution in the
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world, coupled
with the poor quality of food we consume daily, the chance of living a long life has been
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declining
greatly. The lifespan of people has decreased significantly as they do not live as long as they used to in the past and most likely would not be able to nurture their kids to independent ages. In conclusion, while people may vary in their opinions, I believe the disadvantages associated with late
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bearing totally outweighs its advantages because of the
risks
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risk
factors like infertility and
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reduced lifespans that have been linked with
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birth
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at old age.
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