People nowadays tend to have children at older age. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?
Nowadays, there are tendencies that people will have their own offspring when they get old.
Although
childbirth in old age might come with severe problems, it helps the parents to have money to cater for their children's education, and basic needs and be psychologically ready for it which I believe outweighs the disadvantage as the childbirth difficulties can be treated with adequate medical intervention, Linking Words
moreover
, lack of preparedness can lead to mental illness of both couples.
To start, giving Linking Words
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comes with several medical issues which are detrimental to the mother's health. Complications like Ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages (early pregnancy loss) congenital disorders, high blood pressure, and chromosomal condition like Down syndrome. Use synonyms
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, one of the Federal medical health care centres in Nigeria; reflected in a recently published report that; 70% of women who got pregnant at 35 years had ectopic pregnancy and preeclampsia. Linking Words
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, problems that come with Linking Words
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delivery in old age now have solutions. A scientist has found a way of preventing medical conditions with the use of certain medications.
To add, one of the very important advantages of having a Use synonyms
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late is mental preparedness and financial stability which helps both parents to be able to cater for their basic needs after childbirth. when both parents are mentally prepared, they tend to have peace of mind and Use synonyms
also
be able to cater for themselves and form intimacy together. Linking Words
For instance
, in a survey conducted by World Health Organization(WHO), it was published that women that gave Linking Words
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late in Nigeria are more responsible and care for their children more than others. Afterwards, women that gave Use synonyms
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as a result
of insufficient income and lack of mental preparedness which affect their Linking Words
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's education and mental well-being. Meanwhile, waiting till adulthood before having a Use synonyms
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is better.
In summary, despite the several complications that follow giving Use synonyms
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in advanced life, the merits outweigh its demerits as couples would be more prepared mentally and financially.Use synonyms
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Answer the 'Advantages and Disadvantages' topic
IELTS advantages and disadvantages questions normally give you a statement and ask you to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of that statement.
Answer structure for the type of essay
- Introduction
- Body paragraph 1 – advantages
- Body paragraph 2 – disadvantages
- Conclusion
Examples to start your body paragraph:
- The main advantage is...
- The disadvantage of this...
- The main benefit...
- Despite these advantages...
- One possible drawback...