Giving birth to a child is the most defining experience in a woman’s life, as not only a new being is born, but also a new woman. Being a mother is a journey without turning back that is accompanied by love, happiness, peace, challenge and fatigue, a journey that according to recent studies is good to undertake after the age of 35. Pregnancy after 35 has historically been considered risky, but recent research has shown that women in their 30s and 40s feel much more settled and confident in their relationships and careers, and more.
Previous studies have proven that late pregnancy affects a woman’s life expectancy, but a study conducted by the University of Southern California has proven that giving birth after the age of 35 improves a mother’s mental abilities.
Researchers conducted several tests on 830 postmenopausal women related to planning, visual perception, verbal memory, concentration and attention, writes living. At the end of the study they came to the conclusion that women who had given birth to their first child after the age of 24 had better performance in tests of problem solving and verbal skills, compared to women who had become mothers between the ages of 15 and 24.
Women who had their last child after age 35 had better verbal memory and cognitive abilities. According to researchers, pregnancy after the age of 35 improves the mental abilities of the mother is related to the increase in the level of estrogen and progesterone during pregnancy at this age and that significantly improve her mental abilities.
