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That risk is not pronounced past 30, but 35. Adding to that, it negligible. It's not like 50% of babies have issues, it's just that a greater percentage do compared to women in their 20's.

Most families these days are started by parents in their 30's.



Maybe I'm not understanding you, but are you saying beyond 35 the risk plateaus? This graph seems to say otherwise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Trisomy21_graph.jpg

I wouldn't even consider starting a family later than 35. And look at 45! More than a 1 in 33 chance you will have a child with Down syndrome (Trisomy 21) after 45...those are definitely not gambling odds.


Those numbers are far too small to base such a life changing decision on.

And this kind of risk to the baby is not nearly as serious as a risk to the mother. You can always try again. These are the stats you should be considering.


No, I'm agreeing with you... data I had seen showed an even larger increase after 35.

I think though, at 35, you may feel a little differently about those risks, especially given that down syndrome can be detected in-utero.




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