29 Years Old, Start a Business or Have a Baby?

Re:29 Years Old, Start a Business or Have a Baby? by run4yourlives on Friday November 09, 2007 @01:42PM (#77964)

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.

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Re:29 Years Old, Start a Business or Have a Baby? by sspencer on Friday November 09, 2007 @02:20PM (#77979)

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.

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Re:29 Years Old, Start a Business or Have a Baby? by imsteve on Friday November 09, 2007 @10:51PM (#78068)

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.

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Re:29 Years Old, Start a Business or Have a Baby? by run4yourlives on Friday November 09, 2007 @07:25PM (#78029)

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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