Re: How old were you when you had 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th…child?
^ technically, the older a woman is, the greater the chance but even the greater chance is pretty low, all things considered. its all relative.
Advanced maternal age. By the age of 35, a woman’s risk of giving birth to a child with Down syndrome is 1 in 400. By the age of 45, that risk jumps up to 1 in 35. This is because the older a woman is, the greater her chance of having abnormal chromosome division. Although advanced maternal age is a factor, the majority of children with Down syndrome are born to women under 35. This is because more women under the age of 35 are having babies than women over 35.
from: http://www.symptomfind.com/diseases-conditions/down-syndrome/
my grandmother had 6 children while in her late teens and early 20s and she had two babies with downs. her daughter died in infancy but my chacha is masha’Allah in his early 60s now and thriving.
it is considered the same in canada too given certain health conditions, etc.
i was 32 when i had my first, my husband was 31.