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Being pregnant after age 35 are more likely to create certain complications, including premature birth, birth defects and pregnant with multiples.

If you are older than 35, you may want to have a prenatal screening test to see if your baby at risk for certain birth defects.

Women older than 35 may have trouble getting pregnant. If this happens to you, talk to your doctor.

As you get older, you are more likely than younger women have certain health conditions that can cause complications before and during pregnancy, including:

These health conditions can cause problems during pregnancy, including:

Because older women are more likely than younger women to have babies with birth defects, if you're older than 35 you might want to have some to see if your baby at risk. Screening tests, such as screening or cell-free fetal DNA in maternal blood screening, check your blood to see if your baby at risk for certain birth defects. A screening test does not tell you for sure whether your baby has a birth defect. It is only possible to tell if your baby at risk for birth defects.

If your screening test results show that your baby may be at risk for certain birth defects, you may want to have some diagnostic tests. This test can tell you for sure whether your baby has or does not have a birth defect. These tests include and.

Talk to your provider about this test to decide if they really were for you.

Even if you are younger than 35, do these things before and during pregnancy can help you have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby:

Before pregnancy

During pregnancy

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