Theymightbehardertocatch – andnodoubtleavetheirmothersmoreexhausted – butchildrenborntomumsover 40 arehealthierandbrighterthanthoseofyoungerwomen.
Theoffspringofolderwomenarelesslikelytohaveaccidentsorneedhospitalcareandmorelikelytohavebeenvaccinatedearly, astudyfound.
TheywillalsodevelopabroadervocabularyfromayoungageandachievehigherscoresinIQtestsinarangeofmeasuresuptotheageoffive.
Theresearch, tobepresentedtodayatTheRoyalCollegeofPaediatricsandChildHealthconferenceinGlasgow, isararepieceofgoodnewsfortherisingnumberofwomenwhoaredelayingmotherhood.
Previousstudieshavehighlightedthegrowinginfertilityratesforolderwomenandthegreaterriskofthemdevelopingdiabetesandpre-eclampsia.
Butthelatestresearchappearstoshowgainsforoldermothersoncetheyhavegivenbirth, possiblyduetotheirgreaterexperienceandmaturity.
Thenumberofmotherswhogavebirthovertheageof 40 increasedfrom 15,000 in 2000 to 27,000 in 2010.
ResearchersattheInstituteofChildHealth, UniversityCollegeLondonandBirkbeckCollege, London, saidtheirfindingsshowedoldermotherscanmakebetterparents.
DrAlastairSutcliffe, whoworkedonthestudy, saidnegativepublicitysurroundingtheriseofoldermotherswasbasedonthephysicalrisksofpregnancyandchildbirth.
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