??geriatric pregnancy

[Nel45]

So I’ve worked in maternity care across the country for nearly 30 years and never once have I come across the term ‘geriatric pregnancy’ being used in the NHS, Nor with my last 3 children born when I was 35-44. (Naturally conceived and born last year)
However just seen a BBC article referring to a mother who had a ‘geriatric pregnancy’ since when did this become an official term in the UK??

I think the newer term is AMA, advanced maternal age, for mothers over 35. Geriatric pregnancy is outdated. Maybe still in use in the States though, I feel like I hear the term a lot more in American media.

I’ve heard of this in the past as a common saying but it’s outdated and the NHS now use advanced maternal age.

Been called that far years. It is horrible

However just seen a BBC article referring to a mother who had a ‘geriatric pregnancy’ since when did this become an official term in the UK??
The 1970s

How is it selfish?

What a judgemental and unkind thing to write.

Yes it’s never a term I have ever seen in any documentation or guidelines, even from a clinical perspective, our guidelines only refer to expectant mothers over 40 as being at any higher risk. Why on earth is the BBC using this term?? It was never even a term had heard by the media until recently

33 when had DD. Geriatric pregnancy!

Hmm... Well I've still got all my own teeth!

I had dd in 2007 when I was 34 and all the medical people around me used the term geriatric pregnancy.

i had it with my two in 2009 and 2010 when I was 36 and 37

The term was used in my notes too, I have children under age 10.
Maybe it's regional?

Another one here who had in her notes too! I had twins in 2009 and was 34 which meant I was classed as a geriatric mum.

Tbh, I found the name highly entertaining 😂🤷‍♀️

You should keep horrible opinions to yourself.

It’s not a term that is used and hasn’t been for many years. AMA refers to women over 40, not 35.

I’m often a bit sceptical when people say they’ve been labelled with this term. I think that sometimes people think they’ve been labelled that way. I’ve been a midwife since 2011 and it has never been in use within the NHS during that time.

My 38 year old friend (not in the UK) had ‘Elderly Primigravida’ on her notes! We two used to laugh over the mental image it conjured up, of an Opera diva type: “Ah, the stage is set, maestro, but my back... my back sings a different aria now. The only crescendos I feel are when I can't find my shoes — or my breath!”

It's a historic thing. I'm 34 my mum had me at 34 and it was all over her notes. I work on labour ward most days and not heard it used we just say increased maternal age

Yes it must be then, I worked in London, East Anglia and the midlands and never came across it 😕 gosh yes I don’t think I would of been very happy to see that in my notes when had my babies

renthead it really has been used!
It isn't imagined 🙄

Google says ama is women over 35? I can't find a clear guideline for the NHS though. Where can I find this?

I had AMA on my notes. They did a further sort of questionnaire with me to ask about other factors and decided my AMA risks were very low and it wasn’t mentioned again.

My sil’s pregnancy was termed a geriatric pregnancy 30 years in Hertfordshire. It was for pregnancies whereby the mother was over 35 years.

Yes I’ve worked in maternity care since the 1990s and had only ever heard it in the media

Why did you need to put across that it was selfish?
That's so ignorant, many women face infertility and haven't been able to conceive! Who are you to judge?

I thought this was historically used to describe women who had their first pregnancy over the age of 30.