The birth of a baby is a joyful event for many. It is very important that the bearing of the baby and the birth itself go well. The health of mother and baby depends on this. Also important is the answer to the question of when is the best time to give birth: at 15, 16, 17 or still you should wait 20. Or maybe the best option is to give birth after 30?
Birth Medicine at 15
In the practice of medical medicine, a woman in labor who has not yet reached the age of eighteen is called a young woman. Undoubtedly, giving birth at the age of 15 means placing a huge burden on the still immature body; this is a real test not only for the young mother and her crumbs, but also for the medical staff.
According to the assurances of doctors, childbirth for a young body is undesirable. They may result in complications for the mother in childbirth. Yes, and children are not always with a young mother are born strong and healthy.
However, interruptions of the first pregnancy also often entail irreversible consequences, for example, infertility.
Young mothers in past centuries
However, if you look into history, you may be surprised at how often women acquired offspring at a very young age.
It was possible to officially marry in Ancient Russia at the age of twelve for girls, and at the age of fifteen for young men. It is known that Prince Yuri Dolgoruky himself married a girl who was barely eleven.
There is an episode in Eugene Onegin when the nanny of Tatyana tells her about her marriage. It happened "legally." She herself was thirteen at that time, and her husband even less.
And although the girls did not perform conjugal duties for the first few years in marriage, getting used to a new family, nevertheless their first child appeared early enough. Only after the decree of Peter was it forbidden to marry the young before reaching the age of sixteen. Even then, it became clear that giving birth at the age of 15 was dangerous both for a woman and her offspring.
“Nature has conceived it this way, which means that you can give birth at 13!”
The human body is a complex system. Enormous potential lies in living earthly beings. A person in extreme conditions is able to do without food, water, light, heat for a long time. Only few people live constantly on the brink: they eat every six weeks, drink two days later, live on the third, live without light and don’t wear warm clothes in winter. And this is understandable: such extreme loads on the body will necessarily negatively affect health.
The same goes for childbirth. Nature made sure that mankind did not cease to exist on Earth even if something out of the ordinary happened. For example, because of an epidemic or war, almost all women of childbearing age will die out, and one elderly man and several young teenage girls will remain on the planet. It is impossible to wait for the girls to grow up - by then the man may lose the ability to fertilize.
Of course, this story is from a series of fiction. Better to hope that this never happens. However, nature provides for all options, even the most ridiculous and implausible.
And the fact that girls at the age of twelve have the ability to get pregnant, just from that piggy bank of human capabilities that allow people to survive on Earth. But you need to use it only in that very extreme situation.
In practice, doctors, when asked when they should give birth to a baby, answer that the age is from 19 to 28 years old. This does not mean that earlier or later births will necessarily lead to complications. But to discount such an opportunity is not worth it.
Abnormally young mothers on our planet
It is definitely difficult to answer the question of how many years you can give birth. Maybe even a little girl who has got her period. It is known that this happened even at the age of 5, as happened with Lina Medina from the Huancavelík region in Peru.
Moreover, it is also known that many girls who did not even reach adolescence bore a fetus and gave birth to viable children, though more often by caesarean section. For example, Gerardo Medina in that very case mentioned above was born healthy and lived up to 40 years. He died of bone marrow cancer.
On December 2, 1957, also in Peru, Ilda Trujillo gave birth to a healthy girl weighing 2.7 kg, who was given the name Maria del Rosario. Pregnancy came as a result of rape. The criminal was caught and sent to jail. Mom, at the time of birth, was 8 years old and 7 months old.
Other cases of this anomaly are known. They also took place in the USSR, but they hid carefully and did not indulge in publicity.
The most incredible story can be called with two African girls - a mother and her daughter - from Calabar in Nigeria. Mum-Zi fell into the harem of the leader of the Akkiri tribe in 1884. At the age of 8 years and 4 months, she gave birth to a daughter Zee.
And this baby also became a mother very early. She was at that time only 8 years old and 8 months old. So it turned out that the youngest seventeen-year-old grandmother once lived on our planet.
Aretha Franklin - mother giving birth twice as a teenager
If the cases described above can be called abnormal rather than normal, then the ones presented below are no longer such. These young mothers were quite consciously pregnant, having sexual intercourse for love, and not for duress or thoughtlessness. But these cases make it possible to answer the question of how many years a child can be given birth without serious complications.
The famous American singer Aretha Franklin, born in 1942, gave birth to her first son at the age of thirteen. At fifteen, she had a second child, and at seventeen she was waiting for a third.
True, Aretha did not want to burden herself with raising her sons. Replaced mother boys her aunt. The singer herself was engaged in a career at that time, and quite successfully.
Aretha died at the age of 76 in August last year. After herself, the singer left four sons.
Teenage pregnancy among girls in the world
Schools now teach a lot, but for some reason they bypass the question of how many years you can give birth. Either teachers believe that students are still too small and too early to delve into these areas of life, or simply do not find words. But adolescents themselves do not think much about the consequences and go on about sexual desire. As a result, we have abandoned or disabled children, irresponsible mothers, mutilated lives and a lot of negativity.
However, not everywhere the intention to become a mother at such a young age is condemned.
Since girls of different nationalities give birth at 15, there is no single answer to the question about the attitude of society towards early pregnancy.
For example, in the USA, in the state of New Hampshire, with the consent of the parents, girls can get married at 13 years old, and boys marry at 14. In Ecuador, marriage age is one of the lowest in the world: 12 years for girls and 14 for boys. At gypsy weddings everywhere, including Russia, young brides are barely fourteen.
That is why the young teenage wife, who was married at fourteen, is proud of her early pregnancy. She does not hide her position in any way, rather, on the contrary, she receives care and respect from those around her. But it is worth remembering that here the features of the mentality, culture and customs of peoples play an important role.
Psychological unpreparedness of young mothers
But our modern civilized society condemns young girls if they decide to become pregnant before they are 18 years old. Therefore, having learned about her condition, the expectant mother is not happy with this news, but begins to worry and worry. This stress affects the physical state of herself and the fetus.
Often an unlucky young lady tries to terminate a pregnancy in folk ways. Upon failure, it greatly harms the fetus. Often after this, the pregnant woman decides to give birth. The embryo undergoes during this time such extreme trials that leave a mark on his health or even make him disabled.
Some teenagers hide their pregnancy to the last, trying to eat less, tightening their belly with tight bandages, tight clothes. All this also does not benefit either the baby or the expectant mother.
And it also happens that a frightened girl, having not admitted to an adult in her pregnancy, is trying to give birth on her own, without the participation of doctors. It is not necessary to say that such cases often end tragically.
The physiological unpreparedness of the young body for childbirth
A fifteen-year-old girl often still has insufficiently developed organs of the female reproductive system. The fetus does not have the ability to develop normally, since the uterine cavity is not ready for bearing. Because of this, a risk of pregnancy pathologies is possible.
During this period, the load on the cardiovascular system increases. And since the body is still growing, it is twice as high as normal.
Young pregnant women often have miscarriages that develop into heavy bleeding. Hiding pregnancy, girls sometimes make this condition fatal.
In adolescents during pregnancy, due to the increased load, a disease of the skeletal and articular system may develop, since the supporting apparatus at the age of fifteen cannot be considered fully strengthened.
During childbirth due to the fact that the skeleton has not yet fully formed, injuries of the pelvic bones occur, there are complications that have to be treated then, sometimes to no avail.
So that the birth of a young mother goes well
Many dangers can be avoided if a young pregnant woman is sufficiently informed and takes her condition seriously. Relatives are obliged to support her, to help her in this difficult period.
To do this, you must register with a gynecologist as soon as possible. Regular observation by a specialist significantly increases the chances that a natural birth in 15 years will pass without complications.
It is very important that a friendly atmosphere develops around the young pregnant woman. The sensitive attention of parents and the future father, care and participation are the main requirements for the people around her.
And of course, the most pregnant woman is required to strictly perform all the doctor's appointments. Regular examinations, passing tests, consultations are immutable rules for every expectant mother, and especially for a young mother. And even if the doctor prescribed a pregnant woman to take some drugs, you need to accurately and clearly follow the recommendations.
"Under sixteen" and the mother is not the mother
According to the law in our country, marriage is possible only from the age of 18. But at the age of sixteen, criminal prosecution is removed from citizens who have had sexual intercourse with the consent of both parties.
If a mother has to give birth at the age of 15, she does not have any rights to her own child. The child is required by law to take the babies to the house. But a mother can obtain parental rights when she reaches the age of sixteen.
A newborn stays with his mother if until this time the guardianship of an adult family member is issued over the baby.
Physiological characteristics of girls to 16 years
Despite the fact that the difference between fifteen and sixteen-year-olds is only a year, their physiology is very different.
By the age of 16, the level of health is at its best, and the body can easily recover after childbirth.
Due to the physiological characteristics of the development of the body, the pelvic bones in fifteen-year-old girls are still narrowed. After only a year, the skeleton is almost formed, so that at 16 years old you can give birth with virtually no additional problems. Ready for reproductive activity and other internal organs.
According to leading experts, giving birth at 16 is even somewhat better than, for example, at 30. It is said that such babies grow more sociable. They early become independent, mobile and active.
But this opinion should not be considered a recommendation to have children at 16. These are only conclusions when comparing the birth of very young mothers (up to fifteen years old), sixteen year olds and old-born women. All of these options are classified as high risk. And to decide how old it is better to give birth to the first child, each couple should individually. And it would be better if they consult a specialist before conception.