Births to older mothers have increased in recent years as average ages for childbirth and IVF treatment also rise
It is an age when many are starting to enjoy the freedom of having older children – or their childfree choices – and using their spare time to get back to the gym, go on date nights and worry about their pensions. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), however, a growing number of women and their partners are choosing to enter the fray of newborn parenting in midlife.
According to a Guardian analysis of the figures, between 2016-18 and 2019-21 there was a 15% rise in the number of women giving birth in England aged over 50. In the 2019-21 period seven women over 60 gave birth, with two of them over 65.
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