New research by the British Medical Journal shows that the babies of ‘older’ mothers may have a better start to life with fewer accidents and trips to hospital.

More than 78,000 births across a 3-year period in the UK were examined for the study.

Women over the age of 40 now account for around 5% of births in Irish maternity hospitals.

Professor Evelyn Mahon is an investigator in sociology and social policy at Trinity College in Dublin.

She is not surprised by the findings of this report.

So do you think babies born to “older” women are more likely to get a better start in life? Do older mothers make better parents?

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