6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.com

Hello this is 6 minute English from BBC learning English. I'm Neil and I'm Beth. Women today are having fewer babies. More women are

delaying having children until their 40s. The period of 10 years in life between 40 and 49 and some women are giving birth in

their 50s their 60s even their 70s?

There are many reasons behind the trend for older moms, including better access to education

and careers, but there are also health risks to having children later in life.

So in this program we'll be asking, when are you too old to have a baby?

And as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

But first I have a question for you Neil. In 2019

Mangayama Yaramati gave birth to twins in the state of Andra Pradesh

South India but these were no ordinary twins because Mangayama was

the oldest recorded woman ever to give birth. So how old was the oldest ever mum when she gave birth? Was she A.

53 years old? B 63 years old or C 73 years old, or C, 73 years old.

Hmm.

I'm going to guess 63.

Okay, Neil, we'll find out the correct answer at the end of the program.

Professor of Reproductive Science at University College London, Joyce Harper,

has been studying the trend of women choosing to have babies later in life.

Here she shares her discoveries with BBC World Service Program

Global Story.

20 30 years ago women were having children at a much younger age. Now it's become

quite normal for women in their 30s as we see with the world data there's many

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