The challenge of elderly childbearing to medical resources
With the development of society and the improvement of people's living standards, more and more women choose late marriage and late childbirth. However, elderly childbearing not only poses certain risks to individual health, but also poses certain challenges to medical resources.
First of all, elderly childbearing has increased the burden on medical institutions. Due to the decline of female fertility, older mothers need more professional medical monitoring and inspection to ensure the healthy growth of the fetus. This requires medical institutions to provide more manpower, material resources and time, which increases the workload of medical staff and the consumption of medical resources.
Secondly, the elderly childbirth increases the risk and difficulty of obstetric medicine. There are many potential risks due to the decline of their own physical functions, such as the increased incidence of hypertension, diabetes and other diseases. This requires medical staff to provide more meticulous care and medical treatment before, during and after childbirth, and consume more medical resources.
Finally, the elderly childbirth has increased the expenditure of medical expenses. Older women usually need more prenatal examinations and post natal care, and may need higher levels of medical technology and care. All these will lead to a significant increase in medical expenses of individuals and society, thus increasing the burden of medical security.
The impact of elderly childbearing on family and society
Elderly childbearing not only challenges medical resources, but also has a series of impacts on individual families and society.
First of all, the elderly childbearing has increased the family's economic pressure. Older mothers usually need longer maternity leave and leave, which means that families need to bear more economic expenses. At the same time, the demand for quality of life and children's education of elderly mothers is also higher, which further increases the family's economic burden.
Secondly, the elderly childbearing may lead to the lack of parental companionship in the growth process of children. Due to the decline of physical function of the elderly women, they may face more physical discomfort and health problems. This will affect the mother's care and education of children, resulting in children's lack of parental companionship in the process of growth.
Finally, the elderly childbearing will also bring pressure on the social pension system. After giving birth, the elderly puerpera are faced with greater tasks of rearing and education. In addition, the elderly mothers themselves are older, and may still have to take care of their parents and in laws after the children grow up. This has brought some pressure to the social pension system.
Psychological problems of elderly childbearing
Elderly childbearing not only has an impact on medical resources and family society, but also has a certain negative impact on individual psychological state.
First of all, the elderly childbearing has greater psychological pressure on women. Due to the constant ticking of the biological clock and the decline of reproductive capacity, there is anxiety and pressure to miss the time window of fertility. This kind of pressure may lead to women's inferiority complex and anxiety, which will have a negative impact on themselves, their families and society.
Secondly, the elderly childbearing also has a certain impact on the relationship between husband and wife. While pursuing career and economic independence, elderly couples often need to balance the contradiction between childbearing and family and career, which may lead to tension and contradiction between husband and wife. In the face of children's education problems, there may also be contradictions between generation gap and parent-child relationship.
Finally, older childbearing may have an impact on children's growth and education. Compared with young parents, the children of elderly mothers may face more psychological pressure and growth problems. They may need to bear the age restrictions of their parents and the reality of early aging during their growth, which may have some negative effects on their children's physical and mental development.
Summary
Elderly childbearing not only poses a challenge to medical resources, but also has a multifaceted impact on individual families and the whole society. It increases the burden of medical institutions and increases the expenditure of medical expenses; At the same time, it also brings greater economic pressure to families and difficulties in children's education, and pressure to the social pension system. In addition, the elderly childbearing also has a certain negative impact on the individual's psychological state, increasing women's psychological pressure, affecting the relationship between husband and wife and the growth of children. Therefore, the society should pay attention to the problem of elderly childbearing and provide corresponding medical security, family support and psychological assistance to promote the healthy development of elderly mothers and families.
