A report has revealed that around three babies are born to women over 50 every week, which is more than double the number five years ago.
The report which was revealed by UK health ministers stated that up to 154 babies were born to mothers in their 50s in 2012 in the UK which is a rise of third in a year.
It also displayed that the figure was more than double the 69 births to over-50s in 2008 and around three and a half times the 44 babies born to the over-50s in 2000.
The increase in older women having children is believed to be as a result of advances in fertility treatment which has allowed many women the option to become pregnant later in life.
Many health experts have expressed their concerns that having a baby when you are older increases the chances of complications.
Louise Silverton, director for midwifery at the Royal College of Midwives said: “This is more pronounced as women have babies at increasingly greater ages. Older mothers are more likely to have increased rates of miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies and genetic problems in the child and other issues such high blood pressure, diabetes and problems with the placenta."
