Hi doctor.  I am 56 years and my wife 46 years now.  We have a son after infertility treatment and stitching the uterus until birth.  He is now 18 years and now my wife missed her last period and is tested positive for pregnancy.  It is only 41 days now since her last period.  How risky it is to carry on the pregnancy as she is taking tablets for hypertension.  We love to have another child.  Can we be confident that every thing will be ok?Hl,l,IS
Hits good that your wife is pregnant. But It's very important to monitor throughout pregnancy because of so many factors. Lot of issues regarding mother and fetus needs to be monitored. Regarding mother, she is 46 yrs, and she is hypertensive, it needs to monitor her blood pressure throughout pregnancy and to watch for symptoms of acute exacerbation of blood pressure like sever headache, blurred vision and edema of body. It's important to assess her sugars to role out diabetes, and it needs to repeat in pregnancy to early diagnosis of gestational diabetes. Regarding fetus, after mothers age 30yrs increased chance of anomalies. So consult fetal medicine specialist regarding sonography and blood tests to detect and role out anomalies. If you are ready to take care of these, everything will be good. Take care Thank regards Chat Doctor.