Though the effects might not be as dramatic for older mothers…

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A close up of a pregnant woman�s midsection as she hold her stomach

baby looking up in cot

baby with blue towel on head

Two photos of happy couple smiling at the camera - in one photo they are holding baby ultrasound photographs

A mother with her arm around her daughter, who is leaning on her shoulder - they�re looking out onto a pond

baby girl smiling in cot

Bluey and her family

Children in nursery singing nursery rhymes

Newborn baby wrapped in a wool blanket wearing a woolen hat

Parent high fiving child

Burger King sign

Mother talking to teenage daughter about sex

Teenage girl holding her phone