By: Storyphile

Gave birth at 39 in Canada too. I was considered “high risk”, but for reasons in addition to my age. It was my first child, and I had pre-existing high blood pressure. It was the whole combination that made me “high risk”. No one freaked out about it really, I just got an offer for a referral to an ob/gyn just in case instead of my GP doing it all. (lucky enough to have a GP who still does deliveries at all!)
I got watched a little closer towards the end and was induced instead of letting the pregnancy go late. But that’s it. No other interventions at all and no other concerns.
I think it is a very good point about the reduced litigiousness here. It’s one of the things (in my outsider’s opinion) that seems to really drive up the US medical costs.