The experiences of pregnant women at an advanced maternal age: an integrative review.

Objective: To identify in the literature how the experiences of women age 35 or above are described in terms of pregnancy.

Method: Integrative review based on MEDLINE/PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS, and SciELO databases, with no time period constraint.

Results: Eighteen studies that dealt with the experiences of pregnant women at an advanced maternal age were selected and analyzed.