Your large intestine is the final part of your digestive tract. Undigested food enters your large intestine from your small intestine. It then reabsorbs water that is used in digestion and eliminates undigested food and fibre. This causes food waste products to harden and form faeces, which are then excreted.
Pregnancy Risks After Age 35. Find out how your age affects pregnancy -- and what you can to do ensure that both you and your developing baby are safe and healthy. By Martha Pierce. 1  Facebook. 2  Pinterest. 3  Google Plus. 4  Email. 5  Print. 6  More. 7  Comments (0).
Risk factors include: 1  Advancing maternal age. 2  A woman's chances of giving birth to a child with Down syndrome increase with age because older eggs have a greater risk of improper chromosome division. 3  By age 35, a woman's risk of conceiving a child with Down syndrome is about 1 in 350.