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Older women never tire of hearing the tick-tock of the biological clock which is supposed to ruin their chances of having a healthy baby, but a new study reveals babies born to mothers aged over 40 can have better physical and emotional well-being, the Daily Mail reports. 

And with a host of celebrities giving birth in their forties, researchers from Birkbeck University of London and University College London have highlighted a growing trend in their study on older mothers.

Researchers assessed children of women older than 40 and compared them with those born to younger mothers in their twenties.

While they might tire their mothers out and be harder to catch – the research suggests children born to mothers over 40 are healthier.

The study concluded that children of older mothers were 22 percent less likely to accidentally injure themselves and nearly a third less likely to be admitted to hospital by the age of three.

The offspring of older women are also more likely to have better emotional well-being as the likelihood of conflict between parent and child was found to decrease as the maternal age increased.

And language development by the ages of three and four was also better for the children of older mothers.

The number of women over the age of 40 having a baby has increased more than fourfold in the last 30 years, figures from the Office of National Statistics show.