Shelf Life of Women?

[KSUViolet06]

I'm 23 and single and let me tell you that I'm not running out and having a baby at 30 (unless I'm married by then) simply because "it's generally accepted" that I do so.

I think it just depends on the individual, I know that fertility does decline after 30, but not so much that it can't happen. My mom had my youngest brother at 35, and they hadn't even been trying for 6 months when she got pregnant.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I think it just depends on the individual, I know that fertility does decline after 30, but not so much that it can't happen. My mom had my youngest brother at 35, and they hadn't even been trying for 6 months when she got pregnant.

Yeah, I don't think it's so much women who have already had children who have problems, it's the women who start trying after 35 that potentially run into problems with their fertility. Both of my grandmothers had children into their 40s--but they had several children in their 20s and 30s.