https://rmanetwork.com/blog/what-are-my-odds-of-getting-pregnant-at-any-age/
Rate of Aneuploidy by Age:
- When a woman is 29, about 20% of her eggs will be aneuploid (or abnormal)
- When a woman is 31, about 30% of her eggs will be aneuploid
- When a woman is 35, about 35% of her eggs will be aneuploid
- When a woman is 37, about 42% of her eggs will be aneuploid
- When a woman is 40, nearly 60% of her eggs will be aneuploid
- And when a woman is 44, nearly 90% of her eggs will be aneuploid
Does your chance of getting pregnant decrease with age?
What can we deduce from this data, other than that your chances of pregnancy decrease with age?
Well, we can say that the chance of naturally ovulating a normal egg each month goes way down after a woman is 37 – in fact, her chances of ovulating a normal egg are a little less than 60% each month.
Suppose you think that’s still pretty good. In that case, you’re right – but remember, even normal eggs and embryos don’t lead to a successful pregnancy 100% of the time, so saying the woman has a 60% chance of ovulating a normal egg each month is not the same as saying she has a 60% chance of pregnancy each month – in fact, the figure is much lower (remember a young fertile couple’s chance of pregnancy is only about 20% each month, and that’s assuming the ovulation of a normal egg).
On top of that, the aneuploidy rate increases faster after 37 and very rapidly after 40. Because aneuploidy usually means no pregnancy or a miscarriage, a high aneuploidy rate indicated a low sustained pregnancy rate.
Medically, a pregnancy after the age of 30 is considered a geriatric pregnancy, because the risk of complications starts going up significantly, and the chances of a successful birth goes down pretty significantly starting around 30, and is WAY down by 40.
Yes, you hear of the occasional 40+ year old woman giving birth, but these are the exceptions, not the rule. There is ample evidence that the fertility window that has the best chance of success is between the ages of 15-30. Many women cannot conceive at all after 35, and are not able to have a successful pregnancy even with multiple rounds of IVF - which is a difficult and expensive process as it is.
0 1 0 0Should also note that this decline is related to the average rate of aging (unhealed damage), which can be delayed and often is reversable, but very few successfully do so because the masses (for the most part) are clueless about that stuff.
So, if you're GONNA fuck `em, get `em by the time they're 20!! So, let's see, legal age is 18 in most states, they start making abnormal eggs by about 20, that means we get all of two years to fuck `em without worrying about making abnormal babies!
@FunkyMonkee You might want to read those charts again...
Was a sperm donor for a lady that was 41 when she gave birth some years back. Had several IVFs and they all failed. Eventually we made an agreement and began having unprotected. She was healthy and physically fit, definitely took good care of herself.
She wanted a baby but conceived twins.
The conceiving wasn't easy. Took 8 months for the first pregnancy which ended in miscarriage, then 2 more miscarriages before she finally had a successful pregnancy. Weirdly it was right around when she wanted to give up.
Pregnancy wasn't bad for the first trimester but the 2nd and 3rd were rougher because her blood pressure and blood sugar levels began going up. Birth? No issues since she had from the get go decided it would be a cesarean birth.
Baby turned out fine and now 14 years old.
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I mean I believe so…not to sound rude but the biological clock is real and there’s no denying that. I personally wouldn’t want any kids past 32.. my range with trying for a baby is 27-30, as I feel that’s a good age range where I’m still young but not too young and not old. I know it’s possible and sometimes women have children later in life but waiting later also costs more risks, expenses, health problems etc. I think after 35 is late for a baby, I give credits to women who wanna do it and chase a toddler being older because I definitely don’t want to do that.
0 0 0 0I think if you are ready to start or add to a family at that age go for it. My mom was 39 when I was born and my closest sibling was already 11 years old
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10 37No, it's not. A good friend of the family was 42 when she had her first child and she had her second child at the age of 46, and she's an amazing mom. Furthermore, her partner was 58 and 62 when they had their kids together. They're both great parents and have been together since 1980. They love their kids and their kids love them. It's not necessarily all about the amount of time you're a parent, but the quality of parent you choose to be.
0 0 0 0no years ago some women were having a baby at age 45, and after about 6 other babies,
0 1 0 0It us ok, but I don't get people waiting for too long. Like by the time the kid reaches 20 parents could be dead... it would destroy kid.
Neighbors got the kid in their 45-46... theat kid may bury them while being in teenage years. Hopefully they will live for long, but so many people are dying in 60s and 70s.
1 0 0 0Not to old to have a baby but to old to raise a baby. Like if you actually want to be in their lives and not have them growing up taking care of sick/old parents then its not a good idea to have a baby that old
0 1 0 1right so maybe adoption is a better choice
@Still-alive or possibly just preventing so pregnancy doesn't happen at a old age
No. I've known women that age give birth.
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