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Anonymous
This is based on some USA Today headlines you read once, not reality. Fertility begins to decline in your 30s but it doesn't magically disappear overnight. A 35 yr old women may, statistically, have lower fertility than women in their 20s. But she also, statistically, has much higher fertility than women in their 40s. It can also vary greatly from person to person. There are many, many women who conceive naturally in their mid-30s with no assistance. Including both women who are having their first children or second/third/fourth children. The idea that you hit 35 and suddenly you cannot get pregnant without intervention is simply false. Your statistical likelihood of having issues conceiving go up. But a person is not a statistical likelihood. You also keep confusing "high risk pregnancy" with any pregnancy past 35. Talk to an actual doctor. No OB-GYN considers an otherwise healthy woman in her mid-to-late 30s "high risk" unless there are factors other than age that would increase risk (weight, history of repeated miscarriages or other fertility issues, etc.). Again, there is a higher statistical likelihood of a high risk pregnancy after 35, but this does not mean that all pregnancies after 35 are high risk. And this statistic is skewed by the fact that women who DO have trouble conceiving or carrying to term are more likely to be in the over-35 group. But an actual doctor will treat a woman with that history differently than a women who had no issues conceiving and no other risk factors, but happens to be 35 or 36 or 37. It's dumb to be having this conversation in this thread, but since the subject is Taylor Swift (who we don't even know wants to have kids, nor do we know anything about her reproductive situation), but just hypothetically -- Taylor Swift is 34, a healthy weight and appears to be in very good health generally. Also, perhaps most importantly, Swift's mom had two kid in her 30s, at ages 32 and 35. Statistically, Swift has every reason to believe she could have one or more kids in the next few years with minimal or no issues. Even if she needed fertility treatment, this is hardly an obstacle for a woman with her resources, and in fact many women in her socioeconomic class simply engage fertility doctors as a matter of course, because they don't care about the cost and it heads off issues before they arise. I know women who simply did in vitro because they could afford it and it allowed them maximum control over the process, before even seeing if they could conceive naturally. They liked being able to screen the embryos for viability before implantation, and it also allowed them to control when their pregnancy occurred with precision. |
Anonymous
It’s a good thing you can’t make choices for the rest of us AND that your vote counts as much as mine. I have a feeling we cancel each other out. |
Anonymous
What does voting have to do with a middle aged pop star needing IVF and a surrogate if she wants kids? |
Anonymous
while anyone can have issues --- fertility doctors will tell you that they pay for the beach house and the expensive cars with women over 40. Could that include 38 up for some -- sure. But somewhere around 40. They find that for most women under 40 the issues can be resolved and cheaply. |
Anonymous
No. Almost all women her age get pregnant without a doctor. Like 98%. Know before you speak. |
Anonymous
You are using long-debunked science. The fertility drop in a woman's 30s was wildly overstated and used faulty data. There is a very modest decline in fertility in the 30s. It drops significantly after age 41. A woman who needs the help of a fertility clinic at age 34 would have likely needed help in her 20s. Regardless, WHO CARES whether Taylor Swift needs ART to get pregnant if and when she decides to have kids. It is no one's business. |
Anonymous
What does any of this have to do with someone who is simply dating a football player and having the best financial and commercial success of anyone's lifetime? |
Anonymous
Right. And Taylor Swift just turned 34, and her mom had two healthy kids in her mid 30s. So the idea that it's too late for her to have kids, or that having them at this point will automatically be challenging or require a surrogate, is insane. I got married at 34. Didn't even start trying to have kids until 36. Had two kids and never saw a fertility doctor once. My pregnancies were not considered high risk. |
Anonymous
| Some of the people posting here seem clinically insane. Your information is way way off. I read it and just doesn’t comport with any experience I have any knowledge of. |
Anonymous
+1. It is really something we can’t have a Taylor Swift thread without devolving into how dried up her eggs are. It’s so desperate and transparent, and it’s just not the “Gotcha!” the misogynists think it is. We all know if Taylor Swift wants babies she’s going to get those babies, just as many wealthy women have done before her. |
Anonymous
My OB says real advanced maternal age concerns don’t start until 40 |
Anonymous
We absolutely need to stop equating women's worth with having children. She's billionaire Taylor F-ing Swift, and she's still being reduced to a baby-making machine. Knock it off people. |
Anonymous
| How mad are Swifties about MAGA attacks on her? Will they turn out against Trump even if she doesn't endorse Biden? |
Anonymous
“Almost all” women over age 35? No. |
Anonymous
| Can we move on from the fertility discussion? |