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[quote=Anonymous]I got married at 31 and my gyn was blunt with me about age and fertility. She said it was best to have a baby before 35 if we could. Ended up having #1 at 33. Then had an oops #2 when #1 was only 7 mos old. I was kind of freaked out but OB thought it was great - I'd had an easy first pregnancy and in your 30s earlier is better than later.

This "Birthgap" documentary is about worldwide declining birthrates and one of the findings it shares is that, for the most part, the decline is not people not wanting children, but wanting to wait longer to be more established in career, finances, relationships. That is all 100% reasonable. But when the average age for first child gets pushed up higher and higher, a significantly larger segment of the population will run up against fertility problems. So, while more people are proactively choosing not to have kids, many childless older people want them and erroneously think they can just wait longer.
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