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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this would be good for women to know: "One of the largest studies found that 78 percent of women aged 35 to 40 will conceive within a year, compared with 84 percent of women aged 20 to 34."

The difference between the groups isn't the part that stands out as much as the 16% of women 20-34 who WON'T conceive in a year and the 22% ages 35-40. I honestly didn't know the number was that high.[/quote]

This. There is a steep decline, and until you try you won't know if it will happen at 33, 35, 37, or 40. But it WILL happen and the longer you wait, the greater the risk that you won't be able to conceive. I've been trying for a second since I was 33 (including IUIs and IVF cycles) and I had NO idea that my fertility plummeted and had ran out of time. I thought the statistics were overblown, and for most women they won't be on the wrong side of the statistics, but only you can say if it's a gamble you're willing to take. But the one thing you shouldn't do is ignore the statistics and make decisions based on the assumption that your fertility at 35 will be the same as it was at 25. [/quote]

I'm sorry that it's been hard for you to conceive your second, PP.  In retrospect, do you think something like an annual AMH test would have helped?   [/quote]

PP here. Yes it would have been helpful FOR ME. My entire family has conceived easily into their late 30’s, so it wasn’t on my radar at all. I have low AMH, so an annual test would have been a heads up that things weren’t as they should be. I would have started TTC #2 sooner had I known. However, many women have low AMH and still conceive normally, so I think overall it would cause more false alarms than anything. It’s tough, but I think my biggest advice would be to get started as soon as you’re able and ready. Don’t wait until things are perfect - be that saving a bit more, traveling, trying to time that perfect age gap.

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