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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As predicted, a bunch of women come in here with hurt feelings that biology wins.[/quote]

Except there's plenty of misinformation going around.  In societies without birth control, the average maternal age at final birth is 41.  So basically half of any random population of women would have children after the age of 41 if they did not have access to birth control.   It's not as impossible as it may appear, because most women in our society are on birth control in their 40s.  Women over the age of 40 make up a large percentage of those who have abortions.   It's not like fertility comes to a screeching halt at 35 or even 40.  It just might look that way because a large number of women have kids younger and don't want to have anymore.   [/quote]

Flag this comment along with mine. It's harmful to have lies like this floating around. It tricks women into thinking they can put off pregnancy until it's convenient.  It can't be.

Your fertility has an expiration date.[/quote]

My comment is backed up by studies.   It’s not a lie.  [/quote]

And where are the studies?[/quote]

There are several.  Here is one.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7983101/[/quote]

Typical DCUM misstep. Posting a source without reading it.

"The sample included only women with an exact birth date, a first marriage, and the[b] last child born being born around the age of 30 years[/b][/quote]

You're misreading it.   Here's the relevant quote:  [b] "The results showed that the French Canadian women bore their last child at an average age of 41.5 years compared to 39.5 years for the French women"[/b][/quote]

I’m not going to read the crazy misogynist posting but is this the French study from before widespread use of antibiotics? Which has been thoroughly discredited in the modern context because of nutrition, education, and the fact that antibiotics lower the risk of infections that can cause secondary infertility? Is that the nonsense you brought here???[/quote]

WTH are you talking about?  This is the average maternal age at last birth in populations without birth control use.  I have no idea what you're babbling about. [/quote]

Cupcake. Read the article. The data set of 2226 women born between 1624 and 1715 included the entire French Canadian population living in the Province of Quebec between 1608 and 1765 for births and 1799 for deaths.

Do you think that maybe, just maybe, there are some confounding factors here? A few small changes in the last 300 years that affect fertility?  This study has been widely blown up.[/quote]
+1  That was a stupid study to link.  As has been posted on here, there are sooo many women now a days who have gotten pregnant naturally in their 30s to their early 40s.   I wouldn't worry about it.

My niece, who is turning 30, asked me about what I thought about her waiting. She was feeling pressured to get married and have kids. I told her to wait for the right person. Don't rush. Most of the women  I know had no issues getting pregnant 30+, myself included.[/quote]

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