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It def. exaggerates but it *does* happen. I work with a woman who was married and purposefully waited until she was 35 for baby #1.  She got pregnant first try but then when she tried for #2 a few years later, she had basically run out of eggs.  She was very vocal about telling all of us to at least think about the potential downsides to waiting....obviously don't have kids just for a reason like this, but if you are married, make sure to talk to your ob-gyn if you deliberately are deciding to wait until later in your 30s so yo uare making a fully informed choice....

I don't really know much more and what I do know is possibly mis-informed since it came from this one woman and I didn't do any research!  All I know is that women who are making the decision to delay into their later 30s (vs. not yet having a partner) should make sure they are as informed as possible when making that decision.

@Miso - best of luck! I know far more people who have been able to conceive in their late 30s than not, so hope all goes well with you as well.

I always wanted to have kids before 30...well, I got married @ 29.5 and starting TTC @ 30.  Well, I got pregnant LITERALLY the first day of trying.  (hubs got sick after that day, so we weren't active...and didn't really expect a positive result)  I am not in my 3rd trimester!  :)

again, I just encourage women to do the research....if you are married younger, and you choose to wait...good for you, that is YOUR choice...don't let scare tactics affect you but also make sure you know the risks and aren't surprised when you find out later (not just hearsay, pick up a real book!)  admittedly, I didn't do any of this research until after I was married, and it freaked me a little bit, but then I was over it and still decided to wait a few more months to TTC.   Good luck to everyone with your decisions and TTC!

ETA: specific to the article -- it just takes one egg, hehe...and why do they always act like 30 is some magic # looming overhead...it's not like the day you turn 30, 50% of your eggs fall out of your uterus, LOL

Arghargharghargh.  I feel like women who wait to have babies often do it for some very sensible reasons, like lack of emotional or financial stability, or lack of a partner.  Why should we discourage them from doing the things they NEED to do to be healthy and sane, and to raise a healthy and sane child?  Sure, warn about potential fertility problems, but don't write an effing report that manipulates statistics and makes it sound like women will almost NEVER be able to conceive after 30, and that if they wait, they're being irresponsible. Madness.  We will be waiting till I'm at LEAST 32 to TTC, but probably a bit later, because GUESS WHAT--we're going to be destitute grad students unable to provide for a child until then.  Any earlier and we would be raising a baby in poverty and/or would be giving up on the goals that we've striven for the past five years in college, the things we KNOW will make us feel happy, successful, and fulfilled.  

" "That biological clock does tick," she said, adding that her advice to women who want kids is, "the sooner the better." " NO. What kind of parents would we be if we let these big scary reports talk us into having a baby before we were capable of being good parents?