Study: What women don’t know can hurt their chances of having babies
Most women mistakenly believe they can easily postpone childbirth until their late 30s and early 40s, not knowing how early their fertility can decline.
A large international study found that women in America and around the world are misinformed about the reality of aging and conception.
A study of 17,500 women, released last week by a New Jersey researcher, asked questions about fertility to women in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Uganda, Germany, Israel and six other countries. The study mirrored a similar one conducted in 2001 among women in the United States.
The research shows women mistakenly think they can easily become pregnant in their late 30s and early 40s. In fact, married women ages 35 to 39 have a 30 percent chance of remaining childless. Married women ages 40 to 44 have a 64 percent chance of remaining childless, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
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