The delay in childbearing age is imposed, but equally our reproductive capacity declines with age, resulting in greater difficulty getting pregnant naturally. It’s one of the reasons why specialists are aware of the increased demand for assisted reproduction techniques, advise motherhood before 35. In fact, as measured by specialists, the reproductive capacity or female fertility begins to decline, month to month, from this age. At 30, the percentage of oocytes in most women around 12%, this is reduced to 3% from 40.
The delay of childbearing age – conditioned by social, economic or personal factors, it is essential, but our reproductive capacity or female fertility follows precisely the opposite process, i.e., decreases with age. From age 35 ovarian capacity decreases both in quantity and quality, which makes it significantly reduce the chances of becoming pregnant naturally. They have increased, and so the specialists in assisted reproduction, the demand for treatments – note it as well as the average age of the patients-at the time advised, if you want to be a mother, not to delay the decision beyond this age.