Are you more fertile when you’re in your 20s?

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(Do you get pregnant faster, easier, etc)

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that’s what they say but women have babies at all sorts of ages. do i want to be 35+ just starting a family? no. not saying there’s anything wrong with that but that’s not for me. i want to be a “young mom,” but there are women on this app in their 20s and they’re having a hard time getting pregnant.

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Biologically in general yes between the ages of 18-30 is the healthiest (physically) for women to have children for MOST women. Before or after that window usually comes with more risks for both mother and child, but plenty of people have children outside that window and they and their children are fine it just statistically comes with a harder time.

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Statistically and as a general rule, your body is optimized for childbirth in your early twenties-about 22-25. In your teen years, your body and brain have not finished developing and women don’t finish puberty till around 21 or 22. Because your body isn’t done growing, it hasn’t finished hip growth, which makes childbirth much, much more dangerous because there isn’t as much room. When you get older, the quality of the eggs left starts to decline, which is why we have an increase for genetic disorders after 35.
Of course, every individual is different, but this is what research has told us.

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That’s what society likes to tell us and for the most part it is true, but literally everybody is different. But yes, for argument’s sake, it is true. However, the whole thing about women’s clock ticking after 30 is so stupid. My mom has so many friends who waited until late 30s/40s, even some in their 50s. Like the 2 year old I babysit, her parents are like 46 or somewhere around there. That’s kinda my goal. Don’t have kids young just because you’re afraid too have kids when you get older!

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Guys...the question is "are you more fertile in your 20s" not "is it possible to get pregnant in or after 30s"
An average healthy body is fully developed by early 20s. Possibilities of birth defects go up 10% by the age of 25. And another 15% by 30. And chances go up from there. 
We are born with all the eggs we will ever have. So as those are released, our chances also go down. They age just as we do and their quality goes down the older we get. So for the health of you and your baby, your 20s are the average persons best odds. 
That does not mean it cant happen later in life. The oldest recorded woman giving birth was 67. The conception was not natural. But she had a healthy pregnancy and birth. Its also not an insult to those who have chosen to wait.

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I’m always wary of such general statements. I personally have friends that are in there mid twenties and have struggled to conceive while I know ladies in their 30s who sneeze and get pregnant. I will mention that once you are over 35 years old your pregnancy is considered high risk. My mom got menopause fairly young (in her 40s) so I started in my 20s to be safe as I want a few. But don’t let age deter you if your ready!

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They say that but I got pregnant really quick in my 30s. It really depends on the person.

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I see many people have said yes but I'm 35, I quit taking my birth control in February and was pregnant by April.

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Well statistically yes.  But that’s not the case for everyone.