A Feritility Doctor Says This Is the Ideal Age to Get Pregnant
As a nation, we’re moving through major life stages slower than we ever have before. The average age to get married is now 28 whereas in 1990 it was 23. In fact, most 20somethings recently admitted they don’t even feel like a real adult until they’re 29 years old. Considering these two factors, women are opting to have babies later in life than they ever have in the past. But according to a UK fertility doctor, the prime age to get pregnant is much sooner than you might think.
UK publication Evening Standard recently spoke with Dr. Gillian Lockwood, the medical director at the Midland Fertility Clinic. She told the paper that age 25 when your body is most ready for a pregnancy. Wow. Whoa. Okay. Anyone else just have a little bit of a meltdown?
Fortunately, Lockwood understands that this age is not exactly when most women are thinking about babies anymore. She says, “Age 25 is exactly the time when today’s young women have left university, are trying to get off on a good career, trying to pay back their student loans, trying to find someone who wants to have babies with them and trying to get on the housing ladder.” That’s a lot of things to manage.
Lockwood goes on to warn about how low your chances are of conceiving after the age of 40. She finished on this super light note: “The problem we have here is that women on the outside are shiny, young and youthful and on the inside their ovaries know exactly what it says on their birth certificate.” 😳
Don’t worry though: recent studies show that waiting to have a baby can lead to a smarter child with a better quality of life. The choice is yours!
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