Getting pregnant after 35: US research says reproductive years now extend to 37

So is the age of 35 really a #fertility cliff? New American research is saying no. Annette Young talks to Cambridge University researcher and author, Dr Lucy van de Wiel, on what this means and also how egg-freezing is becoming a growth industry. We also look at how French women who are not in a relationship with a man, are forced to seek IVF treatment outside of the country. Plus an exhibition at the Paris Pompidou Centre celebrates women artists in the abstract art movement.

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[Lovelytrini]

I’m not super sure yet but I just took two test and they look positive (I’m 37 and it’s a surprise-natural), I also had twins at 33 naturally.

[TheHipReview]

Yeah, and what about if you are 42. Is it too late for us 40+-year-olds?

[pysbvrl]

did anyone find the source of the study? I could not find it

[lindawisner]

Yeah, what's that study Sweden? where older men (and women) had much higher instances of schizophrenia? Let's not also bring up other debilitating issues. Social norms need to change supporting women who decide to have children at a younger age and stop treating male geriatric virility into a positive machismo award.

[J.E.C.]

Wow, that's shoking. Everyone deserves to have a child, regardless of their age, gender, marital status, and sexual orientation. Government doesn't have to pay for this treatment, but prohibit these people all together? Nowadays fascism in Europe :( IVF takes months, you can not do it abroad, unless you move there for 6 months.

[qjtvaddict]

Don’t lesbian couples have the highest divorce rates? More data?

[KariAlexander-ewgu]

Sure enough, if everything goes well this should do the job. But listen, there's one factor that's usually overlooked that can considerably speed up the process, unfortunately I do not have it at hand, but it can be go’ogled Dobbie Nerkstrol's Infertility Cure, I think.

[-optimist-]

Dont the children also deserve fathers? Women right over child right?

[kimberlypierce]

Kids need fathers. These women are really doing harm to their babies when they purposefully don't provide a stable mother-father household.

[TeaCup]

Unmarried women and women not married to a man should not be able to have IVF or any other fertility treatments available to them. This should be left for married couples that are unable to have a baby due to true infertility issues that is no fault of their own.

[outofoblivionproductions]

"Women's rights over their own bodies..." And of course the unborn child's rights over their own body too.

[Ruizfamilia]

GOD DECISION NOT HUMANS 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 remember that if

[imrichbtch]

I always thought test tubes babies were fake when I was a kid