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The fecundity of women decreases gradually but significantly beginning approximately at age 32 years and decreases more rapidly after age 37 years [1]. A woman
by fertilityrspctr 8y ago
The fecundity of women decreases gradually but significantly beginning approximately at age 32 years and decreases more rapidly after age 37 years [1]. A woman over 35 is nearly 2.5 times more likely than a younger woman to have a stillbirth [2].
[1] https://www.asrm.org/globalassets/asrm/asrm-content/news-and-publications/practice-guidelines/for-non-members/female_age-related_fertility_decline-noprint.pdf https://www.asrm.org/globalassets/asrm/asrm-content/news-and...
[2] https://yourfertility.org.au/for-women/age/ https://yourfertility.org.au/for-women/age/
- barrkel 8y agoYou are not contradicting the post you replied to because you're taking about increases in risk and the parent is talking about absolute risk. The base rate matters; a 2.5x increase in stillbirth probability may not be persuasive if the base rate is low. (I'm not saying you're wrong, just that you aren't convincing.)
- fertilityrspctr 8y agoYou're right as far as the post I replied to is talking about mortal health risk to mother or child, which doesn't seem to be a huge issue at 35. I was also thinking about the risk of not being able to have kids at all, or having less serious issues like Downs which is pushing 1% of live births before age 40 (https://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0815/p825.html https://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0815/p825.html).