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Originally Posted by MrsDark
It just seems that way cause you hear a lot of them spouting about it in order to give other women their age hope. In actuality, this isn't true. Comparatively speaking, anyway. Easily as many and more women this age who are disillusioned when they go to try (often thinking they had plenty of time) and discover that it's not as easy for them as the women who have done this made it out to be.
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That's true. My wife had our two children in her (very) late thirties, with no external help, but that is no guarantee that others would have similar success. We know LOTS of thirty-something people with fertility problems.
In addition, the chances of birth defects increase dramatically at that age. The chance of a Downs child is 1 in 200 if you are 37. By the time you are 39, the chances are double -- 1 in 100.