Age and Fertility in Tampa, FL
With more women working and a global recession that has encouraged people to put off starting families, many women in Tampa, FL, are waiting until their 30s and 40s to before they try to get pregnant. In the United States, about 20 percent of women have their first child after age 35. Unfortunately, research has shown that a woman’s fertility begins to decline in her late 20s (even though her overall chances of becoming pregnant do not start to decline so soon).
After a woman crosses into her 30s, her chances of getting pregnant do start to decline. At age 30 a healthy woman’s chance of getting pregnant naturally each month is approximately 20 percent. By age 40, her chance of conceiving naturally each month drops to approximately 5 percent. About one third of women over 35 have fertility problems. Eve
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