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Great article!

I used to have this panic, but life had other plans for me. I had DS when I was 25 and thought I needed to have another soon after. instead, I got divorced, just like this author.

But, my fertility in my 20's was bad. I had the worst, long cycles. Once I turned 30, my cycles became more normal-like, and now I'm almost 32, going through my third pregnancy. (Not 35, but I'm not sure there's an exact switch that goes off on your 35th birthday). My fertility is the best it's ever been.

Great article!! I will be 35 or 36 before we even start TTC for #2, so I can't help but worry. Worrying is what I do best. I asked my doctor at my PP checkup if I needed to think about my age, she told me no, not at all. She did say that she wouldn't recommend waiting till I was 40 to start but that my age shouldn't push up our timeline before we are ready.

Still scares me that it is going to take longer with #2 because of my age. But I know in reality, if it takes us longer, it will be because of timing and DH's traveling.

@MsLipGloss: I know I shouldn't worry, it only took 3 months at 33 but I have issues with worrying and over analyzing things that are out of my control and years away.

As an older FTM myself, I will admit I was worried about being able to get pregnant at age 34 or later. I conceived on the first try and I have a 2.5 year old boy now.

I charted, though, so I was confident I was ovulating. Had I not been I might have sought out the advice of an RE before.

interesting! i passed that along to my friends. we are all women in our mid-30's and just started having children.

I thought it was an OK article, goes over some data but not others. I think some of what bothered me was comparing numbers though. I agree that a 90% and more decrease in how many eggs we have as we get older is not a big deal for most women, there were a ton of eggs to begin with and we only need one every month. But going from a 1/100 chance of genetic problems to a 1/9 chance (though that's not till 45 according to the article) seems like a much bigger deal, the majority of kids are still fine but I donno that stat seems pretty significant to me.

That being said we're in our early 30s having kids and so are our friends, the average age of our friends to have a first kid is def over 30 as many have plans but haven't started and so far (though I know I don't know everyone's plans) I haven't noticed any increased trend towards infertility or problems than people I knew trying to get pregnant in their 20s.