"many women stupidly believe its impossible for them to get pregnant. "
And this in the context of a) constant trotting out of fertility stats based on the last time contraception was unavailable b) nonsense routinely made up and misinterpreted and published by the DM, as explained a post below that post, and loads of anecdotal discussion about the dangers of leaving childbearing too late.
The word 'stupidly' is unreasonable.
The basic facts are well known, the general over view that fertility will decrease with age is not in doubt.
It's bad enough the stuff the press churn out about how women ought to and should live their lives (irrespective of men's apparent perma-lad state - after all they can always net a young woman in their late middle age, can't they?) but the level of judgemental and patronising talk of other women, by women on this thread is dispiriting.
I had my first baby in my 40s - the booking in midwife leaned forwards and in full head-tilt mode said 'and how long did it take you to conceive?' clearly preparing for a long tale of IVF and mcs...she sat up sharpish when I said 'about 15 minutes, I think'. But I am not advocating that any woman who has conception as a priority waits until her late 30s or 40s to do so - I'm not advocating that women do anything other than respond to the circumstances in their own lives and use their intelligence and common sense to make choices based on genuine information, not trumped up patronising headlines.
Women have always conceived and been good mothers over the whole 30 ish years of their fertile life. It is one of women's strengths and opportunities that they have the fertile and childbearing ability to be both mothers and grandmothers at the same age, and this has always been the case. Let's trust and admire each other rather than cast judgey comments on what people 'ought' to do with their lives.