One of my friends started TTC at 35 with a new partner whom she knows for very short while only to find out her egg reserve is very low. She has been ttc for 2.5 years now. She was under the impression that she'll have DC whenever she'll be ready and want.
Similar has happened to other colleagues and friends of friends who started TTC later after 35. I think media gives false impression to women that they can have children whenever they'll want only leading to disappointment and people need to be aware of the biological aspects of fertility. Researches have shown that the fertility for women start dropping after 34 years. If more women were aware of this then they Will make better choices.
AIBU?
To think women are being mislead that they can have children anytime when they want
Mythought · 28/03/2024 10:17
Am I being unreasonable?
721 votes. Final results.
POLLZfactorstar · 28/03/2024 10:24
I'm getting the feeling this wasn't written by a woman, but one of the red pill/ incel men who are all about breeding them when they're young. Notice that the writer used they instead of we at the end.
Mythought · 28/03/2024 10:23
I am not saying media is to blame but there are tons of celebrities who go on to have babies in 40s and 50s, giving this general impression that it's normal and achievable to have babies at that sort of ages. The latest news being of Cameron Diaz having baby at 51.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/cameron-diaz-welcomes-baby-boy-cardinal-age-51/
Mythought · 28/03/2024 10:23
I am not saying media is to blame but there are tons of celebrities who go on to have babies in 40s and 50s, giving this general impression that it's normal and achievable to have babies at that sort of ages. The latest news being of Cameron Diaz having baby at 51.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/cameron-diaz-welcomes-baby-boy-cardinal-age-51/
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