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A woman's fertility is in generally good quality from the late teens to early thirties, although it declines gradually over time. [1] Around 35, fertility is noted to decline at a more rapid rate. [1] At age 45, a woman starting to try to conceive will have no live birth in 50–80 percent of cases. [2]
Hollywood is seeing a baby boom among older moms. Hilary Swank just gave birth to her first children — twins — at the age of 48, while Da Brat, who just turned 49, announced that she and wife ...
The baby was delivered by Caesarean section, weighing 6 lb 10 oz (3.01 kg), and was conceived through in-vitro fertilization (IVF). Her doctor stated that, for women over 35, giving birth can have risks, but he agreed to oversee the procedure because Janise Wulf was in good health.
In the US, the average age at which women bore their first child advanced from 21.4 years old in 1970 [11] to 26.9 in 2018. [4]The German Federal Institute for Population Research stated in 2015 the percentage for women with an age of at least 35 giving birth to a child was 25.9%.
Spain has some of the oldest moms, with 11% of women having kids post-40, compared to 4% in the US. Financial insecurity and settling down later in life play a notable role.
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In 2017, Guttmacher reported that almost 25% of women will have had an abortion by age 45, with 4.6% of 20-year-olds and 19% of 30-year-olds having had at least one. [14] More than six million women in the United States, or 11 percent of women of reproductive age, become pregnant each year.
Joan Lunden — a breast-cancer survivor, mother of seven and grandmother of two — in 2019 in New York City. (Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for BCRF)