By about age 35, the quality of a woman's egg cells is diminishing, making it more and more difficult to become pregnant

It is a common and mistaken belief that a woman's chances of having children at the age of 35-40 are good.

This is not the case even if the woman is very healthy, in good shape and younger than her age. Fertility is not about these things.

By about age 35, the quality of a woman's egg cells is diminishing, making it more and more difficult to become pregnant, especially for the first child.

A woman has only a certain number of eggs in her body, some of which are always used during one menstrual cycle.

Once the reserve of high quality egg cells has been used up, they no longer exist.

This may seem very wrong.

This is perhaps one of the reasons why many become lulled into the belief that even children over 40 can easily have a child if they so wish.

According to recent research by the Population Federation, even before the age of 35, difficulties in getting pregnant have multiplied.

35 is the age known as the "warning light" of a woman. The number of ova decreases and their quality begins to deteriorate.

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