When does the female fertility start to decline?

[Anonymous]

Like I was reading about a female celebrity getting pregnant in her late 40s and were in the article was written that a female fertility begins to decline at 30 or something... So like I'm 30, i'm not out for having kids but I am curious about all this.. And the female celebrity is Cameron Diaz :)

[BeMuse]

Being that women are born with all their egg, they genetically degrade over time just like the rest of your body. As a result, women are less likely to become pregnant with each passing menstrual cycle. When you are in you late 20s to 30s you maybe have a 25% chance to get pregnant in a single menstrual cycle, thus if you want to have a baby you will have to try multiple times around ovulation. By the time you get to your 40s that drops to about 10% chance, so you just have to fuck a lot more. :) Once you hit about 45 most women have serious issues with getting pregnant without fertility treatments. Beyond that point most women are entering menopause between 45 and 55 with the average being 51. Some women enter early menopause between 40-45 and about 1% of women enter menopause before 40.

[jhl_x]

I remember seeing in my genetics classes some years ago that there are higher risks of a pregnancy being problematic and resulting in genetic disorders when the mother is 35yo and older.

[letuswaltzforthedead]

It starts to decline rapidly around 25-27, but it isn't a serious issue for the mom or the baby until she's 35 (higher likelihood of complications and the woman's eggs have more "genetic mutations")

[dustybiker]

Depends on the woman's genetics, personal health and stress levels. It’s not the same for everyone.

[CloudMassacre]

“It begins to decline” doesn’t mean it declines just woosh fast