A Look at Your Fertility Timeline

Heathline ^ | Oct 8, 2018 | Kimberly Holland

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Many females are born with all the immature egg follicles they’ll ever have — about 1 to 2 million. Only about 400,000 of those eggs remain at the start of menstruation, which occurs around age 12.

With each period, several hundred eggs are lost. Only the healthiest follicles will become mature eggs. The body breaks down and absorbs the rest. Males, on the other hand, continue to create new sperm for most of their adult lives..........

Today, the average age of giving birth for the first time is 26.6 years oldTrusted Source. That age has been steadily increasingTrusted Source in recent years as parenthood is postpone.

Ages 18 to 24 If ever there was a “best” age to procreate purely from a physical standpoint, this would be it.......

Ages 25 to 30 With each passing year, your chance of naturally conceiving a child falls. But in your late 20s, your chance of getting pregnant without intervention remains fairly steady........

Ages 31 to 35 In your early 30s, the chances you’ll be able to have a baby are still high........

Ages 35 to 40 The greatest reductionTrusted Source in fertility is in the late 30s and early 40s. The chances a female in their late 30s will be able to conceive spontaneously is about halfTrusted Source that of a female in their early 20s........

Ages 41 to 45+ According to the CDCTrusted Source, birth rates for ages 40 to 44 increased 2 percent between 2016 and 2017. The number of births for females 45 to 49 rose 3 percent in the same time frame. In fact, the fastest-growing ratesTrusted Source of childbearing are in females 40 and older.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Older article, but just to highlight age and birthrates.

Interesting how the birthrates from menstruation to 18 are not included.

[Equine1952]

“Cougars giving birth” is a better headline. Personally the old ones talk too much and I’d rather go fishing. There’s only two things that smell like fish. One of them is fish. 😁

[know.your.why]

Males, on the other hand, continue to create new sperm for most of their adult lives..........

Ok. I'll have plenty of ammo. Just my barrell looses its temper...and what...needs to get case hardened and re-rifled?

[Secret Agent Man]

Nerve sensitivity declines and you just require more physical stimulation than when younger. You also need visual stimulation that works for you, and that still means a woman that looks good to you, generally a still fertile woman has those visual traits.