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A recent study found that the average waning reproductive age for women increased from 35 to 37.1.
35 has commonly been cited as the upper threshold of female fertility (María Alconada Brooks/The Lily) Soo Youn 2h Christa Nader and her husband have been talking about having children for at least 10 years. As a former teacher and the founder of a nanny agency, children and child care are often on her mind. But like for so many, the timing never seemed right. She went through long stretches with no health insurance or poor coverage. It took a while for Nader and her husband to feel financially secure enough to start a family. Last year, she decided to go off birth control and start casu...
E-Mail IMAGE: TTUHSC's Duke Appiah, Ph.D., and a team of collaborators recently investigated factors that may be driving a link between the duration of a woman's reproductive life span and her overall... view more Credit: TTUHSC As females age, their bodies typically undergo two significant changes that generally occur during adolescence and middle age. The first, known as menarche, is the time during puberty when a girl begins having monthly menstruation cycles, which often tends to range from 8-13 years of age. She enters the second change, known as menopause, 12 months followin...