How Fertile Are You??

We are sure that many of you have heard women say  "my biological clock is ticking", but women are waiting a little longer to have babies these days due to many reasons like their careers, looking for Mr. Right, waiting for the right moment in their lives, financial security and for so many other reasons.  But how long can you wait??

For most women, age best predicts the chance of conception per month.   On average it takes three to four months for a 25-year-old woman to conceive if everything else is normal and it takes twice this time for someone who is 35, and by the time you are 39 the time of conception will be 15 months.
 After the age of 35 there is a significant drop in the chance of conception per month.  However, despite of having normal periods and menstrual cycle, about 10 percent of women lose their fertility much sooner due to Follicle atresia and age effect on the spindle within the egg (the egg has a spindle on which the chromosomes align themselves). Not every woman is born with the same number of eggs or loses them at the same rate.

Tests

There are several tests which help predict whether a woman may have a faster biological clock. One of these tests is the fairly new: AMH Test (Anti-Mullerian Hormone).  You can get this test by asking your doctor for a blood test.  An AMH test determines the level of early antral follicles, which mature into follicles that contain eggs to be released during ovulation.  Low AMH levels, mean lower follicle counts, therefore producing fewer eggs each month than women with higher levels of the hormone.  The anti-mullerian hormone test can also determine if a woman suffers from PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome), a condition in which small cysts grow on the ovaries.

Since AMH is produced only in small ovarian follicles, blood levels of this substance have been used to measure the size of growing follicles in women. Therefore, AMH blood levels are thought to reflect the size of the remaining egg supply - or "ovarian reserve". 

Your Decision
Whether you decide to wait or not, unfortunately women have to be aware of their biological clock unlike the male, whose age  have almost no effect until he is well over 55.  We are NOT saying to hurry and run to have a baby, but to know the facts when you do decide to bring your own little miracle into the world.