The female biological clock marks the passage of time inexorably. Currently, women are increasingly delaying the time to have children, so waiting at 35 for the first pregnancy is common.
But by the time the woman decides to father, her reproductive system may not respond so easily. The Spanish Fertility Society (SEF) has indicated that from the age of 35 the difficulties to conceive are multiplied by two.
The average age at which Spanish women give birth to their first child is at 32, between 5 and 7 years later than two decades ago.
According to the SEF, 15% of women remain sterile between 30 and 34, 30% between 35 and 39, and 64% in the case of women between 40 and 44 years.
The explanation is that the ovaries age faster than the rest of our organs, at most they stop working at 50 years.
Undoubtedly there are women who conceive without problems after 35, at 40 and even at 45 but the reality is that there are less chances of getting it and that the risk of the baby having any genetic abnormality is greater.
Assisted reproduction can work miracles in this regard by turning women at 67 years old into mothers. In fact, according to the trend, it is possible that within a decade there will be more pregnancies by artificial means than natural ones.
However, regardless of the method used to conceive, age plays a primary role both for fertilization, pregnancy, childbirth and the subsequent care of a baby that requires a good dose of energy and patience.
I think it's great that every woman can fulfill her desire to be a mother, but I also believe that the woman's body marks a biological rhythm, a natural rhythm that we must respect and to which we must adapt. There is talk of medications to delay the reproductive age in women, but pretending to delay the biological clock seems totally unnatural.
