FlyingBelle
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RachaelRol said:I want to get my MBA and I want to be VP.
BTW... I just finished my MBA in Feb, had commencement last weekend. GO FOR IT!

RachaelRol said:I want to get my MBA and I want to be VP.
Minnesota! said:Denae - where in MN are you going to be?
I should be oing tonight or tomorrow so BRING IT ON DH!!!
AllyandJack said:My OB/GYN is a man and I just love him. He works 24/7/51. He takes one week off....to go to (where else) Disney World!!![]()
2bemarried said:MommyBryn hope you don't mind a dumb question, but what is NFP?
mickeyboat said:I checked out that site. It's really cool. DHMC has a success rate under 35 of 37.7%.
Let's talk about something I got reamed about on the DIS one time. I am curious about how all of you feel about it.
I am sure there are many reasons why there seems to be an increase in infertility, one of which is the age that women are starting families. We were raised to know that women can do anything and everything, and that we should wait until we have completed our education and become established in our careers before getting married and having children. That means we are waiting until our late twenties and early thirties to even be getting started.
But our bodies are most prepared and fertile when we are in our late teens and early twenties. Fertility rates steadily decline in our late twenties and early thirties. Sure you hear lots of stories of people who are having children in their forties, but there are just as many stories of people who aren't able to have children at that age. I think most women assume they are going to be able to conceive whenever they want to, and maybe even later with the help of reproductive medicine.
When I looked at the CDC webpage for my local hospital, it showed 0/6 success rate for IVF for ages 41-42. Are we really relying on information we shouldn't be - are we taking our fertility for granted - that we will be fertile when we are finally ready for a family, or that reproductive medicine is the panacea? Should we be telling our own daughters that if they want to have families, they need to put their educations or careers on hold?
I mentioned the decline in fertility to a young woman in her thirties on the DIS, and was accused of trying to scare her into having a family before she was ready. But I think it is worth mentioning that we can't take our fertility for granted, especially as we age.
Wow! What do you all think? Such intellectual thoughts for so late in the day.
Denae