I don't think a lot of women know how much their chances of having a child diminish as they age.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.
The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20, totaling more than 750,000 girls per year.
Any woman in any career has to think about when they have children, if they want to have children, and how it's going to affect their career.
Women have to control their fertility for 30 years. Thirty years is a long time not to make mistakes.
Because our generation has waited so long to have babies, we feel we've 'discovered' something that women have been doing for thousands of years. I have no illusions that I will be in the same situation as the average working mother. I'm not trying to prove anything - I just want to have kids.
Women are now very comfortable to have babies into their late 30s. You can be a father in your 50s. I'm not saying it's for everybody, and I think people have to get their own life secure before they take on the responsibility of a partner and children.
But I never worried about having a child in my 40s, which is unusual - normally, I'm the queen of worry.
One grows up thinking you will naturally be able to have children, and when it doesn't happen, it's a shock. But I just feel that it wasn't meant to be.
No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
I don't see any reason why I couldn't have a child when I'm 40.