Comments on: Pregnancy Pressure – When we put motherhood on the back burner for “more important business” http://www.corneringcupid.com/2010/01/29/pregnancy-pressure-when-we-put-motherhood-on-the-back-burner-for-%e2%80%9cmore-important-business%e2%80%9d/ Black. Love. Life. Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:32:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: JustinCase http://www.corneringcupid.com/2010/01/29/pregnancy-pressure-when-we-put-motherhood-on-the-back-burner-for-%e2%80%9cmore-important-business%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-279 JustinCase Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:41:36 +0000 http://www.corneringcupid.com/?p=394#comment-279 That's easy. There's a formula, which is: Average Life Expectancy of Woman (U.S. currently 78) divided by 30 (newly accepted age of offspring's full adulthood) multiplied by Age of Woman when virginity was lost, then subtract 10. Or, instead of trusting what I just made up, you could just listen to what actual scientists say...between 27 and 34. Holla if you wanna go half on a baby. Take that, take that, take that...just kidding. :-) That’s easy. There’s a formula, which is:

Average Life Expectancy of Woman (U.S. currently 78) divided by 30 (newly accepted age of offspring’s full adulthood) multiplied by Age of Woman when virginity was lost, then subtract 10.

Or, instead of trusting what I just made up, you could just listen to what actual scientists say…between 27 and 34. Holla if you wanna go half on a baby. Take that, take that, take that…just kidding. :-)

]]> By: Charles http://www.corneringcupid.com/2010/01/29/pregnancy-pressure-when-we-put-motherhood-on-the-back-burner-for-%e2%80%9cmore-important-business%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Charles Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:35:45 +0000 http://www.corneringcupid.com/?p=394#comment-278 Miss Skeptical -- would just double check the rates on fertility. *On average* it's not only harder to have kids approaching 35, but you start to introduce greater risk for birth defects (still low relative to all births, but much higher rates than for younger mothers). Also, while there are many options for medically assisted conception, many of these are very expensive (e.g., ~$12K for one cycle of IVF, which usually requres several cycles), uncertain, and not typically covered by insurance. Thus, these are good options for many women, but shouldn't be seen as fullproof. More generally, a couple of good friends of mine surveyed a bunch of my business school peers (i.e., very well educated and professionally inclined women and men) and found that there are wide gaps between perceptions of fertility rates and these options and reality. Miss Skeptical — would just double check the rates on fertility. *On average* it’s not only harder to have kids approaching 35, but you start to introduce greater risk for birth defects (still low relative to all births, but much higher rates than for younger mothers). Also, while there are many options for medically assisted conception, many of these are very expensive (e.g., ~$12K for one cycle of IVF, which usually requres several cycles), uncertain, and not typically covered by insurance. Thus, these are good options for many women, but shouldn’t be seen as fullproof.

More generally, a couple of good friends of mine surveyed a bunch of my business school peers (i.e., very well educated and professionally inclined women and men) and found that there are wide gaps between perceptions of fertility rates and these options and reality.

]]> By: Miss Skeptical http://www.corneringcupid.com/2010/01/29/pregnancy-pressure-when-we-put-motherhood-on-the-back-burner-for-%e2%80%9cmore-important-business%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Miss Skeptical Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:01:03 +0000 http://www.corneringcupid.com/?p=394#comment-277 Thanks to modern medicine and in vitro fertilization, that number is getting higher and higher. No longer do we women have to be so fearful that we'll have to choose between career and motherhood. Our eggs won't necessarily dry up by the age of 35. However, for those of us who have always wanted children, being one (if not the only one) in your group of friends without a ring and/or child often makes you want to reassure your uterus, "Don't worry. We still have time." Thanks to modern medicine and in vitro fertilization, that number is getting higher and higher. No longer do we women have to be so fearful that we’ll have to choose between career and motherhood. Our eggs won’t necessarily dry up by the age of 35.

However, for those of us who have always wanted children, being one (if not the only one) in your group of friends without a ring and/or child often makes you want to reassure your uterus, “Don’t worry. We still have time.”

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