Fertile age

Fertile age of a woman is the time period during which she can have children. It should be noted that it is necessary to take into account not only the possibility of conception, but also the ability of the body to endure and give birth to a healthy baby. After all, it often happens that future mothers, bearing a baby after the age of 35, face a lot of difficulties.

Fertile age of a woman is how many years?

In order to give an answer to this question, it is necessary to consider in more detail the characteristics of female physiology.

As is known, the period of puberty occurs in girls at about 12-13 years. It is in this time period that the first menstruation - menarche - is celebrated. Despite the fact that, in principle, a girl at that age can already have children, physicians begin to count the fertile age from the age of 15.

The thing is that early pregnancy, almost all girls are faced with the problem of bearing and childbirth, in view of the immaturity of the reproductive organs themselves. Also, quite often in infants young mothers, even at the intrauterine stage of development, there are deviations and disorders that require an abortion.

With regard to the end time, so to say the upper limit of fertile age, it is commonly believed that this is 49 years old. Despite the fact that many women continue to menstruate even at this time, the ability to bear a baby is greatly reduced. At the same time, the probability of a child with a genetic defect increases.

What periods of fertile age are accepted?

Registration of pregnant women and women of childbearing age in the so-called register is carried out in the conditions of a women's consultation. In this case, it is customary to distinguish the following fertility periods for a woman:

1. Early reproductive age - from the moment of the beginning of the first menstrual discharge to 20 years. The onset of pregnancy at this time, as already mentioned above, is fraught with many dangers.
2. The average reproductive age is from 20 to 40 years. It is during this interval that the peak of the ability of the female organism to bear birth is observed. It should be noted that the optimal for the birth of a baby is the age of up to 35 years, and the period of maximum fertility is 20-27 years.
3. Late reproductive age is 40-49 years. The onset of pregnancy at this time is extremely undesirable. However, a case is known when a woman and at 63 years endured and gave birth to a healthy baby.