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70NEWSJAPAN - There's no doubt it's easier to get pregnant when you're younger. You're born with a set number of eggs in your ovaries, and you lose at least one with each menstrual cycle. Their quality also declines as you age.
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A woman in her 20s has a 20% chance of getting pregnant during a single menstrual cycle, says Alan Copperman, MD, director of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. By her mid-30s, her chances are about 15% per cycle. At age 40, they drop to 10%, and by age 45, she has about a 3% chance of getting pregnant during each cycle.
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"As you get older, you have to work a little harder, and it may take longer," says M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, author of Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide. "When you're 25 and trying to get pregnant, it might take 2 to 3 months. For someone who's 35, it might take 6 to 9 months. By 45, it will probably take a trip to the reproductive endocrinologist, the fertility specialist."
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