{"id":2798,"date":"2019-11-03T00:01:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T04:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=2798"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:42:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T20:42:58","slug":"chances-of-getting-pregnant-by-age-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/chances-of-getting-pregnant-by-age-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Chances of Getting Pregnant by Age Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How easy is it to get pregnant at age 30? Age 35? Age 40 or 45?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve got the data here on your chances of conception at each age, along with charts showing the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrary to what you learned in high school health class, it\u2019s not that easy to get pregnant. Female fertility peaks in your teens, then decreases gradually from then on, until falling off a cliff around age 45.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>In more positive terms, <strong>you\u2019re much more likely than not to have a baby if you\u2019re in your 30s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A study of births at different ages from the 1800s shows that the chance of having children:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>is similar between ages 20 and 35<\/li><li>women aged 35 to 39 are 90% as likely as the youngest group<\/li><li>women aged 40-44, 62% as likely<\/li><li>Women aged 45-49, 14% as likely.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the chance of conception by age chart:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2826\" width=\"503\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-1.png 403w, https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-1-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A more modern study of artificial insemination showed that after 12 cycles (months), women under 30 had a pregnancy rate of 75%; women age 31-35, 62%; women over 35, 54%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2828\" width=\"503\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-3.png 410w, https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-3-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: it\u2019s not explained what comprises the 46% of women over 35 who weren\u2019t able to get pregnant after 12 cycles. What fraction of women will get pregnant with more cycles, and what fraction will unfortunately never be able to conceive?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How easy is it to get pregnant at age 30? Age 35? Age 40 or 45? We&#8217;ve got the data here on your chances of conception at each age, along with charts showing the data. Contrary to what you learned in high school health class, it\u2019s not that easy to get pregnant. 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