Age of fertility: Why late starts, hurt women most?

Why late starts, hurt women most?

It is a scientific and biological fact that a woman’s fertility is at its peak when she is between 16 and 30 years old.

The best age to get pregnant is still within this period. The risk of pregnancy complications is low and the body system is well adjusted to carry a baby by this period.

Complications like miscarriage, genetic abnormalities (like Down syndrome), gestational diabetes, and preeclampsia are lower when she is between 20 and early 30s compared to later ages.

By the late 30s, fertility in a woman begins to drop. The chances of pregnancy start diminishing.

I did not make the above up. You can do your research or consult your gynaecologist. And even more, real-life experiences are many, they are all staring everyone in the face, but we choose to ignore them.

Ideally, nothing stops a girl of 18 and above from getting married. But society tells her that she can’t get married unless she meets a certain societal requirement, which includes school and a job.

Yet, this same society frustrates her with bad governance to the point that before she finishes school after undergoing many hurdles like JAMB, admissions delays, university strikes, NYSC year, and finally gets a job and starts earning, she is already in her 30s.

If there is good governance, a girl can be done with secondary school at 17. By 21, she is done with university and service. By 23, she is already earning well and is open to starting a home.

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With bad governance, she finishes school late. Some may even travel abroad to do a master's degree they never intended to, all because they are looking for greener pastures. By this time she is already in her late 30s. Her fertility is already dropping.

When she is ready for marriage, the men who are not married will be more attracted to women who are in their 20s and not her. Those who will be attracted to her will most likely be men who are already married or who want her as a second wife.

So, she will naturally begin praying for a husband. When she finds one, she starts praying to be pregnant. When she becomes pregnant, she begins praying for energy to carry the pregnancy and for the pregnancy to stay. The chance of having a fibroid at this age is also high.

As humans, we see these things, we have reasoning to understand them, but we often find a way to push reasoning away and look for ways to spiritualize everything.

It is one thing if you are the one making the choice not to marry early; it is another thing to be conditioned by society and bad governance. Most of us are conditioned by bad governance. Almost all our problems come from bad governance.

Now you see, everything is connected to everything. This is why we preach about good governance so you could finish school early, get a job early and have your kids at the right time according to how nature has made it. But when we talk, you think we are foolish.

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