Infertility is one of those common yet deeply personal issues that many women still don't feel comfortable talking about -- which may explain why some of us seem a bit confused about how getting older affects our ability to achieve a healthy pregnancy. A recent article in The New York Times discusses the phenomenon of 40-something women who think they're fertile, simply because they look youthful and
healthy. The takeaway, according to Dr. Jamie Grifo, Program Director at NYU Fertility Center, is that women need to learn the facts about fertility and aging."Just because you've done all the right things your whole life doesn't mean you're going to be fertile," he says. "Some women are very fertile at 40, some are infertile and the majority  are in between." When you're a fetus, you have 7 million eggs, Grifo explains. When you're born, you have 1-2 million. At puberty, you have 400,000; by age 30, 87 percent of those are gone; at age
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