A BRITISH fertility specialist , Professor Geeta Nargund , has advised women to start having children
before the age of 30 or risk never having children.
In a letter to Britain ’s Education Secretary , Nicky Morgan , she lamented the increasing cost to the
taxpayer, which she attributed to the surge of women in their 30s and 40s wanting IVF treatment.
Nargund said : “ I have witnessed all too often the shock and agony on the faces of women who
realise they have left it too late to start a family .
“ For so many , this news comes as a genuine surprise and the sense of devastation and regret can be
overwhelming .
“ And so often the cry will be ‘ Why did no one warn me about this ?’
“ Information is power and the best way to empower people to take control of their fertility is through
education.
“ Ideally, if a woman is ready for a child, she should start trying by the time she is 30. She should
consider having a child early because as a woman gets older , her fertility declines sharply . ”
Similarly , the outgoing chair of the British Fertility Society, Professor Allan Pacey, backed Nargund ’ s
view.
He said : “ You need to be trying by 30 because if there is a problem and you need surgery, hormones
or IVF , then you’ ve got five years to sort it out .
“ If a woman starts trying at 35, doctors have got to sort it out when she is already on a slippery
fertility slope. ”
Pacey insisted that teenagers should be sensitised on this, even as from primary school level .
Nargund , a consultant gynaecologist , who works as the lead consultant for reproductive medicine at
St George ’ s Hospital in London , added , “ as women get older , they experience more complex fertility
problems, so treatment tends to be less successful and more expensive .
“ On average, more [IVF ] treatment cycles are required for a successful pregnancy. So educating
people about fertility is very important for the public purse , because it will help us to get more babies
within the same NHS budget. ”

source: http://dailyindependentnig.com/2015/06/gynaecologist-warns-women-start-children-30-risk-barrenness/

Yeah I once listened to this on d tv too.