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SoftTalkeryesterday at 6:09 PM2 repliesview on HN

Peak fertility though is early 20s. By the time people are in their 30s, having trouble getting pregnant is a more common problem.


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ziml77yesterday at 7:20 PM

Are people who want to have kids really struggling to have them though? Keep in mind that fertility rate is not actually about fertility (not directly at least). It's a measure of the kids being had rather than a measure of the capability that the name would lead people to think.

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margalabargalayesterday at 7:28 PM

Exactly. So since we observe that actual birth rates among women in their 30s displays a different trend than that of women in their 20s, despite decreased natural fertility, there has to be more going on.