What is the childbearing age limit?

Answer 1

Without fertility drugs-- around 40
With fertility drugs and ivf--around 45

Most doctors won't consider using IVF if you are over 45, though some doctors do.

Answer 2

Well, it's true there is no limit with ASSISTED reproduction. So technically a 60-year-old postmenopausal woman can have an embryo implanted--but this embryo would have been from someone else's egg--and she needs hormonal shots to prep her body for the pregnancy.

Do remember that everyone is different, and some women stop producing eggs EARLY, even in their 30's. It seems these days more and more women have infertility problems, cause unknown. Again even for these women ovum donation is an option, so childbearing is still possible.

In general, fertility goes down with age and after 40 it's a lot lower. Most women go through menopause around 50's.

Answer 3

I don't think there is an age limit to which one can bear a child. I hear more and more that women in their 50's are having children. Mind you, it's not the best for the child in a sense s/he will not have any grandparents and s/he will have much MUCH older parents than normal. If a woman is able to bear children than I am all for it. But once you get over 40 (in my mind) I don't think it's proper. But everyone is different!

Answer 4

From puberty to menopause.

But in my own opinion, and as a practical matter, I'd say from 20 to about 40 or 45. Before 20, in my opinion the girl may not be mature enough to be a parent. After 40 or 45, the odds of birth defects start going up, and you also run the risk of dieing before your child is an adult.

Answer 5

There really is no age limit. It all depends on the specific woman and when she goes through menopause. Menopause is when the female body stops producing ovum (eggs) and when reproduction is no longer possible. This normally occurs in the 40s or 50s, but it can occur in the 20s and as late as the 70s. It is known to be dangerous to bear children after the age of 35.

Answer 6

A 63-year-old woman who lied about her age in order to be eligible for fertility treatment gave birth late last year to a healthy baby daughter -- making her the oldest woman on record to give birth, doctors said Wednesday.

"Had the individual disclosed her actual age ... she would not have qualified for treatment at USC, since the program uses an arbitrary upper age limit of 55 for women seeking fertility therapy," the program said in a statement.

Answer 7

Between the ages of 65 and 66.

Answer 8

40! When the child grows to age 20, the parent will be 60. By age 30, the child can very well not have any parents at all. The grand-kids will never have an opportunity to know their grand-parents. That would be an ashame.

Answer 9

where do you live? do you read the papers? haven't you heard of the 2 woman within the last five years in their 60's having children? so, what do you mean, do you mean natural conception, in vitro, or the common sense approach, like woman shouldn't have kids past 45. My goodness, society is messed up. woman have menopause for a reason, so they "DONT" have kids, and then they go and artificially get pregnant. The natural design is for no children after menopause, it depends on one's health, some shouldn't have them past 40.

Answer 10

There isn't an age limit. If you are still having your menes each month, you can still get pregnant. The risks associated with giving birth the older you get, but there is no limit.

Answer 11

Everyone is different. There's no known age limit for men. And some women have had children in their early 60's. It all depends when they finish going through menopause.