Women, Their Bioloigical Clock, and Their Eggs - For women who are contemplating how to balance family and career, there is an important study out of the University of St. Andrews and Edinburgh University in Scotland.  They found that women have lost 90 percent of their eggs by the time they are 30 years old, and only have about 3 percent remaining by the time they are 40.  Well, what does that mean to you?  That means that you need to be proactive in your decisions that you make now, as it may affect your ability to have your own genetic chilldren in the future. 

In fact, the article noted as follows:

“You can’t reverse the biological clock, but Savard said there are certain factors within your control that have an impact upon your fertility.
For example, stopping smoking, keeping your weight down and controlling stress can all slow the loss of fertility.
Women who have more pregnancies are fertile for longer, and some women are born with more eggs than others, she said. The more eggs with which a woman is born, the longer she will be fertile and more time she will have until the onset of menopause.”

Women need to educate themselves, which is why the Manicures and Martinis series by the American Fertility Association is so important.

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