By: KANKANA DE
In the modern era, both men and women aim to achieve financial stability before getting married. Some couples marry but choose to delay having children, preferring to enjoy their marital life first and then decide to have a baby. As a result, women may become pregnant after the age of 35. After the age of 35, and especially over 40, fertility rates decline. Some women, after four years of marriage, decide to postpone having children to avoid unwanted pregnancies and therefore use various temporary sterilisation methods. The use of contraceptive pills can cause hormonal imbalances in the body, and after stopping progesterone tablets, conception may not occur easily. It may take a long time after discontinuing the tablets for pregnancy to become possible. Advanced maternal reproductive age is considered to be 40 years or older, although disparities in birth outcomes are reported in womenover 35. Advances in contraception and obstetric care, as well as greater workplace equality, have shifted the age distribution of women of reproductive age and influenced the timing of childbearing in these communities.
