If you are a woman of childbearing age, you're sure to feel the pressure when you hear what a recent study found about women and their ticking biological clock.

Researchers from the University of St. Andrews and Edinburgh University, published a study last month in which they found that "Women lose 90 percent of their eggs by age 30." The above mentioned researchers found that the average woman is born with about 300K eggs and by the time she reaches the age of 30, she is left with only 12% of those 300,000 eggs. By age 40, that number goes down to 3%! Yes, 3%.

Basically regardless of the percentage, what researchers are saying is that as women grow old, they lose eggs at a rapid pace which means that after 30, the fertility of a female body decreases rapidly as each year passes.
 
Of course there are many women who get pregnant after even age 40. Infertility treatments are becoming more and more advanced to its not as if women aged 29 have to go out and get pregnant overnight. However, women who are thinking about starting or adding to their family should know and understand that as they continue to grow older, they will find their fertility declining at a faster pace which may put them at a higher risk for not being able to conceive.

W. Hamish Wallace, a co-author of the Fertility and Sterility study said "Don't leave having a child too late, if it is something that is going to be very important to you…" This is important advise for all women of child-bearing age.

Also, as women age and their eggs get older, the chances of miscarriages and babies born with abnormalities such as Down Syndrome and Autism also increase.
 
So bottom line is this. Yes, we may have increased our lifespan with the advancement of technology but unfortunately, we can't prolong a woman's biological clock. At least for now, there's no way for a woman to produce more eggs. (Who knows, someone may come out with a new way to do so in the future.) So if you are thinking of having a baby, read, be educated, talk to your doctor, and above all make an informed decision on when to start a family.