When Anna De Souza was in her early 30s, she asked her ob-gyn when she should start thinking about having kids. “When you were 26,” she remembers the doctor saying. She was surprised. She’d had some ...

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The idea that the chances of getting pregnant plummet at 35 is widespread. But it’s not totally true. By Dani Blum One number is inescapable for women who want children: 35. Give birth at that age or ...