1 in 8 couples of childbearing age is infertile

I understand the whole "child bearing age" thing, but is anyone really surprised that couples, in their 30's and 40's, are having a harder time conceiving, than couples in their 20's?

Don't decreased sperm counts, complications and requirements for c-section births, also increase with age?

I saw an interesting special on TV about fertility. They fed GM foods to mice. In the second generation the mice had enlarged reproductive organs. By the 3rd generation either most or all of the mice were infertile.

I wonder how many years we've been eating GM foods? I've read that they started as far back as the 60's, and by the 80's or 90's most processed foods now contain GM products.

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I agree with FeralFemale. Some of you need to think before you post. You may intend for your comments to be cavalier and glib, but as someone who went through IVF, your comments come across as callous. Perhaps, according to you, I should have accepted my infertility and not contributed to what you see as the overpopulation of the earth. Nevermind the fact that I can and do provide a stable, loving home for the 3 children with whom God has since blessed me. Infertility is a heart-breaking thing to go through. Thinking that I would never have children brought me to the lowest point of my life. Compassion, people, compassion.

I know what you're saying, since DH and I had the same problems, but people who have never gone through it really have trouble relating. Sorry you're being hurt though.

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I have many friends who have struggled with this issue. What is most frustrating is that so many people have children that shouldn't. In some cases, infertility may be a blessing, but for most couples who would make excellent parents it is heartbreaking.

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There's nothing in that article indicates that there's been a rise in infertility in people of child bearing age. The article is simply about medical coverage for fertility treatments, it's not about fertility rates.

Doing a search on statistics of infertility rates for the past 100 years shows there hasn't been any apparent increase in infertility, the rate per capita is the same now as back then.

The big difference is there's more people now than there was 100 years ago, people are living longer, infant mortality is less and there are less people having huge families. 100 years ago there were no successful treatments for infertility so people didn't make such a big deal about it, they just accepted it and got on with their lives in other productive ways.

The world population clock estimate is it'll be 7 billion in July of this year. Check this chart out, pretty amazing.

http://www.marathon.uwc.edu/geograph...ns/demtran.htm




HIGHLIGHTS IN WORLD POPULATION GROWTH

1 billion in 1804, 2 billion in 1927 (123 years later), 3 billion in 1960 (33 years later), 4 billion in 1974 (14 years later), 5 billion in 1987 (13 years later), 6 billion in 1999 (12 years later). It will be 7 billion in 2011 (12 years later).

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