Italy has the oldest mothers in Europe. More than 8 out of every 100 babies have mothers over40. But why don't people have children earlier?

Reproductive cells can be taken out, frozen, and used in a pregnancy at a later date. But the truth is that hardly anyone freezes their egg

When are you going to have kids? Not everyone who doesn't have children is doing so by choice; one in six struggle with infertility

The fertility gap it’s the difference between the amount children we would like to have and the children we actually have.

Giorgia Surina's novel is a step towards highlighting the subject of single motherhood

Tv series Sex Education and Dead To Me feature the plot point of a mature woman becoming pregnant by accident. But, is this even possible?

Delaying parenthood is becoming increasingly common: Oxford's professor Melinda Mills focus on the policies that could reverse the trend.

A spirited and forthright testimony about having children late in life: getting pregnant after a certain age is not exactly simple

Putting the birth rate at the centre of public discourse from a secular standpoint: Eleonora Voltolina's TEDx talk “The Fertility Gap”

Procedures to combat infertility have allowed millions of people to become parents. They are not a solution to the fertility gap, though.

Can it be said that between 13 and 51 year old the fertility window for women is open? No: one does not remain fertile until her last period

When it comes to having children, there is a key factor that differentiates women from men: the biological clock.