Europe's Oldest Mothers are Italian; is Having Children Still a Choice?
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?
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Our articles on the subject
- Jan 13
You can now put fertility on ice. Yet, very few people do it
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
- Jun 2, 2023
Having Children, One in Six Struggle With Infertility
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
- May 5, 2023
Why Aren't We Having More Children? Here's the Honest Truth
The fertility gap it’s the difference between the amount children we would like to have and the children we actually have.
- Feb 28, 2023
Having a child alone through MAR: self-centredness or an explosion of love?
Giorgia Surina's novel is a step towards highlighting the subject of single motherhood
- Feb 9, 2023
Mothers over 40: it seems easy enough on TV, but what about real life?
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?
- Jan 31, 2023
Delaying parenthood, how can the trend be reversed? The Why Wait Agenda meets Melinda Mills
Delaying parenthood is becoming increasingly common: Oxford's professor Melinda Mills focus on the policies that could reverse the trend.
- Jan 4, 2023
40 is the new 30, but not for your eggs: in a TEDx the whole truth about the odds of late motherhood
A spirited and forthright testimony about having children late in life: getting pregnant after a certain age is not exactly simple
- Oct 20, 2022
A secular take on fertility: getting to the heart of the Why Wait Agenda in a TEDx Talk
Putting the birth rate at the centre of public discourse from a secular standpoint: Eleonora Voltolina's TEDx talk “The Fertility Gap”
- Oct 10, 2022
Three cheers for science! Assisted reproductive technology can be a help, but it’s not the solution
Procedures to combat infertility have allowed millions of people to become parents. They are not a solution to the fertility gap, though.
- Oct 10, 2022
Is there hope as long as there are periods? Not really
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
- Oct 10, 2022
Becoming a mother: the longer the wait, the fewer the chances
When it comes to having children, there is a key factor that differentiates women from men: the biological clock.
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