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The majority of women wish to have at least one child during their lives. Due to modern life being so busy, and many mothers-to-be wanting to have a career for a few years, the average age of women getting pregnant is on the increase. For most, this is not a problem, but medical professionals are warning against getting pregnant after the age of 35. To understand why, it is important to recognize how the human body has evolved.
Travel Back In Time Ten Thousand Years
If we were to travel back in time ten thousand years, then women would be having babies in their mid-teens to early twenties. This trend had continued since we first split from the apes. The main reason was life expectancy, as to live to the age of 40 was regarded as a long life. This meant that breeding early was a huge advantage to continuing the family line.
These days though, thanks to the major advances in science over the last few decades, we no longer die from the diseases that killed many people in the past. Women can quite happily live well over the age of … Read the rest