| While there are several social-cultural factors that go | | | | concern for women planning to get pregnant at 40 is |
| against the idea of pregnancy at 40, nobody said it | | | | the fact that the body has been exposed to more |
| was medically impossible. It would definitely not be an | | | | toxins compared to women in their 20s. Fertility is |
| ideal situation, but it is not totally hopeless. With the | | | | another concern. Diet is the most basic solution for |
| rise in the number of women getting ahead | | | | the problem of toxins and fertility. Sweet and sugary |
| career-wise, starting a family has taken a backseat. | | | | food and drink hampers fertility and is generally |
| In recent years, women have felt their motherhood | | | | unhealthy. |
| gene kick in at a later stage in their lives than usual. | | | | Food with high trans-fat content has also been |
| Nowadays working women feel that pregnancy can | | | | proven to adversely affect fertility as this kind of |
| wait till their mid-30s to their early 40s and when this | | | | fats can block the hormonal pathways that regulate |
| time comes around, they realize it is not as easy as | | | | ovulation and menstrual cycle. Processed foods should |
| they thought. To get pregnant over 40 has become | | | | likewise be avoided as they have been seen to |
| quite a challenge. So we see the rise in the number | | | | affect fertility in a less than beneficial manner. After |
| of fertility clinics offering various medical solutions to | | | | knowing what to avoid, it is plain good judgment to |
| get pregnant, and far too many real and imagined | | | | look to the other end of the food spectrum. A large |
| complications concern the mothers to be. | | | | percentage of your diet should be comprised of fruits |
| That is until they come to know natural and healthy | | | | and vegetables. |
| options for getting pregnant at age 40. The main | | | | |