Getting Pregnant in your 30’s

Dr. Sarita Jain Dr. Sarita Jain Sep 7, 2018 1202 0

Getting Pregnant in your 30’s

Pregnancy refers to the developing of one or more off springs inside the woman’s body. This is a natural process but nowadays there are some reproductive technologies are available in the market through which you can have babies. It takes approximately nine months to develop a baby in a woman’s womb after the last menstrual period.

But nowadays there are various problems in pregnancy like irregular period, thyroid issue, sugar, PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) etc. So, you need to be extra careful and always choose best medical help for the child’s welfare. With age, there are also various issues in men like less sperm count, sperm motility, morphology, viscosity etc. If any of the partners either of male or female have some problems then this natural process gets interrupted and the couple finds it to be difficulty to conceive a baby.

Conception occurs when sperm fertilizes the egg. Sperm lives in a woman’s body for about 3 to 5 days after that it is destroyed but the egg can be fertilized within 12 to 24 hours only after that it cannot be fertilized.

Best time to conceive after marriage

When you reach the age of 30 then you may or may not face difficulties in conceiving as your body ovulation system, varies from person to person. Getting pregnant after 30 is a good idea if you are too focused on building your career.

For most of the ladies, the chances of getting pregnant in your 30’s are quite good as you still have a proper functioning body. There are some advantages of having the baby in your 30’s –

• Return to work - You can really return to your work, if you want because in your 40’s you can establish a developed career.
• Flexibility - In your 30’s, you have more flexibility than your 40’s so it is best time to have babies.
• One or two – This is especially good if you want more than one child then you get proper time to have the next baby.
• Multiple births - After the age of 30, you have more possibility to have twins as it’s all about hormones, and the follicle stimulating hormone increases over the time.

So, if you are career women and you wish to postpone getting pregnant until you are in your 30’s then it is best to visit a doctor first and get her suggestion on it. But, planning a baby in 30’s is very common these days as it gives you enough time to be prepared for the younger ones. Still, it is best to contact and visit medical experts in this field who can really tell you the best years for you to get pregnant according to your body.