Women often worry about their child bearing years because it is a finite number of years. It used to be that women in their twenties led the amount of new mothers, however that trend is now changing. Women in their thirties are now more often to have their first child. It seems that more and more women are more likely to wait to have a child. Therefore there is no worry for women that are wanting to wait a little longer.

Key Takeaways:

• Today, the average age of a woman having her first child is apt to be around twenty-eight.
• It would seem that older moms, in the US, are a trending phenomenon.
• Data released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows more women are having children in their early thirties now, than in their twenties, or teens.

“Twenty-somethings have been the most prolific baby makers for more than 30 years (an impressive act to follow). That shifted last year when 30-somethings took over — likely due to the normalization of women waiting longer to have kids in U.S. society.”

Read more: http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1134095/getting-pregnant-in-your-30s