Gretchen Rubin Quotes

I don't think a lot of women know how much their chances of having a child diminish as they age.

Been thinking about having a baby. But if I want to do it, I'd have to do it soon 'cause it's getting near closing time. The clock is ticking. My gynecologist said, if I wanted to have a baby, I would have to do it - the latest - by the ended of this show.

Your forties is not the time to be thinking about getting pregnant.

For lots of reasons, including working crazy hours and having a job that required significant travel, I did not start trying to have a baby until I was in my late 30s. My experience is hardly unique. I am one of countless women who almost waited too long without realizing it.

Well, I guess, but I just feel so strong. Actually, it was probably when I was 50 that we were trying to - to get pregnant, and I thought that I could do it then.

I don't see any reason why I couldn't have a child when I'm 40.

Right now I'm still only 25 and I don't think the maternal bug has hit me yet.

A friend of mine told me she's going to freeze her eggs, and I thought, 'Well, I also don't want to be a 55-year-old first time mother,' so you kind of just have to go with what happens.

A friend asked her doctor if a woman should have children after thirty-five. I said, "Thirty-five children is enough for any woman.

I tried immediately to have a baby because I was so afraid not to have a baby in my life.

I'm not going to have a baby until I'm around 30-something.

I see lots of women having beautiful children later in life. And, if not, just freeze your eggs!

Wendy and I both wanted kids, but since we were pushing 40, the clock was ticking.

I just read that Time magazine cover story with all this information about how you have to have your kids by the time you're 12 or it's all over. Please.

It seems like, to me, somewhere between 30 and 35 is a really, really good time to turn your eggs into babies.

My thing about having another child was, time's-a-wasting!

I don't know how we're going to have this baby because I'm in my forties and I can't even remember my first son's name. But I'm going to have another baby because I'm feeling good.

I like trying to get pregnant, I'm not so sure about childbirth.

I think it's hard, the fact that there's a certain age that we can't have kids anymore.

I'm a late bloomer. Being a late bloomer is a problem when you decide at 40 you want to have children.

I guess I am going to think about freezing my eggs.

I hope every woman out there who wants to be a mother and is suffering with infertility, will explore all the options and know that if you choose the science route, it is okay.

Do men have a biological clock? I feel like I do. Something is definitely ticking!

A young woman in her teens has about 300,000 eggs in her ovaries. By the time she is menopausal, none are left.

I think I'll probably be pregnant all through my 30s. I've always pictured everyone around the table for the holidays and together once a week. It'll be heartbreaking if it doesn't end up happening, but hopefully it will. We've got some embryos on hold.