Misconceptions abound about falling pregnant in the later years of life.
I'm sure many over thirty five would have been told that their clock is ticking by someone, maybe an old aunt who still thinks that thirty five is over the hill for women.
Don't let that get you down, because having a healthy and natural conception and pregnancy is possible for women in their forties.
There are any number of reasons that a woman who wants to have children may not have done so by the time she is in her forties.
Some women have simply chosen to delay having children, but for many it is conception that is the problem.
Infertility is something that affects many couples worldwide; statistically approximately one in seven couples will be affected.
Around twenty five percent of fertility trouble will be due to the man, fifty to the woman and the remaining twenty five remain unexplained.
It is thought that a woman over thirty five will take roughly three years to conceive, because as the prevailing wisdom goes eggs become lower quality over the age of thirty five.
This is of course the reason behind so many couples trying fertility treatments such as IVF, which is certainly not without risk.
Fertility drugs and medications abound in today's pharmaceutically crazed world which aim to increase hormones and stimulate ovulation.
Of course there is no one pill to fix infertility because every woman is different and sometimes there are multiple factors contributing to infertility, especially if you are in the unexplained twenty five percent.
Infertility is a way for your body to tell you there is something wrong inside, and this can be a key learning when trying to have a safe pregnancy in your forties.
With this mind shift, it is then easier to see that there are ways to have a healthy pregnancy and conceive quickly and naturally.
Conceiving naturally, without drugs and costly medications is within reach of virtually every woman, no matter what the doctors say Taking folic acid and other supplements is a great way to prepare your body, however alone it will not help you to conceive, though it will make your body a better environment when you do conceive.
You would imagine that a woman who is trying to conceive would know her menstrual cycle inside out, however it astounds me to find that many woman don't at all.
A lot of time and energy, not to mention emotional strain can be saved by knowing when your natural period of infertility is in your cycle.
You can monitor your fertile and infertile times by checking basal body temperature, as your temperature will rise by up to a degree when you are ovulating and fertile.
Knowing your body's rhythm is vital, yet still there are cases of women who have simply been trying at the wrong times.
Acupuncture has also been proven to aid in fertility rates in a number of studies conducted, however it is wise to realise that one thing alone will not be likely to allow you to get pregnant.
Fronting your infertility from all angles is the best way to fall pregnant quickly and naturally.
If you have been diagnosed by a doctor as infertile, this isn't a dead end for your desire to have children.
There are many proven ways to conceive naturally and carry your baby to term in health that are surprisingly quick and don't involve drugs or invasive surgery.