What's The Right Age To Have Kids? Expert Answers

The right age to become a parent is subjective and depends on the financial stability and emotional maturity of the couple. The decision to become parents is taken with the couple’s mutual consent. Nowadays, the husband and wife are busy at work, so they decide to become parents late after gaining financial stability. Most women reportedly start thinking about having a baby between 30 and 31. But what is the right age to become a parent? Let’s take a look.

The minimum age to get married in India is 21 for men and 18 for women. While the question of what is the right age for marriage is much debated, the query of what is the right age for women to become mothers is least discussed. Biologically, during the teen years, the women’s fertility peaks. They tend to be at a lower weight which decreases the pregnancy complication risks like gestational diabetes and hypertension, said Dr Goodall McDonald as quoted by Times Of India.

According to doctors, between the ages of 18 and 30, a woman’s fertility is optimal for having children. Fertility starts to decline after the age of 30. The chances of conceiving in the late 20s are equal in the early 20s. Women gain more wisdom, patience and financial stability for having kids in their late 20s.

“Once you hit your 30s, particularly 35 and beyond, we do start seeing a diminution in fertility—but that’s not an absolute,” says Mary Jane Minkin, M.D., a clinical professor of obstetrics, gynaecology, and reproductive sciences at Yale University.

Health experts say that women’s fertility starts to decline after 32 and further drops after 37. As per the research, by 40, a healthy person’s chance of becoming pregnant every month is less than 5 per cent. As per the report of TOI, women over 40 also have an increased risk of miscarriages.

According to health experts, this ability in men is between 25 and 35 years old. Becoming a father after 35 is difficult. Men are physically fit to have children even after puberty because the process of sperm formation in the body never stops. The report claims that 23 to 32 years of age can be considered the optimal age to conceive kids.