Dr. Jessica Shepherd

So our body's designed to do this. We know in the reproductive phase as OBGYNs, we start to see a change and a decline in egg quality and the ability to get pregnant spontaneously after the age of 35. Okay. And why do you think?

So our body's designed to do this. We know in the reproductive phase as OBGYNs, we start to see a change and a decline in egg quality and the ability to get pregnant spontaneously after the age of 35. Okay. And why do you think?

So our body's designed to do this. We know in the reproductive phase as OBGYNs, we start to see a change and a decline in egg quality and the ability to get pregnant spontaneously after the age of 35. Okay. And why do you think?

Estrogen and progesterone, which impacts what we're able to do with releasing that follicle, right? So our chemical messenger is not able to tell the ovary We're going to fire off an egg as readily, right? So it's like, I'm not doing it this month. Or the quality of the egg, not really going to be that great. And then testosterone is also taking a decline, although it is more subtle.

Estrogen and progesterone, which impacts what we're able to do with releasing that follicle, right? So our chemical messenger is not able to tell the ovary We're going to fire off an egg as readily, right? So it's like, I'm not doing it this month. Or the quality of the egg, not really going to be that great. And then testosterone is also taking a decline, although it is more subtle.

Estrogen and progesterone, which impacts what we're able to do with releasing that follicle, right? So our chemical messenger is not able to tell the ovary We're going to fire off an egg as readily, right? So it's like, I'm not doing it this month. Or the quality of the egg, not really going to be that great. And then testosterone is also taking a decline, although it is more subtle.

But that's where we start to see that drop in estrogen, which is some women, especially, I'm one of them who had kids later on in our age.

But that's where we start to see that drop in estrogen, which is some women, especially, I'm one of them who had kids later on in our age.

But that's where we start to see that drop in estrogen, which is some women, especially, I'm one of them who had kids later on in our age.

They use geriatric pregnancy. Yeah, what the... Who came up with that? I... Clearly not a woman. Not a woman. Yes. And so even I start to see a lot of my patients having kids later on in their life.

They use geriatric pregnancy. Yeah, what the... Who came up with that? I... Clearly not a woman. Not a woman. Yes. And so even I start to see a lot of my patients having kids later on in their life.

They use geriatric pregnancy. Yeah, what the... Who came up with that? I... Clearly not a woman. Not a woman. Yes. And so even I start to see a lot of my patients having kids later on in their life.

What happens is usually after they deliver, they start to experience the perimenopausal kind of symptoms, hot flashes, night sweats, mood changes, because they've kind of entered into that phase just like very quickly after delivering their children.

What happens is usually after they deliver, they start to experience the perimenopausal kind of symptoms, hot flashes, night sweats, mood changes, because they've kind of entered into that phase just like very quickly after delivering their children.

What happens is usually after they deliver, they start to experience the perimenopausal kind of symptoms, hot flashes, night sweats, mood changes, because they've kind of entered into that phase just like very quickly after delivering their children.

Well, what we do know is looking at it from a pregnancy perspective in the ability to get pregnant after the age of 35 versus after 40. And then 42 is another marker when we're thinking of fertility of when it really starts to drop off. And so the ability to get pregnant in your 20s

Well, what we do know is looking at it from a pregnancy perspective in the ability to get pregnant after the age of 35 versus after 40. And then 42 is another marker when we're thinking of fertility of when it really starts to drop off. And so the ability to get pregnant in your 20s

Well, what we do know is looking at it from a pregnancy perspective in the ability to get pregnant after the age of 35 versus after 40. And then 42 is another marker when we're thinking of fertility of when it really starts to drop off. And so the ability to get pregnant in your 20s

you know improvements in health and sanitation and medical research you know what we haven't accounted for that gap in life expectancy with now estrogen still gone and that's why we still see women living longer yes that's great i'm all for that but we're living life in poor quality of health and we're seeing these health measures of what women typically they have more dementia they have more osteoporosis they have more heart disease number one killer of women

you know improvements in health and sanitation and medical research you know what we haven't accounted for that gap in life expectancy with now estrogen still gone and that's why we still see women living longer yes that's great i'm all for that but we're living life in poor quality of health and we're seeing these health measures of what women typically they have more dementia they have more osteoporosis they have more heart disease number one killer of women