"I don't want the message to be that women in the healthy population should be petrified that their blood type may predict compromised fertility." —Yale University School of Medicine reproductive endocrinologist Lubna Pal discusses her study which found that women in their 30s with "blood type O were more likely than women with other blood types to have diminished ovarian reserve," a result which should probably send paroxysms of fear through women in the healthy population whose blood type might predict compromised fertility.

The baby train is leaving, ladies. Will you be on it? Not if you keep focusing on your career. Or so say doctors, who, in their latest salvo to convince you that your offspring-producing abilities are rapidly shriveling away, warn that "women aged 35 are six times more likely to have problems conceiving compared to those ten years younger…. By the age of 40, a woman is more likely to have a miscarriage than give birth." I know you think your job is important and stuff, but deep down don't you really understand that the whole point of womanhood is to birth children? Those files you're spending the [...]

Ladies, I bring you some unfortunate news. I know all you want to do is birth that baby you think is going to complete you and make your life full of purpose, but the thing you need to know is that your ovaries are decaying even more rapidly than previously suspected. Are you 30 or over? Uh oh. A new study shows that most of your eggs are already gone, and the ones that are left aren't really that good. You will probably NEVER HAVE THAT BABY. There, there. No, shhh, I know. Chin up, sweetie, it's okay. I'm sure that career you've been busy building will more than [...]