I read something the other day. Apparently a woman’s fertility begins to significantly decline at age 27. 27?!?!?!?!?!?! As if it isn’t bad enough that we are born with all the eggs we will ever, ever have in our lives (not to mention that we lose half of those eggs at birth)?? Now, I have to go and find out that our fertility potential begins to significantly decline at age 27. **insert very, very, VERY angry face**
I am yet to get over my anger of not getting married at age 22. Ah, that was my plan when I was about 12 or 13 in Naija. I was sure that by the age of 22, I would be married. Of course, by the time I was 22, marriage was the last thing on my mind for several reasons:
1. I was 22. I still had my life ahead of me biko.
2. I was still in school = broke
3. There was no man worth marrying in my life.
4. I knew nothing about marriage. In retrospect, I thought I did. I thought I was mature enough then, but I have learnt so much between then and now. Of course, I realize I will learn even more once I do become married.
5. Did I mention there was NO MAN as in NO MAN worth marrying in my life?
So anyway, now that I think of it, I guess I’m not so mad that I didn’t get married at age 22. If I had gotten married, I mighta turned out to be an immature, unsupportive wife – no kidding – and not to mention, a liability and a burden to my husband. Tufia kwa. That is not my portion in Jesus’ name. Whatever the case might be, I am mad that at age 27, there is a significant decline in a woman’s fertility. But no stress. I’ve got it alllllllllll figured out.
Where is that shoe owner? We have to make babies!
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first
sweet
now i am going to go and read why being 27 is so bad
this is bad news oooo
@ 27 mercy i just turned 25 hmmmm and i don’t want to have kids for another 5 years for real i am determined to live the next five years large, yes a hubby will fit into it but definitely NO RUGRATS
ah na wa ooo
what did u mean by we lose have the eggs at birth
how is that possible
i was supposed to get married this year now that i think about it. i was suppose to have a phd last year and married this year
okay so how does the shoe owner solve the 27 egg issue
oh just for the record
i’m also second
and third
yay
okay now i really should get back to studying for my final
is the shoe owner worth marrying or are we still drawing a blank in the eligible men arena
Hmm.. I’m gonna have to question the validity of your source on this one biko..
27?? So what’s with all the grandmothers still having little ones?
Besides having a long term goal at 12 isn’t such a bad thing.. It’s just that by 22 you had to re-evaluate your long term strategy, no?
Nice one Vera..
wow…am still a teen…thanks for sharing this!!lol
first time here!!nice!!
are u serious??????
SHITTT!!!!
I thot there were egg banks kinda like sperm banks where you can save ur eggs till you need em?
Ha!
Are you kidding me?
Abeg,allow the shoe owner to rest.
Your time wil come and you wil hav al the babies you want,Amen!
And I thought I was already depreciating, Lol!
Infertility decline from age 27? Now that’s a real consolation. Where are the friggin hubby’s???????
Need me a baby Carlotta ASAP!!!!!
😉 😉 😉 😉
you just wrote what was on my mind when I was 16.’ Exactly’. I reckon we were all leaving in delusion. olaide
These scientists just like to scare women jo!
I’m having none of it!!
27 ko, 16 ni!
I dey vex o!
That’s what fertility pills are for na! Those things can give you multiple-multiple births!
Relax.
Plenty of women have children in their 30s, my mother had me when she was 38!
What’s meant to be is meant to be and will happen regardlessly, don’t you think? I also believe when we stop searching is when we find 😛
Tell us about your new boyfriend already……lol
Vera, please shed light on the shoe owner..please!!..LOL..
Scary if its true fertility declines at 27, i may have to recruit a baby father asap!!!
lol @ Chari..egg banks? you must be kidding me! Vera..no fear..you go still drop the lil ones..a woman on my street gave birth to twins at the age of 53..no fear!
I heard something like that a while ago. Actually it was something as ridiculous as why are you still wasting time Gochi one more year and your eggs are going to EXPIRE… Err i thought how the hell does she know when my eggs are going to EXPIRE!
*hiss*
Like Adaeze said when its meant to be it will be…
LOL, so bring on 30, expired/declined eggs or not, baby going come
Vera,
Forget about Eggs and 27.
Tell us about Mr. Shoes.
my dear i’m already sifting thru potential sperm donners. Children are a blessing from God jare. lol!!
Decrease at 27 ke?!!! I had better move quickly then. yawl be prepared for baby shower soon. hehehehe
Hmmmm, this shoe again Vera, this shoe and it’s owner.
Ok oh, me i am patiently waiting for this story, for now, NO COMMENT!
abegi vera! fear not! we can have babies anytime, as far as the Lord wills…whose report shall u believe? the scientists’? or the Lord’s?
and I’m done asking about these shoes n their owner! if u wan tell us, tell us…if u no wan tell us, make u carry the shoes comot for our face jo…LOL…c’mon, out with it girl!
babe forget the egg story and tell us about the shoe owner jor.
Egg banks are so expensive but they are always an option. Come to think of it are u sure it aint the people running the egg banks that are carrying this gist so that more people will store their egg and they would make more money?
27 ke? Story!
Abeg I told you I already figured the shoe thing out. Too bad no one else caught on.
No man worth marrying? Is it that bad? Men folks redeem yourselves o
Vera!!!
You have come again, abi? Trying to scare us!
27 ke?! Which kain joke be that one?!! Abeg o! Lol
News last week said infertility is on the increase because of all the chemicals in our day to day lives! Great! As a 27 yr old living in the city that’s all I need !
Vera!!!!! na where u get ur facts from abeg? I neva hear dis one b4 oh. & i don read plenty fertility info. there is no significant change in fertility between age 20 – 29. Wen u really start getting worried is wen u get closer to 35, for first time mothers. But with so much hormone drugs available & improved fertility studies, even a 40 year old woman need not panic too much. My father's wife had her first baby at 36 (or say he said daz how much he was. mom thinks she was at least 40 by then. LOL). I also know a friend, her first time being pregnant, she was 35 & she ddn't even spend time trying. Anyway, i think although it's not proven, that fertility is hereditary. Abeg, at 27 u don't have much to worry abt. Except that medically, pregnancies from age 28 are considered late pregnancies & therefore potentially high-risk.
my sister…i know o..na true talk u talk…but that na physical yarns… God dey….and he go do am…at least some 40 year olds still dey give birth…so no shaking…our God is able!
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Lol…yes oh..sad isn’t it? While men go on and on impregnating people till they are 100 yrs old…sob
I would rather believe that is the speak of an ego-inflated male researcher!
But seriosly, it’s true but medical miracles happen all the time. We shall get it soon! Did you say Amen.
If u had proposed to me early , maybe i would have picked u over, Chidi or his daddy. Well we can still get marry if u want since aunty Oma and everyone else think we r doing each other.(lol)
Eh Chineke, i just turned 27 and u r telling me this!!!
pls can i share the shoe owner with u? just for baby making sakes?!?!
Shoe owner? LOLLLL…Vera, you’re too funny!
“Shoe owner..”
“There WAS no man worth marrying..”
“You have it all figured out”?
Are you trying to tell us something here Vera…Oya out with it…
all these people no go let you even post sef before them start to dey reply abi…
So the plan now na to make the babies now and marry later
smart!
I was like you Vera when i was 12/13. I was sure I’ll be married by 23! I’m 22 now and just like you it’s the last thing on my mind, even though I’ve got all the degrees and licenses I need for my profession.
YES – there clearly is no MAN worth marrying on this earth at this point…but now i guess i’ve got to search even harder now…I must have little me’s!!!
Kafo: Congrats on being first ooo! And yes, go and read and find out.
Kafo: LOL @ your PhD. No worries, it will still come. Goodluck on not having rug rats for the next five years (with a husband in the picture). It’s possible sha. You didn’t know that women are born with all their eggs and at birth they lose half of them? Yeah, babe. That’s a fact. We’re born with about one to two million eggs, and at birth, we lose half of them. No worries; you’ll never be able to give birth to five hundred thousand kids. The Shoe Owner comes into the picture by joining me in the baby-making process.
Kafo: Goodluck on your exam. And congrats on being first, second, and third. And ehm, yes, the Shoe Owner is very much worth marrying.
Roc Naija: It doesn’t really mean that a woman cannot have babies as she gets older; it just means that the younger you are, the better chances you have of giving birth.
Leggy: Ehm… this is not permission to go ye into the world and start multiplying oo! LOL. And welcome, love.
Chari: Yeah, actually you can save your eggs; I don’t know the details of that process, but not to worry, a woman is born with about one to two million eggs, so she’ll probably never run out of eggs.
My World: AMEN. I will definitely have the babies. But I no dey disturb the shoe owner na! LOL.
Joan Peck: Nooo oo! It’s not infertility decline. It’s fertility decline. Sorry to burst your bubble. Yeye.
Olaide: LOL. Isn’t it amazing the kind of dreams we have? Hehehe. I was so sure I would be married by the age of 22.
Enkay: Hahaha. You dey vex ehn?? I see that this affects you somehow. Hehe.
Poetically Tinted: Hahahahaha. You want us to be like Nadia Suleiman ehn? I kuku don’t mind. You know I have to collect bride price for all my daughters.
Adaeze: Oh, of course. What is meant to be will definitely be. I’m not searching for children right now though. Just thought I should scare y’ll a bit. Women in their fifties have babies too, I know.
QMoney: Did you see the word “boyfriend” written in this post???? Ehn?? QMoney, concentrate on the post! 🙂
Shona Vixen: So you’ve joined QMoney ehn? Concentrate on the post!!! I have shed all the light there is to shed on the shoe owner
Pink Lips: LOL. It’s not difficult to recruit a baby father @ all. Just look for a — oh, what the heck? Don’t lemme tell you how to do it.
Dante: Yeah, there really are egg banks ooo. You’d be surprised what people do these days. I know I will definitely drop lil ones. You know I still have to have my confusingly identical twin boys.
Gochi: Hahahaha @ eggs expiring. Isn’t so annoying when they say that? It’s all good sha. If anyone vexes me, I will just go and have quadruplets – marriage or not! Make dem no try me.
N.I.M.M.O.: LOL! And they said men don’t gossip. Yeah, right!!! So his name is now Mr. Shoes? Hahahaha. Dude, I don’t have anything 2 say ooo. I have been sworn to secrecy.
Tigeress: Hahahaha. Invite me for the baby shower ooo. In short, na me go be the planner sef. I am a baaaaad baby shower planner. Dear baby of Tigeress, please move swiftly!
Mizchif: LOL. Wetin be dis? Na warning abi na wetin? Hahaha. This shoe and it’s owner are resting somewhere inside the four corners of this earth.
Just Doyin: See, I was going to tell you about the shoes ooo. But since you said I should carry am commot for your face, nothing 4 u!! I no talk again!!! And yeah girl… the Lord’s report is definitely the one to believe. Why not, if not?
Jayla: Hahahahahaha. Unless the egg bank people are Nigerians, I doubt they would do that. Ah, that na major lawsuit o! Hehe. I don talk everything wey I get to talk about the shoes.
Nice Anon: You caught on ehn? Na your own better ooo! Hehehe.
Standtall: LOL. Dem fittn’t to redeem themselves. Dem know say na true I talk na. But it doesn’t mean there wasn’t any man worth marrying when I was 22. It just means I didn’t know any man worth marrying when I was 22. You see?
Confessions of a London Girl: Hahahahaha. Y you dey attack me na? I’m only the messenger oo. I will become proactive and go and start borning pikins now now.
CaramelD: LOL! Babe, sorry oh. I no dey laugh you, but… hmmph! That’s it! I’m packing all my kaya and moving deep into the Sahara desert. I’m hoping there won’t be air pollution et al. All I’ll have to do is fight off all the carnivores. That shouldn’t be too difficult.
FFF: That your explanation (of pregnancies being high risk from age 28) is exactly why the research people came up with their kini. Me, I don’t know sha. I have only said what I read. I’m telling all of you, so that you can go and have pikins oo. LOL.
Aloted: Yes, ke! He is abundantly able. He will bless me with my confusingly identical twin boys (and other children too). Why not, if not? *wink*
FFF: Cornered his wife, huh? Me, likes!!! I want to be cornered too oh. Ah ah.
Afrobabe: Indeed, it is unfair!! And just for that, I will born pikin till I reach 100. *hiss* Who will stop me?
Luscious Ron: My able-bodied lawyer. I said AMEN oo. But what on earth is an egg-inflated male researcher?? LOL!
Mama Chidi (Busola): Hahahaha. You be mad chic! Me propose to you??? Busola, you’re a nice chic oh, but you’re not my type biko. You can’t meet my ‘needs’
Omotee: Tufia kwa! Share my Shoe Owner? Lai Lai!!! Do you know how long it took to find him? Mba o. I no dey share. Hahahaha. But I’ll find you another one sha – if you’re nice 2 me. LOL
Jaycee: Yes oooo! Shoe Owner.
Joicee: Ehm Inspector Joicee, I no dey try 2 tell you anything oo! LOL. See you. what are you feeling like sef, quoting me? Mind ya sef o! *wink*
G-FUNC: Haha. LOL @ them not letting me post b4 commenting. My dear, na over love dey worry them, and me sef, I’m loving all the love. And yes, that is my plan; thank you for your sarcasm. LOL. No, no! That is not my plan abeg. Lemme not jinx myself here.
Chelle: Hehehe. My dear, it’s not like there is NO man worth marrying, it’s just that you haven’t met him. He is yet to find you. He’s somewhere looking for yo u too. Make you claim am ooo. Dis na original Verastic prophecy.
lol..Aunty Vera hmm please find this shoe owner sharply oh and make beauriful babies, and when you find him biko come and introduce him to us oh, all this coded gist is longer cool now.
It is not easy being female. na wa! Meanwhile, this post struck a chord. I would not have made anyone a good wife at 22 and I have learnt a lot between then and now. However, I wonder if what I have learnt makes me “marriageable” (no vex if its a malaprop, its the word that popped into my head and I want to use it). I feel I have grown into myself and do not have that yield that younger brides have.
LOL… Suspected there was more to the shoe owner and the Valentine gist… We’ll keep working the F5 buttons..
interesting!!! never knew that–as long as the shoe maker don’t make scary…
loool @ 27! That’s not cool at all. I better start making money soon oh!..
I get what you mean by maturing though, I’m hoping to get there as well. I’m still a Baby…lol
x!
*hiss FALSE ALARMER
wow..what a double twist to a sad tale..I knew you had stuffs up your sleeves with your earlier post on the shoes..
Really,i tend not to think along conventional lines when science tends to conflict with what i believe in…Hold on to that word of God which says i’m beautifully and wonderfully made meanin that if your fearfully made,then you need not fear what the antics of any scientist or naysayers might be..
Good luck sis..
With God all things are possible, dats my motto.
It says a lot that at 12, you were smart to have a plan. Whether the plan was followed is another thing.
27, yep, have heard that repeated many times….and then the big 35, where the incidence of Down’s syndrome increases. Oh well, Onyibo will always find a way to put a name and tag to something. It is not your portion my dear, and God covers those who are his, which is why people still give birth to normal babies 20-30 yrs after that age 27
Vera..why are you lyiong to these poor people, you know you jsut want to( do the nasty) make babies with Mr shoe and you are using this an as exuse!!!!…LWKM!
lol
Tay-Mee: LOL. Yes, ma'am. I have heard. I will introduce him to you ASAP. Even I am tired of the coded gist
In My Head & Around Me: I completely understand where you're coming from. I think that when you meet the right man, your perspective(s) will change. The right person will make that easier, and you'll totally be marriageable. lol.
Danny: Look, mind yourself oo. Why are you linking the Valentine gist to the Shoe Owner now? Keep working the F5 button and soon, you'll get the entire gist.
J'Adore: LOL. Only scary people make scary babies. The lion does not give birth to a snake. You know now!
Bob-IJ: I know you're still a baby. Hehe. Don't be in too much of a hurry to mature; after a while you'll stop wanting to mature. Shoot, I wanna be a baby! I'm not finding it funny how fast I'm getting old. *sigh*
Chari: Hahaha. How is this a false alarmer? Mind yourself o
Trybes: Hehehe. This was not an attempt to send confusion to your head oo. LOL. It's just that the post made me think of something I could use the Shoe Owner for. Hehe. I'm not frightened by this post @ all. My body full ground. No shaking. 🙂
Beulah: Yes, ke!! So says Matthew 19:26
NaijaGirl: You're right ooo. These Oyibo people want to give some1 heart attack by force. And you know that I intend to have plenty, plenty pikins, so that means I have to born pikins even after I turn 27. All this one na their own wahala.
Ms. O: Hahahahaha. Is it that obvious?? I thought I was being subtle oo. Well, I really did read thing, but maybe somewhere in my heart, it's just an excuse. This is NOT an admission of guilt!
Tisha: S'up babes!! 🙂
Honey…I have the math all figured out. Since fertility declines at 27, then have more sex afte 27 to increase the chances of getting knocked up. Shikena.
Kai I heard too o. i may need to speed up my baby plans as well too lol. how now verastica…
Vera with ur luck, na like 5 or 6 you go born at first try. AMEN! so all those additional eggs u r scared of wont be needed. cos after that na to tie the rest mix with birth control pill, vesectomy(bi wetin be the name again) condoms, withdrawal method, etc etc etc.
ok seriously, as i take see u last nite, egg still full ur body like say u be hen. so have no fear.
FIRST OF ALL
VERA MAKE SURE YOUR NEXT POST FULLY ELABORATES ON SHOE OWNER OR ELSE!!!
ANYWAY DON’T WORRY U GOD KNOWS WHY EH MADE US LIKE THIS EVEN WITH EGGS LEAVING A T 27 MY FRIENDS MUM GAVE BIRTH TO TWINS AT 50 WITH NO COMPLICATIONS.
THE LORD IS OUT STRENGTH
27? puliz! dnt mind them naysayers. shoe owner? me missing something? going 2 chk…….
Rosie: LOL! U see, that’s why I like you oh. You always come up with the smart ideas. More sex it is!
WordSmith: Haha. You too? Babe, just alert me sha, so that we’ll plan a fantastic baby shower. I dey oo. U nko?
Chief: Hahaha @ the withdrawal method. By the way, that doesn’t work! Five or six pikins @ the first try ehn? Okay oh. No problem.
Optimistic Alyzz: Hehehe. I have nothing to say about the Shoe Owner ooo. I have said all there is to say. Your friend’s mother had twins @ 50? Sooo cool!
DisguisedFeelings: Yes, they are naysayers indeed. Wetin dem know sef? So you haven’t heard about the popular Show Owner?? Ah, you’re missing oo! 🙂
you feeling broody?
you want ur eggs ferterlized?
plenty of breakthru in medicine babes-u have enuff eggs yet that can be sperminated…….*wink*