Question: how hard is it to get pregnant at 42?
Answer: Compared to our 20s, when the odds of getting pregnant any given month is 20 to 25%, the odds of getting pregnant at 40 plummets to 5%. For women aged 45 to 49, it drops as low as 1%. While it becomes considerably more difficult to get pregnant after 40, the birth rate among women aged 40 to 44 has increased.