45 and beyond: Your likelihood of becoming pregnant at this age is no more than 3 or 4%. While it’s not impossible to conceive, assisted reproductive technologies are almost always required to enhance your success rate.

Yes, you can get pregnant at 45, though conceiving naturally may come with more roadblocks than it would if you were in your 20s or 30s (or even early 40s). A woman's prime fertility time is between her late teens and her 20s. Once you reach your mid-30s and beyond, your ability to get pregnant may start to decline.

The majority of women over age 45 can’t conceive without the help of IVF and other ART procedures. That said, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) shares that any woman of any age can get pregnant — with medical help — provided that she has a “normal uterus” even if she no longer has ovaries or ovarian function.

If you get pregnant after 35 years old, experts call this an “advanced maternal age” pregnancy. But it’s still possible to get pregnant and deliver a healthy baby in your 40s. Childbirth at older ages has become more common too. Since the 1990s, birth rates in people aged 40-44 have gone up.