"Modern women are increasingly delaying having children. In Australia, the median age of mothers has increased from 25.4 years in 1971 to 30.8 in 2013. The most recent data from 2012 showed the average age of women receiving assisted reproductive treatment was 35.8.
Prohibitive workplace practices and unsympathetic employers are often cited as some of the reasons for the delay, as is the financial burden of taking time off work to raise children. To combat this, women are turning to science.
A recent study from Israel suggests that women who know they can easily access IVF if they need to are more inclined to delay motherhood to focus on developing their careers. The authors of this study, who were economists without expertise in assisted reproduction, said “this is especially relevant as companies consider funding for employees to freeze their eggs as well as other fertility-extending measures..."
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