This and other articles blames the recession for decreased fertility, but I think it's more likely that the health of young women is getting worse. Unhealthy women have a much harder time getting knocked up.<p>I have a friend who was put on Depo-Provera in her late teens. This time-released xeno-hormone is used to suppress women's fertility for 3-months. They told her the bleeding should stop eventually, and gave her a second shot, then a third shot. When she was still bleeding after 9 months, she decided the doctors were clueless. While the bleeding eventually stopped, she never fully recovered.<p>This recent story said that women have gained more weight than men:<p>Obesity rising in American women (jamanetwork.com)
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11856735" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11856735</a><p>Adipose tissue is the greatest peripheral source of aromatase in both males and females, contributing to the production of estradiol.
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipose_tissue" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipose_tissue</a><p>Excess estrogen asphyxiates embryos.