The article "Rethinking the Biological Clock: Eleventh-Hour Moms, Miracle Moms, and the Meanings of Age-Related Infertility" addresses some of the concerns and controversies surrounding the notion of the biological clock and age-related infertility, which poses challenges to a woman's reproductive life. This article offers an overview of how ideologies, attitudes, experiences, and circumstances surrounding pregnancy are different for birth and miracle moms. Furthermore, it also states the role of some assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) that change women's conception of motherhood and the body, thus building some mythologies regarding age-related infertility. From now on the article cites some vivid studies and questionnaires that have been done, which have contradicted and refuted them. Studies have also concluded that the advent of such technologies and techniques has enabled a large number of women to voluntarily postpone pregnancy, thereby increasing the danger of infertility and leading to imminent problems in their lives. The biological clock determines a fertility window between the late teens and late twenties, after which a woman is significantly less able to get pregnant and have children. As there is a certain amount of time in which a woman can become pregnant, the biological clock poses challenges to a woman's life. According to the article, the two very important milestones that the biological clock deals with in a woman's life are: equal opportunities in the workplace – as it interferes and competes with a woman's childbearing years and reproductive choice. The authors presented two large sets of data, one was a widely publicized report by Fran... half of the paper ......in the old days, women were "only" forced to do housework, while men they had the right to carry out the work abroad. But now time has evolved and women are more dedicated to the professional arena. The timing of pursuing a career and the timing of starting a family are in conflict. Women are prioritized to pursue their careers first to gain financial stability similar to men and then settle into the institution of marriage. Some women delay marriage and parenthood because some of them are single daughters or are sisters, so they have their own home and family responsibilities to take care of. So they want to ensure a quality life for their parents and themselves. But there is a "ticking clock" that places an additional burden on those who are grappling with some important life decisions, one of which is the most essential: the right time to have children..
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