I think people put off reproduction as long as possible because it's the only decision they have to make, which is heavily weighed upon by their own mortality and physical decline.

Our lives are so comfortable and our life spans are so long, that we like to pretend that there is no inherent physiological advantage to the young. That the passage of time doesn't matter. That youth is forever. We extend and pretend.

44 year-old women are desperately claiming that 44 is the new 34, and 34 year-old women are claiming that 34 is the new 24.

No, 24 and 34 are where they have always been. 44 is the middle, same as it always was. You are now heading toward the end. Be happy, that you lived long enough, to grow old. Enjoy your decline.