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What is the right age to have a baby?

Lack of money, building a career and not finding the right partner are all reasons why women may leave having a baby until later in life.
Many will go on to have children naturally but for others conceiving can be a challenge as they get older.
So should teenagers be taught more about fertility issues in school?
Victoria Derbyshire spoke to Dr Geeta Nargund, Medical Director at CREATE Fertility which treats couples with fertility problems, Tanith Lee, who was diagnosed with early menopause when she was 38, Jessica Hepburn, who runs theatres and is author of The Pursuit of Motherhood - she went through 11 cycles of failed IVF treatment, Leanne Dulson, who went through four cycles of IVF before she had her son Max and actress Tina Malone - she had her first child at 18 and her second at 50.

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