Generally, fertility ability drops after 35 years (some even before 30 years!) of age. This ‘biological clock’ phenomenon is tied to the fact that women have limited amount of eggs available when they came into the world at birth.
The quantity of eggs left falls every year, and more marked after 35. Apart from egg quantity, there’s the issue of egg QUALITY, which are also tied to a woman’s age. After 40, outlook for conceiving is drops considerably