Julie Vargo is an award-winning journalist who spent five years as the fashion editor of the Dallas Times Herald. Her articles have appeared in Women’s

Wear Daily, Daily News Record, Beautiful Kitchens, and the Dallas Morning News. She lives with her husband and two children in Texas.

Maureen Regan has owned The Regan Agency, a literary agency, since 1995. She has been in the entertainment industry for more than 20 years and has been involved

in everything from publishing to editing to talent relations and negotiations. She lives with her husband and two children in New York.

MYTH: Infertility won’t happen to me.
TRUTH: One in six American couples experience infertility each year. Infertility can happen to anyone in any demographic.

MYTH: I can get pregnant, so I don’t have fertility issues. I just have miscarriages.
TRUTH: Not being able to carry a pregnancy to term is an infertility issue. Multiple miscarriages mean you need to see a fertility specialist...now.

MYTH: I’m in great shape. I exercise all the time. I can’t be infertile.
TRUTH: You can look great, but your eggs may not. Excercise-obsessed women can lower their estrogen level and hinder ovulation. Extensive exercise can also reduce sperm production in men.

MYTH: You can give birth to your biological baby until you’re fifty. Just look at all those stars having later-in-life babies.
TRUTH: Don’t believe Hollywood. When a woman is 40-44, one in four couples faces infertility. Only five percent of women over 45 will get pregnant using their own eggs -- and only a fraction of those are going to be viable pregnancies due to advanced maternal age -- and old eggs.

MYTH: I don’t have to worry, my gynecologist can get me pregnant.
TRUTH: A gynecologist is not a fertility specialist. A reproductive endocrinolgist is. Don’t waste time with the wrong doc -- and a ticking biological clock.