At thirty-one, Rachel Lehmann-Haupt thought she had everything: a great boyfriend, an exciting career, and the promise of marriage and children in her future. But the relationship ended and she found herself consumed by a rapidly approaching deadline: age thirty-five, the time at which most pregnancies are deemed high risk.Lehmann-Haupt traveled around the world and into the heart of America to explore the latest fertility choices availableas well as grapple with her own ambitions, anxieties, and personal values. A witty, poignant, and profoundly honest account of one womans efforts to reconcile modern love with modern life, In Her Own Sweet Time resonates with a generation that wants it all career, family, the perfect partnerbut one that hasnt yet figured out how to fit it all together.