how old are you...really?

A woman has all of the eggs at birth--no new ones are made. In fact, most of them die before puberty, and she ovulates with the ones that are left (usually one at a time of course). It's interesting, therefore, that if someone is 30 years old, then they are made of material that is 30 years + age of mother at time of conception. So if your mother was 26 when she conceived you, she conceived you with a 26-year old egg, making you 56 if you count the egg age.