Private equity is having a baby and it might just be yours

Nancy Abdalla was 36 years old and tired of putting her energy into relationships that flamed, fizzled and ultimately got her nowhere closer to what she wanted: a baby. Her girlfriends were having kids and she could not imagine a future without having one of her own, even if that meant going it alone instead of waiting around for Mr. Right.

But waiting was the problem. Back in her career-focused 20s, nobody bothered to tell her that female fertility dives off the cliff precisely at the...