Give Birth By 38?

A study says that women should freeze their eggs by 35 and give birth by 38.

19:28 17 June 2015

A new study has found that women’s chances of getting pregnant decreases when they reach the age of 38. For this reason, experts suggest that they freeze their eggs by 35 and then give birth by 38.  

 

Lead researcher Dr Marta Devesa also added that women who are over 44 years old should not use their own eggs in IVF treatment. 

 

“There is a clinically relevant decline from 41/42 – but the prognosis is really futile from 44 onwards.

 

“Women should be encouraged to have families earlier but if you can't change society then we should encourage them to freeze their eggs by 35.

“Indeed, women of 44 or older should be fully informed about their real chances of a live birth and counselled in favour of oocyte (immature egg) donation,” she said.

 

In her study, she analyzed nearly 4200 women aged between 38 and 44 who underwent 5,841 IVF cycles. She found that the chances of conceiving dropped by 24per cent for those aged 38 and 39. 

 

Professor Adam Balen, the chairman of the British Fertility Society and a consultant in Leeds, told the Daily Telegraph: “While you hear lots of good news stories about celebrities who may have given birth at an older age, nobody knows the number of celebrities who may not have been able to have babies, either because of infertility or possibly even having had fertility treatment that has been unsuccessful.

 

“There is always a strong possibility that many of these celebrities may well have sought the assistance of a fertility clinic and may have conceived wither with IVF or donor eggs.”