Your chances of success with IVF depend largely on your age and your history – two things you unfortunately cannot change. However, leading a healthy lifestyle will put your body in optimum shape for conception and pregnancy. A balanced diet and regular exercise are important for both of you. Your …
IVF has given many couples the ability to have a family, where they might not have been able to otherwise. Your chance of success is very individual and depends on your age, how long you have been trying to conceive, previous children, and previous infertility treatment. Iris will develop a …
Generally speaking, a woman’s fertility declines after 35 and falls sharply after 40. Once past 40, pregnant women are at greater risk of miscarriage, medical difficulties like pregnancy-related diabetes or pre-eclampsia, and difficult labours. Mothers over 40 are also more likely to have babies with chromosomal abnormalities and genetic disorders, though …
The World Health Organisation’s definition of infertility is ‘failure to conceive after 12 months of unprotected intercourse.’ You should seek specialist fertility advice if you have not conceived after 12 months of unprotected intercourse. If the woman is 35 or older, you should seek this advice after six months.
Generally speaking, 60-70% of couples will become pregnant after six months of trying and 80-90% of couples after 12 months of trying. But your chances of falling pregnant decrease with age. This is true for both partners, but more so for the woman than the man. A woman produces one …
IVF does not lead to premature menopause. In each of your natural menstrual cycles, your body selects a crop of 10-30 primitive eggs to start the ovulation process. These eggs start to grow, but only one egg reaches the mature stage and is ovulated. An IVF cycle salvages many of …
This is a simple blood test used to measure the number of eggs a woman has left, by checking the level of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) in your blood. AMH is produced by the primitive eggs in your ovaries – the ones you were born with but which haven’t started growing …
With news of 60+ year olds having babies, it seems as if there is really no limit to the age of having a child. The implication of this question is as follows: What is the oldest age a woman can get pregnant? What are the difficulties older women encounter in …
WHO (World Health Organisation) definition of infertility is “failure to conceive after 12 months of unprotected intercourse”. Generally, it is recommend couples seek medical advice if they have not conceived after 12 months of unprotected intercourse, provided the female partner’s age is less than 35. If she is 35 or …
The chance of getting pregnant decreases with increasing age. This is true for both partners, but more so for the woman than the man. Humans are not very fertile animals. Even for the most fertile young couples, the chance of getting pregnant is only about 20% each month. This is …