Tuesday, 16 February 2010 09:51
The Fertility Time Bomb
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="134" caption="The Human Egg"]
[/caption] Yesterday I talked about unexpected pregnancy in later life and today I thought I would look at the flip side of this coin by asking the question - Are a womans chances of conceiving less after the age of 30?
[/caption] Yesterday I talked about unexpected pregnancy in later life and today I thought I would look at the flip side of this coin by asking the question - Are a womans chances of conceiving less after the age of 30?
A recent article in The Times newspaper reports that the first study tracking a womans supply of eggs from the ovaries from birth right through to the menopause was published last month. The results showed that by the age of 30 women, on average, had only 12% of eggs they were born with remaining, and by 40 there would only be 3% left. So, although there are more unexpected pregnancies happening in later life than ever before the experts would argue that this is not a reason to plan to have children in later years. For more about this click the link below - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/women_shealth/7175835/Is-the-fertility-time-bomb-really-ticking.html
Sinead Fegan
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