I’m nearly 40 and I want to have a baby. What are my options?
Everyone knows that a woman’s fertility reduces with age but
it is still possible to have a baby approaching 40 and beyond.
The first thing to do is to improve your
lifestyle; stop smoking and drinking, make sure your body mass index is in the
healthy range (19 to 25) and start folic acid to reduce the risk of Spina Bifida.
Check with your doctor about any
medication you are on. It’s also important to know the best times for sex, so find
an app to help or focus on having lots of sex from days 11 to 14 if your
periods are monthly. And then just get started as soon as you can.
The chances of having a baby each month you try at age 40
are 6% and if it hasn’t happened after 6 months you should be visiting a
fertility specialist. IVF at age 40 still has a reasonable chance of working
with a 25% chance of a baby with each cycle.
For some women aged 40 and beyond, their egg supply has run
out. There is still the option of egg donation to have a baby. This is when a
younger woman with healthy eggs has a cycle of IVF and gives those eggs to an
older woman. The pregnancy rates with egg donation are excellent as egg quality
is the main determinant of IVF success rates. Egg donation is available in NZ and
we see many women successfully have a baby this way at Fertility Associates.
If there isn’t a man on the scene, it is also still possible
to have a baby using donor sperm. Fertility Associates has a donor sperm
programme but there is a wait for donors follow this link to find out more: http://www.fertilityassociates.co.nz/Donor-services/Become-a-sperm-donor.aspx.
So if you are thinking about having a baby the best advice I can give is
to talk to a specialist sooner rather than later.
Best Wishes, Mary Birdsall
As women grow older, their chances of conceiving naturally nosedive significantly and IVF is often the sole saving grace. Hence it is better to make up mind for IVF at an earlier age. While it is true that success-rate of IVF in regards to older women is less but it is their only alternative to experience motherhood.
ReplyDeleteDr. Ajay Murdia, Scientific Director of Indira IVF clinic, is a supremely skilled and genial doctor. Apart from technical nuances, he also takes care of emotional aspect of infertile couples who finds themselves jittery and nervous before the treatment.
Fertility problems is a big issue for those who is struggling about it. In my opinion, they can use conception kit like at-home conception system.
ReplyDeleteWhile it is true that the ideal age to opt for IVF is late 20s and early 30s because the quality of eggs is robust at that time, even women in their late 30s and early 40s can savour the joy of motherhood through IVF.
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ReplyDeleteNow a days infertility issues in Women are not new and with the advancement in technology. Yes, it can be treated and cured if the correct action is taken on time.
ReplyDeleteA woman’s best reproductive years are in her 20s. Fertility gradually declines in the 30s, particularly after age 35. Each month that she tries, a healthy, fertile 30-year-old woman has a 20% chance of getting pregnant. That means that for every 100 fertile 30-year-old women trying to get pregnant in 1 cycle, 20 will be successful and the other 80 will have to try again. By age 40, a woman’s chance is less than 5% per cycle, so fewer than 5 out of every 100 women are expected to be successful each month.
Jaipur Fertility Centre is amongst the first centers in Rajasthan and North India to deliver the first IVF and ICSI baby during the 1980s and 1990s. The center conducts a minimum of 900 IVF treatments per year.
Thanks for this post. IVF consider as the most effective therapy nowadays. There are many IVF books & forums are available on internet which gives valuable information regarding this treatment.
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