How does age affect a womans ability to have children?
A woman’s age can be a major issue for reproduction because women never generate new eggs after they are born. All the eggs that a woman will possess for life are already present in her ovaries at birth. Due to the normal aging process, potentially unfavorable molecular changes occur within the eggs, resulting in Down Syndrome, miscarriages and overall lower pregnancy rates. We offer special treatment strategies which may improve the outcome in certain cases.
More and more women are waiting until their 30s and 40s to have children. Actually, about 20 percent of women in the United States now have their first child after age 35. So age is an increasingly common cause of fertility problems. About one third of couples in which the woman is over 35 have fertility problems. Aging decreases a woman’s chances of having a baby in the following ways: • The ability of a woman’s ovaries to release eggs ready for fertilization declines with age. • The health of a woman’s eggs declines with age. • As a woman ages she is more likely to have health problems that can interfere with fertility. • As a women ages, her risk of having a miscarriage increases.
Age can be a great factor in the woman’s ability to have children. Many women these days wait until their 30s or 40s before they decide to have children. Statistics show that about 20 percent of American women now have their first child after the age of 35, and about one-third of the couples in which the woman is over that age experience infertility problems. Age affects the woman’s ability to have a baby in the following ways: • The ability of her ovaries to release eggs for fertilization declines. • The health of the eggs released from her ovaries declines. • The chances of miscarriage increase.
More and more women are waiting until their 30s and 40s to have children. Actually, about 20 percent of women in the United States now have their first child after age 35. So age is an increasingly common cause of fertility problems. About one third of couples in which the woman is over 35 have fertility problems. Aging decreases a woman’s chances of having a baby in the following ways: The ability of a woman’s ovaries to release eggs ready for fertilization declines with age. The health of a woman’s eggs declines with age. As a woman ages she is more likely to have health problems that can interfere with fertility. As a women ages, her risk of having a miscarriage increases.
