How does the womans age affect her chance of delivering a baby?
It is very important to understand that live birth is the only result that counts when taking into account fertility treatments. A woman’s peak reproductive potential is usually before the age of 30, and declines rapidly after the age of 40. Understanding that there are no absolutes in the world, the older the woman is, the more difficult it is for her to get pregnant and deliver, and the more aggressive her treatment needs to be. The problems that the older woman faces are a decrease in the absolute number of eggs available, a poorer quality of those eggs (decreased reproductive potential of the eggs), and an increased incidence of genetic abnormalities of the eggs.
