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Women Need Education About Aging and Fertility
by Richard Sherbahn MD on Oct.31, 2009, under Age and Fertility, Ovarian Reserve Tests
Our society has undergone significant change since the 1960s. Women’s liberation is definitely a good thing. Women can now do pretty much anything that a man can do. However, the one thing that they cannot do is delay childbearing as long as a man can.
Our society has evolved and many women are pursuing advanced educations and career advancement – and delaying childbearing as a result. However, in general women should be more knowledgeable about the impact of delaying childbearing on fertility potential.
Fertility specialists know this is a problem. We commonly see women in their late 30s and early 40s that are very bright and well-educated who are surprised and very disappointed when told that it may be very difficult (or impossible) to get pregnant and have a baby using their own eggs.
I like to use a “garden” analogy when discussing infertility with patients. The uterine lining is the “garden” and the embryos are the “plants”. As women age, the garden is rarely the problem – the plant is often the problem. This is why using donor eggs is so successful regardless of the age of the recipient woman. (continue reading…)

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Richard Sherbahn, MD is a Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility specialist.
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