<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Important factor related to the conception possibility is women age. The decline in fertility with aging is proven and evident in literature. Infertility is increasing and many couples seek help in advanced techniques such as IVF (in vitro fertilization) in order to overcome the problem caused by aging, but the quality of the oocytes is a significant limiting factor. With the aging the quantity and quality of oocytes decreases, such as the quality of the embryo after fertilization. The accelerated rhythm of life, liberty and women inclusion in all kinds of professions brought many benefits to women, but also increasingly postponing births. Each person is unique individual, and can be more or less fertile compared to the average at same age. Unfortunately, some women has a rapid decline in fertility - accelerate aging, very early, already in the early twenties and when testing them with different methods and exams, the result is very low number of oocytes, low value of anti-Müllerian hormone and also very poor quality of these oocytes, or low ovarian reserve. The problem is that when you have accelerate aging, even IVF techniques can not be of great help in achieving pregnancy. The pregnancy rate (17,65%) and the childbirth rate (5,88%) with the patients older than 40 is very low, although comparable to the data from the scientific literature and speaks in favour of the fact that the success of assisted reproductive techniques is very modest with women older than 44.</p></abstract>

Important factor related to the conception possibility is women age. The decline in fertility with aging is proven and evident in literature. Infertility is increasing and many couples seek help in advanced techniques such as IVF (in vitro fertilization) in order to overcome the problem caused by aging, but the quality of the oocytes is a significant limiting factor. With the aging the quantity and quality of oocytes decreases, such as the quality of the embryo after fertilization. The accelerated rhythm of life, liberty and women inclusion in all kinds of professions brought many benefits to women, but also increasingly postponing births. Each person is unique individual, and can be more or less fertile compared to the average at same age. Unfortunately, some women has a rapid decline in fertility - accelerate aging, very early, already in the early twenties and when testing them with different methods and exams, the result is very low number of oocytes, low value of anti-Müllerian hormone and also very poor quality of these oocytes, or low ovarian reserve. The problem is that when you have accelerate aging, even IVF techniques can not be of great help in achieving pregnancy. The pregnancy rate (17,65%) and the childbirth rate (5,88%) with the patients older than 40 is very low, although comparable to the data from the scientific literature and speaks in favour of the fact that the success of assisted reproductive techniques is very modest with women older than 44.

Decline in Female Fertility After 40 Years

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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Important factor related to the conception possibility is women age. The decline in fertility with aging is proven and evident in literature. Infertility is...

Decline in Female Fertility After 40 Years

Online veröffentlicht: 23. Feb. 2019

Seitenbereich: 343 - 353

Eingereicht: 23. Nov. 2018

Akzeptiert: 22. Dez. 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2018-0073

Schlüsselwörter
Infertility, anti-Müllerian hormone, antral follicle count, ovarian reserve

© 2018 Marija Sorak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Decline in Female Fertility After 40 Years

Online veröffentlicht: 23. Feb. 2019

Seitenbereich: 343 - 353

Eingereicht: 23. Nov. 2018

Akzeptiert: 22. Dez. 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2018-0073

SchlüsselwörterInfertility, anti-Müllerian hormone, antral follicle count, ovarian reserve

© 2018 Marija Sorak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Infertility, anti-Müllerian hormone, antral follicle count, ovarian reserve