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Advancements in Medical Science is Changing Infertility Statistics

There comes a time when couples trying to get pregnant feel as if they are alone in their plight. They feel left out when everybody else they know are having kids easily. The infertility statistics are here to show you that you are wrong. There are many who are feeling exactly what you are feeling over infertility.

From Ages 15 to 44, there are almost 7.3 million women who can’t get pregnant. A lot of these women are ignorant of their unfortunate condition until they begin to want kids and attempt to get pregnant. For some, they are diagnosed for PCOS or polycystic ovarian syndrome after they gave birth. They were lucky and few. Most couples visit fertility centers to get proper care and attention needed to get pregnant.

In 2002, 11.9% of women received infertility treatments, and their age ranges from 15 to 44 years old. 6.1% sought out professional recommendations while 5.5% of them took precautionary steps to prevent miscarriages. Fertility tests were done to 4.8% of those women and 3.8% of them took medication to help them ovulate. 1.1% even underwent artificial insemination. In a nutshell, these statistics tells us that many women have been trying to get pregnant but fail to do so, plus if they do, they don’t have the capacity to see the pregnancy through and deliver the baby safely to the world.

It is a fact that as women grow older, the lesser are her chances to get pregnant. The ovary produces less egg cell as each month passes. To date, 15.2% of childless women who received professional aid to have children are aged 35 to 29 years old. For those aged between 30 to 34 years old, they number 17.3% and 2.9% are for those in the age range of 15 to 29 years old.

The list of married women who have no children and their ages are as follows: 11% are childless but still has a chance while at the age of 15 to 29 years old. 16.9% have a small chance at the age of 30 to 34 years old. 22.6% may still have a tiny window of opportunity to conceive at the age of 35 to 39 years old. Lastly, 27.4% have almost no chance of getting pregnant at the age of 40 and above.

However, with the advancement in medical science, lots of women now can get pregnant with the use of other methods. If you are aged at 31 years old and had in-vitro fertilization, there is a 38% successful pregnancy. For a woman aged 39 years old, the chance might be lowered to a 22% but this is still very good news. If the woman is aged 43 years old or more, the success rate of a live birth is already less than 10%. In spite of these odds, there are other options like using an egg donor. For women over 40 years old and goes for IVF with a younger woman’s egg, the success rate is considerably increased to 45%. This even surpassed the chances of those women in their 30s who are trying to conceive.