Open AccessHow Old is Too Old for Fertility Treatment?
Author(s) -
Elizabeth J Howland,
C Kennedy
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
women's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.363
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1745-5065
pISSN - 1745-5057
DOI - 10.2217/17455057.3.1.155
Subject(s) - fertility , magic (telescope) , history , psychology , medicine , demography , sociology , population , physics , quantum mechanics
Women are delaying starting their families. High-profile women such as Cherie Blair and Madonna are having successful pregnancies with healthy babies in their forties. Is this sending out messages to women that delaying conception during their twenties and thirties is a good idea? Fertility treatment can overcome certain age-related hurdles but is certainly not the magic wand some expect it to be.