The latest stats on IVF for Australian women makes for poor reading. Women between 30 - 40 have just under a 27% chance of having a live birth and if you are over 44 you have less than 1 % chance of success.
If you look add the stats for women 40 - 43 and those under 30, the combined pregnancy rate for all women is 25% with a live birth rate of 17%. What is important to note is that they include all ART, including women who make use of donor eggs.
What interests me is the focus on 'getting pregnant' which seems to equal making embryos, but in my experience and talking to others, there is very little effort that goes into looking at egg & sperm quality. People who are post 40 have a much reduced chance and i wonder if anyone is really talking to them about egg quality before they make this huge emotional and financial investment.
Older women miss out on IVF births
If you look add the stats for women 40 - 43 and those under 30, the combined pregnancy rate for all women is 25% with a live birth rate of 17%. What is important to note is that they include all ART, including women who make use of donor eggs.
What interests me is the focus on 'getting pregnant' which seems to equal making embryos, but in my experience and talking to others, there is very little effort that goes into looking at egg & sperm quality. People who are post 40 have a much reduced chance and i wonder if anyone is really talking to them about egg quality before they make this huge emotional and financial investment.
Older women miss out on IVF births
From:The Australian
November 09, 2011
Fertility Society of Australia president Peter Illingworth said the increasing age of women undergoing ART was leading to a decrease in live delivery rates. The live delivery rate in 2009 was almost 27 per cent for cycles in women aged 30-40, but decreased to less than 1 per cent for cycles in women aged over 44.
There has been a 48 per cent increase in ART treatments since 2005 and there was a 14 per cent jump between 2008 and 2009 alone, partly explained by limits on Medicare rebates that may have prompted a surge in treatment.Of the 70,541 ART cycles in 2009 almost one in four (15,975) resulted in a clinical pregnancy and 17 per cent (12,127) resulted in the birth of at least one live baby.
About 3 per cent of women who gave birth nationwide received some form of ART treatment. Women using ART have an average age of 35.8, and one in four were aged over 40.
The rate of multiple births from the treatment has dropped from 14.1 per cent in 2005 to 8.2 per cent in 2009 as clinics try to reduce the risks to mothers and babies by implanting single embryos.
There has been a 48 per cent increase in ART treatments since 2005 and there was a 14 per cent jump between 2008 and 2009 alone, partly explained by limits on Medicare rebates that may have prompted a surge in treatment.Of the 70,541 ART cycles in 2009 almost one in four (15,975) resulted in a clinical pregnancy and 17 per cent (12,127) resulted in the birth of at least one live baby.
The rate of multiple births from the treatment has dropped from 14.1 per cent in 2005 to 8.2 per cent in 2009 as clinics try to reduce the risks to mothers and babies by implanting single embryos.
No wonder they say it's a man's world!!!! Thanks for being such a gorgeous person Margarida and for caring so much xx
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