Many women are waiting longer to have children, trying to balance a career and the goal of starting a family. In addition to routinely asking women about contraception, OB-GYNs are now making the issue of having children a part of the conversation, educating them on fertility rates and the risks associated with childbearing later in
Many women are waiting longer to have children, trying to balance a career and the goal of starting a family. In addition to routinely asking women about contraception, OB-GYNs are now making the issue of having children a part of the conversation, educating them on fertility rates and the risks associated with childbearing later in life. While advances in technology like in vitro fertilization and freezing embryos have allowed many women to get pregnant later in life, doctors caution that treatments can be expensive and may not work for all women. “I hear many people say 40 is the new 30. But not reproductively, it’s not the new 30,”explains Cynthia Austin, medical director of in vitro fertilization at the Cleveland Clinic. Fertility specialists encourage women to get a blood test that measures the level of a hormone known as AMH to get a better sense of the number of viable eggs and indicate whether or not they may have trouble conceiving.
The Wall Street Journal, 6/3/13
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