The Truth of Old Birth: What's the Chance of Success?
With the development of society and people's pursuit of personal career, more and more couples choose to postpone childbearing. However, women's fertility is limited, and the increase of age will have a certain impact on fertility. Many people have many doubts and concerns about the elderly childbearing. This article will discuss the truth of elderly childbearing from the aspects of fertility probability, medical technology, risk of elderly childbearing, and reproductive medical auxiliary technology.
1. Fertility rate: decreases with age
Age is an important factor affecting female fertility. With the increase of age, the ovarian function of women gradually declines, the follicle reserve decreases, and the egg quality also decreases, thus reducing the probability of successful pregnancy. A study shows that for women over 35 years old, the probability of successful pregnancy is reduced by about 3-5% every year. For women over 40 years old, the pregnancy rate per month is only 4-5%. Therefore, the probability of elder childbearing is really low.
However, everyone's physical condition and fertility are different, and some women can successfully conceive and give birth even at an advanced age. But before giving birth at an advanced age, couples should conduct a comprehensive examination and assessment of their physical conditions to understand their fertility rate.
2. Progress in medical technology: improve the success rate
With the development of science and technology, medical technology has also made a major breakthrough in the field of reproduction. For elderly couples, assisted reproductive technology provides them with more possibilities to realize their reproductive dreams. For example, in vitro fertilization (IVF) technology can increase the probability of pregnancy by combining sperm and eggs in vitro cultured test tubes, and then implanting the fertilized eggs into women's uterus.
In addition, there are also some assisted reproductive technologies that have been applied to the elderly reproduction, such as egg, sperm or embryo donation and surrogacy. The emergence of these technologies provides more choices for couples who cannot conceive naturally due to fertility problems, and improves the success rate of elderly childbearing.
3. The risk of elderly childbearing: Worthy of vigilance
Although assisted reproductive technology can improve the fertility rate of elderly couples, it also has certain risks. Older pregnancy will increase the risk of multiple pregnancy, pregnancy complications and fetal chromosomal abnormalities. In addition, the physical quality of the elderly pregnant women is relatively poor, and they are prone to complications such as pregnancy hypertension and diabetes, which have a certain impact on their health.
Therefore, before deciding to give birth at an advanced age, couples should fully understand the relevant risks and conduct health assessment and planning under the guidance of doctors. Older couples need to pay more attention to their physical conditions during pregnancy, and closely cooperate with doctors for prenatal examination and personalized health care guidance.
4. Limitations of assisted reproductive medicine technology:
Although assisted reproductive technology can improve the chances of giving birth to the elderly, it also has some limitations. First, the cost of assisted reproductive technology is high, which may be a huge burden for some couples with poor economic conditions. Secondly, with the growth of women's age, the quality of eggs declines, leading to a decrease in the implantation rate of transferred embryos. In addition, assisted reproductive technology can not solve all fertility problems, and there is a certain failure rate.
To sum up, the fertility rate of the elderly is low, but with the progress of medical technology, assisted reproductive technology provides more reproductive options for elderly couples. However, there are certain risks and restrictions in the elderly childbearing. When considering elder childbearing, couples should fully understand these facts and make decisions and plans under the guidance of doctors.
