What is the age limit for IVF infants? Can older people try?

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Age limits for IVF infants

IVF is an assisted reproductive technology that can help couples who cannot conceive naturally realize their reproductive dreams. However, IVF is not suitable for all people. It has certain age limits. The following will elaborate on the age limit of IVF from several aspects.

Female age limit

Female age is one of the important factors that determine the success rate of IVF. Generally speaking, it is better for women to try IVF under the age of 35. This is because the number and quality of women's eggs will decline with the growth of age, and the difficulty of pregnancy after the age of 35 will greatly increase. In fact, many hospitals set a maximum age for women, usually 40 or 45 years old. This is because the quality of female eggs decreases with age, and the chance of successful pregnancy also decreases. Therefore, for older women, the success rate of trying IVF is low.

However, under some special circumstances, the age limit for women can be relaxed. For example, for women over 40 years old who have been assessed in detail and are healthy, IVF can be considered, but the success rate will be relatively low.

Male age limit

Compared with women, the age of men has less influence on the success rate of IVF. However, male fertility will also decline with age. Generally speaking, the sperm quality of men begins to decline gradually after the age of 40. Therefore, in IVF, the quality and quantity of male semen is one of the important factors to consider the success rate.

It is worth noting that although it may be successful for men over 40 years old to try IVF, the success rate is relatively low. Therefore, for older men, it is more ideal to try IVF as early as possible.

Physical health and reproductive history

IVF babies need to go through a series of medical examinations and treatment processes, and have certain requirements for their physical health. In general, people with serious chronic diseases, major genetic disease history or some medical diseases during the reproductive process may not be suitable to try IVF.

In addition, if the couple has undergone a comprehensive infertility examination and has determined that there is no other better way of reproduction, they can try IVF, and the age limit can be relatively relaxed.

Summary of Age Limits for IVF

To sum up, the age limit of IVF mainly depends on the age of women, and also takes into account the age and physical health of men. Generally speaking, it is better for women to try IVF under the age of 35, and the upper limit for women is usually 40 or 45 years old. The success rate of men over 40 years old trying IVF is also relatively low. However, the age limit can be relatively relaxed for couples who are healthy under special circumstances and have been comprehensively evaluated.