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Unique genetic profile helps older women get pregnant

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Wednesday, January 25, 2012 | 0 comments

New research raises the possibility a genetic test may be able to tell young women whether they can afford to delay motherhood while they get their careers on track.

In a study presented Tuesday at a European fertility conference, scientists reported some women who find it easy to conceive after age 45 have a special genetic profile.

In the study, Dr. Neri Laufer from Haddassah University Hospital in Jerusalem, selected from a group of 250 Ashkenazi Jewish women who gave birth after age 45.

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Sadly we lost that precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted that there will be no more babies in our house.

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