Could Your Biological Clock Be Wrong?

We have consistently believed that a woman is born with all the eggs she will have during her lifetime. Over every cycle eggs are produced and either fertilized or lost but there is a finite number, or so we thought.

Now there is a new theory which suggests that the ovaries do continue to produce eggs during adulthood – something that has never been considered before and could offer new hope for women. This is based on a new genetic study tracing the origins of immature egg cells, or ‘oocytes’, from the embryonic period right on into adulthood. It has been a given up to now that oocytes cannot be renewed in mammals after birth – you have what you were born with and no more. This leads women to being very aware that they have a time-frame in which to conceive and give birth and the older you are then the louder that biological clock can be heard ticking.

Summary:

Clearly this is early stage research but does offer the future possibility that the biological clock could have a few more years than previously thought before it runs down. However, for women wanting to increase their chances of conception and a viable pregnancy the best option is still to ensure good progesterone levels as that is the most important element as its name suggests – pro meaning for and gest meaning life, it is about creating life.

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