Onset of capacity for childbearing in women is dated biologically by menarche, although actual onset may be delayed.

The end of childbearing is less understood but recent demographic and biological research on fertility at older ages in clarifying the end of fertility.

The demographic view of declining fertility with age is based on age-specific fertility in natural fertility populations, artificial insemination and pregnancy rates by age and World Fertility Survey data.

New data from the Demographic and Health Surveys on exposure to the risk of pregnancy shows that whereas older women biologically need longer exposure to pregnancy, exposure declines on behavioral grounds such as duration of marriage. Actual fecundity is obscured by factors of fecundability.

Recent research on medically assisted conception is adding to the understanding of declining fecundity with age, especially the relative contributions of endometrial and ovarian ageing. This paper reviews the available information on declining fertility with age and discusses the implications of the extension of fertility through new medical technologies.

PIP: This literature review on fecundity and age interactions discusses studies on menopause, on artificial insemination, on sexual behavior, and on assisted reproductive technology<. Challenges to the age old notion of biological reproductive declines with age have appeared since the advent of new technologies and the understanding of reproductive potential.

With donated oocytes, acyclic women can have a higher probability of conception than young women conceiving naturally. The beginning of childbearing is easily demarcated with the advent of menstrual cycles and fecundity with first ovulation. There are societal constraints on fecundity. Fixing a date on the end of childbearing is not as clear cut.

An understanding of the limits of childbearing comes from research on cessation of ovarian follicular function, on natural childbearing populations and ages of women at their last birth, and on achieved pregnancy among women artificially inseminated. The end of menopause tends to occur during the mid-50s, but natural population data indicate that fecundity usually ends at around 39-41 years.

The gap between fecundity and menopause is determined to be about 8-10 years. Findings from the artificial insemination literature indicate conception rates decline for women older than 30 years. Van Noord-Zaadastra finds that conceptions among women aged 31 years and older are 66% of those for women aged 21-30 years, after 12 cycles of insemination.

Young women conceive in about 90% of cases in 24 cycles. Comparisons with natural fertility indicate that use of fresh sperm increases pregnancy rates in cases of insemination. Sex behavior surveys find that coital frequency declines with age, which reduces the risk of pregnancy.

Coital frequency is also related to marriage duration; studies reveal women married for 30 or more years have half the coital frequency rate of women married for four years or less. Reports of intercourse within the past month show a decline by age. Coital frequency and acceptance of extramarital relations have been found to be culture-dependent.

Kerin at al. show oocyte production and fertilization rates decline with age. The quality of the uterus also declines with age. Navot et al. find a high pregnancy rate in women aged 40 years and older when oocytes are donated.

Related Links
-- Reproductive potential in the older woman [Fertil Steril. 1986]

-- Fecundity and natural fertility in humans [Oxf Rev Reprod Biol. 1989]

-- Fertility in older women [IPPF Med Bull. 1984]

-- Age and infertility in a micronesian atoll population [Hum Biol. 1993]

-- Delaying childbearing: effect of age on fecundity and outcome of pregnancy [BMJ. 1991]

Source: The end of fertility: age, fecundity and fecundability in women

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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
40 and Pregnant!: What to expect when you are having your first child and are at (or near) the age of 40
by Dena Kennedy

-- This is a book for women who are at or near the age of 40 and pregnant for the first time.

This book explains many things that happen to a woman, her body and her mind when having children later in life.

It is also helpful to anyone who is pregnant or just recently had a baby.

About the Author: I am a mother of two and a full time legal secretary for a high profile law firm. Trying to juggle family life and a career at the same time can be difficult.

I would like to share with you what to expect when you are ... 40 and Pregnant!

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Like any excited and caring mom, Vicky Stikeman is engaged, playful and active with her two young girls.

Unlike most, she has already celebrated her 50th birthday.

Sometimes people think I'm crazy – sometimes I still think I'm crazy, Stikeman says with a chuckle.

A single, career-oriented woman since her 20s, Stikeman got on the fast-track to family life when she met her husband at 40, married at 41 then had her wedding night baby, Clara.

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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
The Belated Baby: A Guide to Parenting After Infertility
by Kelly James-Enger and Jill S. Browning

-- Infertility is a mind-set and that every woman who experiences infertility is forever changed, even when she eventually has the child she yearned for.

When many women who have gone through fertility treatments describe their experience, they say it abused their soul.

The experience may have also hurt their relationship with their husband and sometimes permanently altered relationships with their extended families.

Studies show that even after the desperation of infertility subsides, emotional wounds still fester and an asterisk accompanies her bundle of joy.

Paperback: 242 pages
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GARY AND KATHY, both geologists in Houston, are the grateful parents of twins -- a boy and a girl. The babies have big eyes and tufts of hair that stick straight up, making them look like alert, crested birds. Gary smiles every time he looks at them. Kathy basically crawled through broken glass to get these kids, he says.

[ Photos show the development of the twins, from embryos to today's lively babies. Family Photo Album Page 1 and Page 2 ]

Gary also went through a painful ordeal to produce these babies. A few years ago, he had surgery on his testicles to improve his sperm count. It didn't work. So the couple tried IVF. Kathy took drugs to stimulate her ovaries, then had eggs removed. Doctors cut into Gary's testicles to extract sperm, fertilized the eggs in a laboratory dish, then put the resulting embryos into Kathy's uterus. But she didn't get pregnant.

I was having trouble with seeing pregnant women, seeing children, going to baby showers, Kathy says. The thought of that was just, no way. Some days you're fine. But other days you're a wreck.

I was more worried about Kathy than I was about having a child, Gary says. This is pretty stressful, particularly when you're loaded up on all the drugs they pump into you. It was getting pretty stressful for both of us, so, being a guy, I wanted to find a solution. By God, let's just go out and adopt a baby.

Kathy and Gary looked into adoption, but found it could be as expensive IVF (a single IVF cycle costs $7-15,000). And they feared the birth parents might someday demand the baby back, even though that almost never happens. The couple worried about the prenatal care an adoptive baby might receive. What if the birth mother drank or smoked? Besides, Kathy wanted to experience pregnancy.

Well meaning people who just don't understand, Kathy says. They see what you're going through and they say, 'Why don't you just adopt?' And my answer is, 'For the same reason you didn't.' Because they are invariably people who have their own biological children. 'Why didn't you adopt?'
Gary adds, It's something that's inherent in everybody, in all species. You gotta go out and procreate.

When the couple learned of a less painful technique for extracting sperm from a man's testicles, they decided to try IVF again. This time the technology worked. In March 1997, Kathy gave birth. The first picture in their baby book is a black and white shot of what looks like lumpy soap bubbles. It's the twins as embryos, photographed through a laboratory microscope.

Kathy plays with their baby boy at bedtime.
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Today, they're energetic babies. The boy kicks and babbles as Kathy changes his diaper, shrieking with laughter when she coaches him to gimme five! The girl waits her turn, cuddled in Gary's arms.

Gary says the money he and Kathy spent to have their twins was worthwhile. LISTEN

They're perfect, Gary says. Not that we have a particularly objective opinion. Gary doesn't want more children, but there's no question in his mind that the twins were worth all the trouble, pain and expense. Knowing what we know, would we do it again? he asks. Both of them answer, Yeah.

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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
Inconceivable: A Woman's Triumph over Despair and Statistics
by Julia Indichova

-- A memoir of hope for the thousands of women struggling with infertility, from one who beat the odds by simply tuning in to her body and tapping her well of sheer determination.

At a time when more and more women are trying to get pregnant at increasingly advanced ages, fertility specialists and homeopathic researchers boast endless treatment options.

But when Julia Indichova made the rounds of medical doctors and nontraditional healers, she was still unable to conceive a child.

It was only when she forsook their financially and emotionally draining advice, turning inward instead, that she finally met with reproductive success. Inconceivable recounts this journey from hopeless diagnoses to elated motherhood.

Anyone who has faced infertility will relate to Julia's desperate measures: acupuncture, unidentifiable black-and-white pellets, herb soup, foul-smelling fruit, even making love on red sheets.

Five reproductive endocrinologists told her that there was no documented case of anyone in her hormonal condition getting pregnant, forcing her to finally embark on her own intuitive regimen.

After eight caffeine-free, nutrient-rich, yoga-laden months, complemented by visualization exercises, Julia received amazing news; incredibly, she was pregnant.

Nine months later she gave birth to a healthy girl.

Paperback: 208 pages
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Fertility has become a very hot topic these days with the surge in both assisted reproductive technology (ART) and adoptions.

ART typically consists of medications, intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF) with the sole purpose of becoming pregnant.

In general, experts tell women under 35 years old to try regularly to get pregnant at ovulation for 12 months before considering additional work-up. Women between 35 and 40 years old should try for six months.

Whether you are in your first month or your first year without success, here are five tests to talk about with your doctor.

1. Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
2. Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH)
3. Progesterone
4. Full Thyroid Panel
5. Test for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
6. BONUS TEST! Prolactin

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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
Is Your Body Baby-Friendly?:
Unexplained Infertility, Miscarriage and IVF Failure - Explained
by Alan E. Beer, Julia Kantecki, Jane Reed

-- A unique book—the first of its kind. No longer do patients have to accept that their infertility is just bad luck and they just have to keep on trying.

No longer should women with recurrent miscarriages have to listen to their doctor telling them that their loss was God's will or that they ought to be thankful because their baby was probably chromosomally abnormal.

The statistics simply do not support such claims—in fact, they show that repeated reproductive failure can be a symptom of wider health problems in the mother.

Furthermore, the root cause can be treated—not only to promote the chances of a successful pregnancy, but to improve the mother's health long-term.

Paperback: 500 pages
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According to a new study, any type of infertility treatment increases the risk of pregnancy complications. Dr. Hayashi of Nippon Medical School, Tokyo and colleagues published the results of a large study online on July 3 in the journal Fertility and Sterility

The researchers compared obstetric and perinatal outcomes of singleton pregnancies conceived with different types of assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures with those of naturally conceived pregnancies.

They reviewed data on more than 242,000 women; they identified 4,111 who received ovulation stimulation medications such as clomiphene citrate (Clomid), 2,351 who underwent intrauterine insemination (IUI) without ovulation stimulation medications, and 4,570 who underwent in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET).

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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
The Belated Baby: A Guide to Parenting After Infertility
by Kelly James-Enger and Jill S. Browning

-- Infertility is a mind-set and that every woman who experiences infertility is forever changed, even when she eventually has the child she yearned for.

When many women who have gone through fertility treatments describe their experience, they say it abused their soul.

The experience may have also hurt their relationship with their husband and sometimes permanently altered relationships with their extended families.

Studies show that even after the desperation of infertility subsides, emotional wounds still fester and an asterisk accompanies her bundle of joy.

Paperback: 242 pages
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Demystifying and clarifying what can be a highly emotive, stressful and financially costly journey for many people by providing IVF help is what IVF4U is all about. IVF4U has brought together teams of clinical specialists, healthcare educators and communications and information technology experts to produce this unique service.

The IVF4U Fertility Report which is created from the online assessment is able to address detailed aspects of the causes and treatments of infertility, while providing valuable IVF advice. The fertility assessment goes further and looks at the potential risks that may be encountered as well as the impact of male factor infertility.

From a technology standpoint the IVF4U Fertility Assessment is a browser based service which is accessible by almost all common web browsing tools. It is readily accessible on portable and handheld tablet devices as well as personal computers.

The report that is created as a result of completing the fertility assessment comprises around 35 to 45 pages of specialized IVF information all of which is selected and matched to the profile and responses generated by the individual participant.

Kate Pryde Managing Director of Sonoa Healthcare Group the organization which has designed and produced the IVF4U product describes the system as… “An easy to use and and easy to understand service which brings vast amounts of IVF information to a specific set of circumstances which are unique to each individual person”. 

“Infertility and all of the manifestations associated with it is a major issue for many couples and individuals across the world. The development of assisted reproductive technology and its increasing availability to the public began in the late 1970’s. The technology and treatments have continued to evolve in their application and the breadth of conditions that can be addressed. To date some 5,000,000 babies are estimated to have been born utilizing various IVF and ART techniques. Treatments such as intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) are able to take a single sperm and fertilize an egg. Chronic conditions that have historically led to female infertility including polycystic ovaries (PCO) and endometriosis can now be successfully addressed with IVF and ART”.

A rudimentary search of the internet using any search engine will return in excess of 100 million entries addressing issues of fertility, infertility and IVF help and advice. Much of this information is unstructured, out of date and potentially dangerous. IVF4U has produced a product which takes the collective learning of some of the world’s most eminent fertility specialists and combines that with the skills of communications and information technology experts to provide a unique set of information relevant to and specifically selected for an individual person.

All of the information which is then presented to the individual person has been reviewed and considered by IVF4U’s Editorial Board. IVF4U has established a world class panel of experts to take on the Editorial role to guide and oversight the selection of information that is aggregated and provided in a highly sophisticated and personalized way to individuals and couples.

Professor Gab Kovacs, one of Australia’s most eminent practitioners of reproductive medicine, chairman of the Editorial Board, describes the service as… “The information provided by IVF4U empowers users to fully understand treatments and to participate with both their specialists and their partners in treatment decisions that can improve their chances of achieving pregnancy and having a baby, I firmly believe this is the online service to use if you are thinking of using ART or IVF to have a baby."

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The Sonoa Healthcare Group established IVF4U as one of its responses to the ever increasing demands for high quality and affordable healthcare services. Sonoa Healthcare was founded in 2010 with the goal to resolve the ongoing worldwide problem of limited healthcare resources and unrelenting demand for high quality low cost healthcare information services.

For more information about the IVF4U Online Fertility Assessment head to http://www.ivf4u.com

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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
But I Don't Feel Too Old to Be a Mommy! The Complete Sourcebook for Starting (and Re-Starting) Motherhood Beyond 35 and After 40
by Doreen Nagle

-- The first and only book to fully address the concerns of the ever-growing but greatly ignored audience of literate, educated women who have delayed motherhood.

In this comprehensive work, women who are considering parenting in their 30s, 40s and later-whether for the first time or starting over-will find all the information they need to make informed choices.

Complete with quotes from medical experts, later-in-life moms and their kids, this one-stop book will calm the doubts and fears of women considering motherhood after 35 and beyond 40 by providing supportive yet realistic information.

Paperback: 275 pages
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6 January 2012 - New research presented today at the British Fertility Society Annual Meeting shows that babies born using assisted reproductive technologies (ART) from frozen embryos are heavier and have longer gestation periods than babies born using ART from fresh embryos. This suggests that frozen embryo transfer may lead to healthier babies, as birth weight and gestation period are positively related to successful birth outcomes and long-term health.

Suzanne Cawood and her team at the Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health in London studied whether gestation period and birth weight varied between babies born following fresh embryo transfer compared to those born after frozen embryo transfer. They measured the weight at birth and gestation length of 384 infants born after fresh embryo transfer and 108 infants born after frozen embryo transfer. All pregnancies measured were singleton babies (i.e. no multiple pregnancies were included in this study).

Single babies born from frozen embryo transfer were significantly heavier at birth compared to those born from fresh embryo transfer (253g heavier; p less than 0.001). Babies from frozen embryos also had a significantly longer gestation period compared to those from fresh embryos (0.649 weeks longer; p=0.01). The percentage of babies born with a low weight (less than 2500g) was significantly lower following frozen compared to fresh embryo transfer (3.7% vs. 10.7%; p=0.024). These findings suggest that transferring frozen embryos may lead to healthier babies (i.e. higher birth weights and longer gestation periods) than transferring fresh embryos. The reasons behind these findings are unclear and the team now intend to carry out further research on this issue and to investigate if other factors such as pregnancy complications or birth defects vary in frequency between fresh and frozen cycles.  

Lead researcher, Miss Suzanne Cawood, Deputy Head of Embryology at the Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health, London said:

“For all assisted reproduction technologies, it is important that we ensure the procedures promote optimal health in the resulting children throughout their lives.

“Our study suggests that babies born from frozen embryos have a significantly longer gestation period and are significantly heavier at birth compared to babies from fresh embryos. This is important because prematurity and low birth weight are both risk factors for poorer health later in life and are linked to higher rates of behavioural and learning difficulties. This means that resulting babies may potentially be healthier if frozen embryos are transferred rather than fresh embryos.

“The reasons behind these findings are not yet fully understood, but one possibility may be that there is a difference in the uterine environment between fresh cycles, when embryos are transferred soon after the eggs have been collected, compared to frozen cycles when the uterus has not been stimulated in the days before transfer. However, further research is needed to test this hypothesis.”

When a woman undergoes ART, she is given fertility drugs to stimulate her ovaries to produce more eggs than usual. The eggs are then fertilised with sperm to produce embryos. Currently, usually one or two of these embryos are transferred back into the womb three to six days after egg collection. If there is a surplus of healthy embryos, some may be frozen for use in subsequent ART treatment if needed. This means that the embryos are stored at -196°C, before being thawed to 37°C for use.

The 2010 HFEA national records using data collected from all fertility clinics shows that the pregnancy rate for fresh embryo transfer from a woman’s own eggs is 33.4% compared to 22.8% for frozen embryo transfer1.

¹ Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. Fertility treatment in 2010: trends and figures  
http://www.hfea.gov.uk/docs/2011-11-16_-_Annual_Register_Figures_Report_final.pdf. 

The British Fertility Society is a national multidisciplinary organisation representing professionals practising in the field of reproductive medicine. The British Fertility Society is committed to promoting good clinical practice and working with patients to provide safe and effective fertility treatment.

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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
50 Things You Can Do Today to Increase Your Fertility
by Sally Lewis and Nim Barnes

-- Practical advice and a holistic approach to help you conceive, including simple dietary and lifestyle changes and do it yourself complementary therapies.

In this accessible and informative guide, Sally Lewis explains how age, sexual infections, diet, excess weight, stress, and anxiety affect fertility.

Teaching how to discover the best time for conception; understand the link between body, mind, and fertility; and manage stress and relax to prevent anxiety, this is the ultimate guide to increasing the likelihood of conception at any age.

Paperback: 128 pages
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Attain Fertility® has announced the release of an updated, redesigned version of their popular Attain Fertility Predictor 2.0, a free iPhone application created to help women determine their chance of having a baby through assisted reproduction technology (ART).

Based on a woman’s age, Attain Fertility Predictor 2.0 allows her to see her chances for 1, 2, and 3 cycles for both IUI and IVF in an easy-to-read chart that clearly illustrates how success rates dramatically decrease as she ages.

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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:
Green Fertility: Nature's Secrets For Making Babies: A Powerful Proven Plan To Help You Get Pregnant Fast and Have a Healthy Baby
by Niels H. Lauersen and Colette Bouchez
-- Renowned fertility expert Dr. Niels Lauersen and women's natural wellness expert Colette Bouchez combine the best of nature's secrets with all that Eastern and Western medicine have to offer, in an easy, inexpensive plan to help you get pregnant fast and have super healthy babies!

Based on scientific research and tested on thousands of couples, this unique natural approach to conception is designed to uncover what's keeping you from getting pregnant and help you maximize your fertility and have healthier babies - even if you have PCOS, Endometriosis or you are diagnosed with unexplained infertility!

Paperback: 502 pages
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Couples who are trying to have a baby are probably wasting their time if they are using therapies such as acupuncture to get pregnant, according to new guidelines.

The British Fertility Society has released information stating that there is “no evidence” that using herbal medicine or acupuncture can improve the success of assisted conception.

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If you are trying to get pregnant and are dealing with infertility, you might find some of the medical jargon and frequently used terms more than a little bewildering.

Here are some of the more commonly used terms with brief, easy to understand definitions:

ART: Assisted Reproductive Technology. This refers to basically any procedure that involves taking eggs from a woman’s ovaries and combining them with male sperm.

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Daily sex (or ejaculating daily) for seven days improves men’s sperm quality by reducing the amount of DNA damage, according to an Australian study presented today.

"The optimal number of days of ejaculation might be more or less than seven days, but a week appears manageable and favourable. It seems safe to conclude that couples with relatively normal semen parameters should have sex daily for up to a week before the ovulation date. In the context of assisted reproduction, this simple treatment may assist in improving sperm quality and ultimately achieving a pregnancy. In addition, these results may mean that men play a greater role in infertility than previously suspected, and that ejaculatory frequency is important for improving sperm quality, especially as men age and during assisted reproduction cycles"

Dr Greening said he thought the reason why sperm quality improved with frequent ejaculation was because the sperm had a shorter exposure in the testicular ducts and epididymis to reactive oxygen species – very small molecules, high levels of which can damage cells. "The remainder of the men who had an increase in DFI might have a different explanation for their sperm DNA damage" he concluded.

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Americans and Canadians are seeking medical treatment in Monterrey, Mexico with internationally accredited hospitals and top-notch doctors that offer a wide range of fertility treatments.

With prices for treatments on in-vitro fertilization cycles starting at less than $8500 each, or artificial insemination at between $1200-$2000, assisted reproduction care in Monterrey is between a third and a quarter of the cost in the U.S.

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Lying down for ten minutes after artificial insemination may increase the chances of a successful pregnancy by 50 per cent, research has shown.


A study of 400 couples in the Netherlands found 27 per cent of women who remained lying down following insemination conceived compared with 18 per cent of those who did not.

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Infertile couples with monthly household income under W4.81 million will be able to get fertility treatment almost for free from next year (US$1=W1,155).

The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs on Thursday said it will subsidize artificial insemination for infertile couples earning less than 150 percent of the national average from next year, in addition to the existing assistance program for in-vitro treatment, as a means of tackling the low birthrate.

This year's national average income for a two-person household was W4.81 million per month. The assistance will cover up to W500,000 per artificial insemination up to three times, and W1.5 million for every in-vitro procedure, also up to three times.

For couples on welfare, up to W2.7 million per in-vitro procedure will be covered. Artificial insemination normally costs W500,000 per session, and an in-vitro procedure W3 million. Source



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Although an increasing number of women now choose to postpone having children until their early 30s and many are successful, others will find it increasingly difficult to conceive even with assisted reproduction techniques like IVF.

The development of the body clock test, and its widespread availability through the forthcoming UK Body Clock Network, allows women to take control and make informed decisions about their reproductive lifestyle choices.

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