Clinical pregnancy and delivery of a healthy baby by a 44-year-old woman after a successful in vitro fertilization frozen cycle using her own oocytes.
OBJECTIVE
To present a successful IVF frozen-embryo replacement cycle in a 44-year-old woman, using her own oocytes.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
Assisted reproduction unit in a university hospital.


METHODS
A 44-year-old woman underwent IVF frozen-embryo replacement cycle after three unsuccessful IVF fresh cycles with her own oocytes. The couple were unable to achieve pregnancy for 4 years and were advised to have IVF because of the long duration of subfertility and woman's age.


METHODS
In vitro fertilization.


METHODS
Pregnancy, live birth, baseline FSH on day 3, and IVF outcome.


RESULTS
The woman achieved pregnancy through a frozen-embryo replacement cycle and gave birth to a healthy girl who weighed 3,330 g.


CONCLUSIONS
Pregnancy is difficult to achieve for women >40 years of age and especially so for a woman at the age of 44 years. In vitro fertilization cycles may not lead to the desired result, but the availability of a frozen embryo replacement cycle is associated with better prognosis.
Giannaris
Dimitrios
D
IVF Unit, 3rd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ATTIKON University Hospital, Athens, Greece. dimgiann@panafonet.gr
Orfanoudaki
Eleni
E
Zourla
Andromachi
A
Salamalekis
Emmanouil
E
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001724:Birth Weight; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000503:physiopathology; D008597:Menstrual Cycle; D054315:Oocyte Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016896:Treatment Outcome