How old is too old for fertility treatment?
Women are delaying starting their families. High-profile women such as Cherie Blair and Madonna are having successful pregnancies with healthy babies in their forties. Is this sending out messages to women that delaying conception during their twenties and thirties is a good idea? Fertility treatment can overcome certain age-related hurdles but is certainly not the magic wand some expect it to be.
Centre for Reproductive Medicine, UHCW NHS Trust, Walsgrave Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, CV2 2DX, UK. lizhowland@doctors.org.uk.
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