Patiens over 45

A woman’s age is a highly important factor when it comes to getting pregnant. For men, fertility begins to reduce gradually after the age of 40, though other factors must also be taken into account.

 

Due to the fact that nowadays, many women put off having children while working to advance their professional careers, more and more women over the age of 40 are deciding to become mothers. In other cases, women find the partner with whom they share the dream of having a child a bit later. This dream, which may have been impossible in the past, can now come true thanks to scientific advances.

 

At birth, a woman generally has about two million potential eggs in her ovaries. Starting at puberty, a woman generally produces one egg that will reach maturity and ovulation during each menstrual cycle. Starting at age 30, eggs start losing their “reproductive quality.” After age 35, the chance of chromosomal anomalies increase. And with the onset of menopause, eggs are no longer produced. For different medical reasons, menopause can also start early, even before the age of 40.

 

80% of the embryos of women over 40 have some chromosomal anomalies. For this reason, it is rare for women to get pregnant naturally after this age, and miscarriages become more frequent.

 

The good news is that today, women over 40 can have children thanks to advances in reproductive and molecular medicine.

 

Assisted Reproduction procedures allow women over 40 to have perfectly normal pregnancies either with their own eggs or with eggs donated by other women. In addition, women can do a new study (the PGD) to analyze the pre-embryos at the molecular level before they are implanted in the uterus. This way, genetic anomalies that could lead to illnesses or miscarriage can be avoided.

 

In the case of men, age is a less abrupt problem in terms of fertility, since sperm is produced continually throughout a man’s life. However, the sperm’s motility can be reduced and sperm can suffer alterations resulting from environmental contaminants, drug use, toxins, stress and infections. In addition, male climacterium leads to reduced testosterone production.

 

At CER, we are open to hearing out older women and men and getting to know their needs and desires. For this reason, CER has a team that specializes in climacterium and high-risk pregnancies – a team that has helped countless men and women make their dream of having a child come true.

 

We also allow younger women the chance to cryopreserve some of their eggs when they are most fertile in order to be able to use them in the future if necessary.