Image courtesy: sattva at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Poor egg quality is the most common cause of age-related infertility. Makes sense, right? Your eggs were all there as you were yourself still a fetus in your mom's belly at 4 months! I think it's a HUGE wonder that anything as sensitive as an egg survives that many decades and still keeps [...]
Image courtesy: imagerymajestic at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Just this morning I've received two similar emails. Each was written by a 37-year old woman, hard working, in a relationship, struggling to get pregnant due to issues with egg quality. The only difference was, the first lady has no eggs left and will have to go for egg donation. The other [...]
Image courtesy: Whitthaya Phonasawath at FreeDigitalPhotos.net The last time I've Skyped with my best friend, I asked her whether she would consider freezing some of her eggs before her 36th birthday comes at the end of the month? Only 10-15 eggs, just to relief stress due to the recent breakup and make sure that she can still get pregnant [...]
Image credit: africa at FreeDigitalPhotos.net I had to sit down as I read this: According to Allied Market Research, the IVF market is supposed to grow from $9.3 billion in 2012 to $21.6 billion in 2020. Can you imagine so many billions? The report is based on the calculations of the average IVF cost being over $10,000, which is true and I [...]
