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  1. adammay198

    If I’ve PCOS does the chance of infertility increase with age? I want kids but should I do it now? I’m twenty-five years old, there is a possibility I’ve PCOS. My LH/FSH came back as 19.7 (lh) and 4.7 (fsh), I’ve an appointment for the doctor in 2 days but the nurse informed me that from the LH/FSH results it shows that I’m post-menopausal, so I’m thinking it most likely is PCOS. The question I’ve is, does the risk of never being able to conceive naturally increase with age?… (Like if I leave it alone and don’thing, will I be able to have kids in six years?) I heard to make you ovulate you have to start taking the pill (as one option) but I want to have kids for sure at some point in my life. Should I’ve the kids or soon? Or am I able to wait six years? (I haven’t menstrated for three months now… And its beginning to scare me)… I want kids, but I want a career… If the risk is too much to wait, I would like to have a baby sooner, because I rather have it now, than never… Any advice? Anyone know how the risk factors increase? How they deal with like me?

  2. monse732

    How can I tell if I'm infertile? I’ve been sitting with my laptop on my knee for a real while. Someone has recently told me that if you do that, the heat goes to your genitals and could make you infertile, I now have fear that I’m infertile. How can I tell if I’m? I’m a fifteen year old boy by the way

  3. denreyno59

    Why didnt my IVF work? Everything was supposedly “perfect” yet my IVF didnt work. The embies looked good, they fertilized well and so why didnt it work, Im crushed!

  4. melf173

    Fertility Channel.tv Episode one – Age and Infertility‏ – YouTube. Fertility Channel.tv talks about the relationship between age and infertility.

  5. colizamo590

    I’m doing IUI. I know that it’s SO hard to think about all of the money and hard work that was put into it, and I know it’s SO hard to get the news that HCG is neg- There is a high chance that it’ll take but there is also a chance it wont. I’ve a girlfriend that did six IVF b4 it took. Now she has 2 beautiful girls!! Make sure to keep your head up and try not to get down about it. Good Luck!!! Everyone considering IVF clearly needs to know the success rates achieved by the program they plan to work with, and yet correctly estimating anyone's particular chances is quite difficult due to the many variables involved such as age, cause of the infertility, health of the woman's uterus, and quality of the sperm. Similarly, judging a program based on its pregnancy rate can be fraught with error. Programs can improve their pregnancy rates by refusing to treat older women or poor candidates. They can turn away couples with previous failures. They can also transfer large numbers of embryos, inflating the pregnancy rate but also producing a dangerously high multiple (and high-order multiple) pregnancy rate. Since policies vary from program to program, it’s virtually impossible to determine the quality of program based upon pregnancy rates. Even so, a reasonable benchmark for all programs is an ultrasound proven pregnancy rates of at least 25% (although our rates are much higher). This should be highest among younger patients and is usually quite a bit lower in the patient over fourty (10% or less). The highest pregnancy rates are usually seen in young couples (under 30) with severe male factor infertility: these rates can approach 50-70%. Note that for no type of patient is the chance 100%, nor is it 0%. One of the great difficulties with IVF is that it’s very hard to know when to stop. We can’t with certainty predict who will ultimately succeed with IVF and who won’t. A poor prognosis patient may conceive in the first IVF cycle, and a supposedly good prognosis patient may still be unsuccessful after their third or fourth cycle. Random chance (plain old luck) has a lot to do with how soon success will come. Clearly though, there must be a point at which we can no longer blame bad luck for continued failure. Unfortunately, we don't know everything there is to know about fertility and there are almost certainly a host of rare problems that may prevent successful embryo implantation. Finding this break point between chance and pathology is enormously important and is therefore the focus of a great deal of current research. The best evidence we’ve currently is that the “point of diminishing returns” is reached after IVF cycle number 3 or four. This applies in cases where IVF has produced a reasonable number of good quality embryos for transfer. If, on the other hand, only unhealthy embryos result from the first IVF cycle, then the chances of success are much lower than normally found and the decision may be to stop IVF at that point. I hope that info helps!!!

  6. albir565

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  7. joseple615

    I’m doing IUI. I know that it’s SO hard to think about all of the money and hard work that was put into it, and I know it’s SO hard to get the news that HCG is neg- There is a high chance that it’ll take but there is also a chance it wont. I’ve a girlfriend that did six IVF b4 it took. Now she has 2 beautiful girls!! Make sure to keep your head up and try not to get down about it. Good Luck!!! Everyone considering IVF clearly needs to know the success rates achieved by the program they plan to work with, and yet correctly estimating anyone's particular chances is quite difficult due to the many variables involved such as age, cause of the infertility, health of the woman's uterus, and quality of the sperm. Similarly, judging a program based on its pregnancy rate can be fraught with error. Programs can improve their pregnancy rates by refusing to treat older women or poor candidates. They can turn away couples with previous failures. They can also transfer large numbers of embryos, inflating the pregnancy rate but also producing a dangerously high multiple (and high-order multiple) pregnancy rate. Since policies vary from program to program, it’s virtually impossible to determine the quality of program based upon pregnancy rates. In addition, a reasonable benchmark for all programs is an ultrasound proven pregnancy rates of at least 25% (although our rates are much higher). This should be highest among younger patients and is usually quite a bit lower in the patient over fourty (10% or less). The highest pregnancy rates are usually seen in young couples (under 30) with severe male factor infertility: these rates can approach 50-70%. Note that for no type of patient is the chance 100%, nor is it 0%. One of the great difficulties with IVF is that it’s very hard to know when to stop. We can’t with certainty predict who will ultimately succeed with IVF and who won’t. A poor prognosis patient may conceive in the first IVF cycle, and a supposedly good prognosis patient may still be unsuccessful after their third or fourth cycle. Random chance (plain old luck) has a lot to do with how soon success will come. Clearly though, there must be a point at which we can no longer blame bad luck for continued failure. Unfortunately, we don't know everything there is to know about fertility and there are almost certainly a host of rare problems that may prevent successful embryo implantation. Finding this break point between chance and pathology is enormously important and is therefore the focus of a great deal of current research. The best evidence we’ve currently is that the “point of diminishing returns” is reached after IVF cycle number 3 or four. This applies in cases where IVF has produced a reasonable number of good quality embryos for transfer. If, on the other hand, only unhealthy embryos result from the first IVF cycle, then the chances of success are much lower than normally found and the decision may be to stop IVF at that point. I hope that info helps!!!

  8. mariomor343

    Been trying for a baby for three years. Starting to feel like its never going to happen :( ? We’ve a male infertility issue. We’re both thirty years of age. We’ve had one failed i.u.i. And are in the two week wait from our 2nd i.u.i. Its really getting us down at the moment because we want to start a family so bad, we’re very much in love, own our own house and both have full time jobs. Everything in our lives is perfect other than this. One by one all our friends are becoming parents and even though we’re thrilled for them we desperately want it to be our turn! We’ve discussed adoption but I’ve heard you can only apply for adoption after not receiving any infertility help for a year, is this true? We’re entitled to one more i.u.i. Free of charge and then one i.v.f. Also free of charge and then we would have to fund anything else ourselves. We desperately don't want it to come to that as we’ve very little savings. Any advice or experiences would be great thankyou x

  9. emmtys488

    My daughter and my son in law tried for ten years. They went through the i.u.i thing without success and had resinged themselves to the fact that it was never going to happen so they stopped trying. They carried on with the fun bit and then the miracle happened and I’ve a grand son just comming up to his second birthday. The point I'm trying to make is NEVER give up.

  10. bruch214

    Husband and I trying to conceive, twenty-nine year age difference…? My husband and I’ve just started trying to conceive, and there's a twenty-nine year age difference between us, i'm twenty and he's 49..i know th woman's fertility is supposed to be more imporant in conceiving but will his age affect our chances of success at all? He's healthy and fit, no medical problems etc, and he has a good sperm count..i made him quit coffee and alcohol..so if I do get pregnant..will our baby be normal and healthy? I'm worried about genetic disorders..he has 2 sons by a previous marriage..but that was twenty-five yrs ago..he's a lot older now..does sperm quality decrease with age? Should we see a genetic counselor or something?

  11. jarmstr175

    At what age is a male rat infertile? I really don't think there's a guaranteed age for elderly male infertility. There have been 70-odd year old human men who fathered children, and you really can't be sure your rat is infertile just because it's past the, say, two-year mark. Better to house the male with other males and not run the risk of surprise litters at the worst possible moment. Edited to add: get him neutered (if you think he's up to it), quarantine him for 3 weeks – that's how long sperm can stay viable post-neuter – and you won't have a problem. But DON'T house him with females of any age unless he's been neutered. 2+ years is FAR too old to be having babies (and I've heard about rats still having litters at that age!). I don't imagine it would do your potential new girl any good to be pregnant at whatever her age is, either. Simplest, cheapest solution? Get a couple of new boys to keep your old boy company and have them in their own cage.

  12. jacquelm959

    Age and Fertility. Increased age and fertility is a well documented problem in today’s society. As couples wait longer to have children, a higher percentage will have …

  13. willicur739

    Woman challenges -old notions about infertility | Minnesota. When couples struggle with infertility, the social pressure can be intense. Fartun Weli is challenging -old Somali traditions by talking