Freeze your fertility for
future
Busy pursuing educational and
career goals, most women these days delay marriage and pregnancy.
This, when it's common knowledge that a woman's fertility levels start dropping between her late 30s and early 40s. However, with rapidly progressing medical technology — the latest, which allows one to freeze eggs for future use — women now have more chances of conceiving even after they cross 35.
This, when it's common knowledge that a woman's fertility levels start dropping between her late 30s and early 40s. However, with rapidly progressing medical technology — the latest, which allows one to freeze eggs for future use — women now have more chances of conceiving even after they cross 35.
Egg-freezing is the latest development in the field of Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART), says Dr Firuza R Parikh, director of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics at a city hospital.
Dr Nandita Palshetkar, gynaecologist and infertility specialist, says, "This technique gives women an opportunity to slow down their biological clock by freezing their eggs till they are ready for conception. When they decide to get pregnant, the eggs are thawed, fertilised in-vitro and transferred back into the uterus."
Infertility specialist consultant Dr Richa Jagtap states, "Today's lifestyle tries to defy nature. Women choose partners late and this means they delay pregnancy. However, we can now do oocyte cryopreservation. The American Society of Reproductive Medicine removed the "experimental" label from the technique in 2012 and it has since been included in mainstream fertility practice."
Dr Parikh adds, "There are many women who cannot contemplate marriage in the near future as they are still looking for the right partner or have many compulsions like working their way through their careers. Freezing eggs is a woman's biological insurance against ageing. However, many women are complacent and believe that egg-freezing can be done at any age. They wait till they turn 40, but by that time, it is too late! Eggs are best frozen between the ages of 25 and 37. Women who can afford this option should not waste time."
Source: www.timesofindia.com
21.01.2014
Why girls are preferred over boys by IVF parents
A new
research has found that a majority of IVF parents undergoing embryo screening are choosing girls over boys in
order to decrease the child's risk of autism,
as male babies are about 4 times likely as girls to develop the medical
condition.
While commenting on the study, fertility doctors said that the problem of sex preference is the tip of the iceberg with a huge range of tests becoming available, the Sydney Morning Heraldreported. Mark Bowman, director of the fertility company Genea, said that his firm has conducted over 100 cycles of "pre-implantation genetic diagnosis" this year alone, mainly for conditions like cystic fibrosis. In a way these tests are the ultimate preventative medicine, Bowman said. Guidelines provided by the National Healthand Medical Research Council said that although sex selection is not allowed, it can be done to prevent the spread of a "serious genetic condition".
Bowman added that in about 1 in 20 cases parents undergo a cycle of pre-implantation diagnosis just for sex selection to avoid having another autistic child. But some couples also choose sex selection for controversial reasons, such as depression and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Source: www.timesofindia.com
21.01.2014
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