Being Pregnant
Study Helps Women Determine How Fast Their Biological Clock Is Ticking
Study could be revolutionary for family planning.
More women than ever before are putting off having children while they focus on their careers. Focusing on your career can often mean you aren’t ready for babies until your mid-thirties, at which point you enter the danger zone.
It’s unfair, but as we get older, our eggs develop issues and it gets harder and takes longer to get pregnant. Not only that, but pregnancy is riskier. Miscarriage rates rise with age. For 35-year-olds, the rate of pregnancies ending in live births is half that for women in their 20s. By age 45, it is down 95 percent.
But everyone is different as menopause occurs at a wide array of ages. Now, as The Telegraph reports, a simple hormone test could measure how fast a woman’s biological clock is ticking and predict when she will no longer be able to have children. fa
For the first time ever researchers have been able to chart the levels of a vital fertility hormone in women of different ages. They compared hormone levels in 3,200 healthy women to show accurately how the range changed with age. The doctors claim they can use the results as a benchmark against which to measure others and show women when they are likely to go through the menopause and how long they will remain fertile.
The findings are revolutionary for women stressed about trying to establish a career before having babies, but also worried about aging out of an ideal range for pregnancy.
The test could also save couples expensive – but ultimately futile – in vitro fertilization treatments by predicting their chances of successful conception.
Very cool. Although I don’t know how much stock I’d put in a test. I mean, what if you delayed having children because the test said you’d hit menopause on the later tip, but then it turns out you just can’t get pregnant? That would totally suck. I’d rather see a track record of successful predictions before I base my family planning around a hormone test. What about you?
Go Back To Being Pregnant
3 Comments
[...] well, presumably because of chromosomal abnormalities. According to a (really interesting) post on Babble.com, 35 year olds are 50 percent more likely to have a miscarriage or still birth than 20-something [...]
Reason #10: Why I Love Being a Young Mom commented on Aug 10 11 at 12:55 pm[...] thаt, bυt pregnancy іѕ riskier.Read more frοm thе original source: Study Helps Women Determine Hοw Fаѕt Thеіr Biological Clock Iѕ Ticking …automatic backlink generator This entry was posted in News and tagged develop-issues, eggs, [...]
Study Helps Women Determine How Fast Their Biological Clock Is Ticking – Babble (blog) | How To Get Pregnant Stories commented on Aug 10 11 at 5:39 pm[...] gets harder аnd takes longer tο gеt pregnant . …Read thе rest here: Study Helps Women Determine Hοw Fаѕt Thеіr Biological Clock Iѕ Ticking …auto backlink creator backlink check tool buy one-way backlinks backlink building software This [...]
Study Helps Women Determine How Fast Their Biological Clock Is Ticking – Babble (blog) | When Can A Girl Get Pregnant commented on Aug 10 11 at 8:15 pmAdd your take:
Note: Babble is a supportive, diverse community. We encourage a range of opinions,
but any unduly hostile comments will be removed.
Comments are delayed up to 15 minutes
Aela Mass 
Casi Densmore-Koon 
Rebekah Kuschmider .jpg)
CaitlinHTP (Caitlin Boyle) 
Michelle Horton 
Ceridwen Morris 
Katie 
Devan McGuinness 
The Walt Disney Company supports Babble as a platform dedicated to honest, engaged, informed, intelligent and open conversation about parenting. However, the opinions expressed on this site are those of individual parents/writers and do not reflect the views of Disney. In addition, content provided on this site is for entertainment or informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or safety advice.
3