If the quality of eggs retrieved for IVF is not that good, does it decline further in the subsequent cycles?
ByOne of my wife’s friend did undergo her first cycle of IVF last month. Unluckily, the quality of her eggs were not very good, and only one egg was able to be fertilized. The first cycle was not successful, and the infertility expert told her that improvement in her quality of eggs for furthe IVF is slim, that once the quality is bad, it goes steadily downhill and does not improve. Is this true? By the way, she is 28 years old.
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April 8th, 2010 at 2:36 am
Yes, it does decline with age regardless of starting point, but the decline is not fast like a car rolling down a hill, her fertility level will decrease each month but the age she is it won’t see a significant decline till 30, then again at 35, then 37, then 39, then 40. If she is in poor quality shape now, it is likely that she will not be able to have children past 35.