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Abstract

Important factor related to the conception possibility is women age. The decline in fertility with aging is proven and evident in literature. Infertility is increasing and many couples seek help in advanced techniques such as IVF (in vitro fertilization) in order to overcome the problem caused by aging, but the quality of the oocytes is a significant limiting factor. With the aging the quantity and quality of oocytes decreases, such as the quality of the embryo after fertilization. The accelerated rhythm of life, liberty and women inclusion in all kinds of professions brought many benefits to women, but also increasingly postponing births. Each person is unique individual, and can be more or less fertile compared to the average at same age. Unfortunately, some women has a rapid decline in fertility - accelerate aging, very early, already in the early twenties and when testing them with different methods and exams, the result is very low number of oocytes, low value of anti-Müllerian hormone and also very poor quality of these oocytes, or low ovarian reserve. The problem is that when you have accelerate aging, even IVF techniques can not be of great help in achieving pregnancy. The pregnancy rate (17,65%) and the childbirth rate (5,88%) with the patients older than 40 is very low, although comparable to the data from the scientific literature and speaks in favour of the fact that the success of assisted reproductive techniques is very modest with women older than 44.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2018-0073 | Journal eISSN: 2956-2090 | Journal ISSN: 2956-0454
Language: English
Page range: 343 - 353
Submitted on: Nov 23, 2018
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Accepted on: Dec 22, 2018
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Published on: Feb 23, 2019
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2019 Marija Sorak, Predrag Sazdanovic, Lidija Tulic, Eliana Garalejic, Biljana Arsic, Neda Arsenijevic, published by University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences
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