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LATE MOTHERS GET BABY 'DEADLINE'A new fertility test may soon resolve the dilemma facing millions of women: can they wait to have babies while they pursue a career or will they run out of time to conceive?The technique measures the 'shelf life' of eggs in a woman's ovaries, effectively enabling her to tell the time on her biological clock, which is not purely related to age. It will predict whether women will be able to have children late in life, like Hollywood stars Susan Sarandon and Britt Elkland (who both had babies at 45), or whether they should start a family soon because their fertility is already declining. The test is the result of more than six years' work by scientists in Oxford (UK), who discovered that levels of a hormone, inhibin B, are related to the time that a woman's ovaries will continue to release eggs that are healthy enough for fertilization. It is well known that women's ovaries age at different rates from the rest of their bodies. Those who do decide to delay childbearing will be able to do so with some sense of security. Women who failed to get pregnant had very low inhibin B levels. In this case, infertility treatment can no longer help. It is expected that one day the test will be available in a simple kit sold in pharmacies, which young women could use to map Out plans for motherhood. --> return to menu / back ... (click) --> return to top of the page (click) |
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