Useful advice to get pregnant after 40!

In the last decade there has been an increase in the percentage of couples who either naturally try or refer to assisted reproduction at age after 40. It is known that at increased reproductive age conception is not easy. The modern lifestyle (stress, poor diet, sedentary life, polluting substances) is therefore not helpful. Specialist Dr Marinakis answers some of the most common questions and gives advice to get pregnant after 40. Is it possible to become pregnant with physical arrest after 40? YES! While fertility decreases over time (starting at age 30) it is possible to become pregnant without fertility treatments after the age of 40. However, women after 40 are less likely to conceive naturally than at younger motherhood. The possibility of becoming pregnant naturally after the age of 40 per period is 5% versus 25% for women at 20. Also increases the percentage of abortions with age. This is due to the greatest possibility of genetic abnormalities in the ova after the age of 40. How many eggs does a woman have in her 40s? When girls are born, their ovaries contain the total number of ova they will have – about a million! This number decreases as they grow. Women lose about 30 immature eggs in the day! This means that when a woman reaches puberty her ovaries contain 300,000 eggs. At 30, she’s down at 100,000. Estimates say that by the age of 40 women there are only about 20,000 eggs left. How can the egg stock be checked? The stock of eggs can be checked with a blood test called Anti-Mullerian hormone. AMH is a hormone produced by follicles in a woman’s ovaries and reduced during the reproductive life of the woman. The lower a woman’s AMH number, the fewer eggs remain in her ovary stock. Are my eggs bad after 40? All women have a proportion of ova that are genetically abnormal. This means that even if these eggs are fertilized, embryos will not be genetically correct to obtain pregnancy. The proportion of normal ova a woman has decreases as it grows. At the age of 25, a woman has about 75% normal eggs. By the age of 35, this figure falls to about 45%, and at 40, it is about 20-30%. How can I improve fertility after 40? There are many ways to improve fertility that become particularly important after the age of 40. Special diet Exercise Alcohol reduction and smoking cessation When should I address an expert? If you are planning pregnancy and you are over 40 years old, you will immediately have to make a thorough pre-genetic check. Diseases that may cause complications in pregnancy or more difficulties in conception should be investigated. Examples are obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, thyroid disorders, and . At the same time during efforts should be made in the couple a basic fertility control (within six months) as , and . If necessary, are there good success rates? Developments in assisted reproduction have changed the data. preparation for the optimisation of fertility, a modern embryonic laboratory but above all our expertise and experience in this area are our tools to achieve the best possible result. That is why we see a lot of what has been said in the past and that has been recorded to date! If you want to become pregnant after 40, we will do our best to help you achieve this goal and have a healthy pregnancy. We encourage you to prior to conception to avoid wasting valuable time, points out the specialist reproductive gynecologist with rich clinical and research work in the field of assisted reproduction at increased reproductive age.