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Can I get pregnant in my 40s?
Dr. Sigal Klipstein, InVia Fertility Specialists: When we talk about women getting pregnant in their 40s,
there's actually a very dramatic decrease in chance of fertility with each year in the 40s.
So, while fertility starts to decline in a woman starting at age 27, that decline
becomes much more rapid with every year, and is much more accelerated in a woman's 40s.
And so there's a big difference between being 40 and being 45.
And, in fact, if you look at the most successful treatment that we provide women who are trying to get pregnant in their 40s,
which is in vitro fertilization, the success rates are significantly lower with each age.
So, a women who is 40 has about a 15 percent chance of getting pregnant and delivering a baby with one IVF cycle when she's 40.
When she's 45, that goes down to about 5 percent.
So; and beyond age 45, there are very few pregnancies in women using their own eggs.
Now, women can get pregnant in their 40s, and we hear lots of stories of women in their mid- to late-40s getting pregnant.
Sure, that happens. But if you look at a population in general,
the chance that any one woman is going to get pregnant at age 45 or beyond is actually only 1 in 500.
So, 1 in 500 women will get pregnant in their late 40s, in the second half of their 40s, using their own eggs.
Now, there are certainly other options. If one is unable to use her own eggs in order to have a baby, egg donation is a great option.
And so, for example, a woman who's 45 who may have only a 2 or 3 percent chance of getting pregnant, despite any treatment we do,
even up to in vitro fertilization using her own eggs, has a 50 to 80 percent chance of getting pregnant with just one cycle,
one treatment cycle, using donor eggs.
And so that's a very good option for couples who are willing to explore that pathway.
There are other options.
Some couples choose to use donor embryos in which both egg and *** come from someone anonymous, usually,
and in those cases there could be very good success rates as well. 0:02:04.000,0:02:07.000 (text on screen): Fertility Authority. Your Most Trusted Source