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Written by Conceive Editors
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Even though a new study from the United Kingdom suggests that nearly all of a woman's ovarian eggs are gone by the age of 30, there's no reason to panic says one doctor.
The study, which was conducted by the Universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrews, was titled Human Ovarian Reserve from Conception to the Menopause. And, according to the findings involving 325 women in the U.K., United States, and Europe, by the age of 30, only 12 percent of their maximum ovarian reserve is present, and by the age of 40 years only 3 percent remains. Baby girls are born with an estimated half to a million eggs already in their ovaries, which would mean by age 30 some 50,000 to 100,000 still remain.
But, Dr. Ava Mahapatra, an ob/gyn at Desert Regional Medical Center (and not associated with the study), doesn't want women to see this and assume their fertility is doomed. "I don't think the number of eggs makes as big of a difference. It's the ovulation and health of the egg that's the important thing," said Dr. Mahapatra. "The chance is still very, very good at age 30 to get pregnant."
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