Fertility Treatments: Majority of Women Who Go Through It May Give Birth Within Five Years

A Danish study has found that 71 percent of women undergoing fertility treatments will give birth within five years of the process. The study, which was presented at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference in Helsinki, examined nearly 20,000 Danish women.

The Guardian reported that the women were undergoing fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization and intrauterine insemination. More than half of the women reportedly gave birth within two years starting fertility treatment while 65 percent gave birth within three years.

Long-term studies suggests ~3/4 of all couples that begin #fertility treatment will eventually become parents #IVF https://t.co/8IgJLplTTa

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Age Is A Factor In Getting Pregnant

The study reinforced the previously known finding that age was the "greatest determinant of success" in getting pregnant. According to a report from Science Daily, within five years of fertility treatments, the birth rate was 80 percent for women aged below 35, 60.5 percent for those aged 35-40 and 26 percent for women aged 40 and above.

"We are now able to provide couples with a reliable, comprehensible, age-stratified long-term prognosis at start of treatment," study presenter Dr. Sara Malchau was quoted as saying. Malchau is from the Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark.

Fertility Treatments Working

"It really does provide some encouraging news for those who are about to embark on the journey of fertility treatment - the chance of having a baby is good. There will always be individual factors that affect an individual's prognosis, but overall it shows us fertility treatments are working," Prof. Nick Macklon was quoted by a BBC report as saying. Macklon is from the University of Southampton.

According to the report, Malchau said that a healthy weight and lifestyle had better chances of getting pregnant. "Also women with a body mass index under 30 had better outcomes as well as women who didn't smoke." Malchau however qualified that the Danish government gave priority to fertility treatments, making it easier for women to continue their quest for having a child.

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