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Current statistics show many women are delaying pregnancy until their late 20's or into their 30's. One of the reasons cited is because they want to develop their career before settling down to start a family. This situation raises many issues but one in particular - by the time large numbers of women decide to have a child it is too late to conceive naturally and they are forced to seek medical intervention.

Women are born with a finite number of eggs. Unlike sperm, eggs do not generate. They deteriorate and 10 years before women actually enter into menopause the quality of their eggs has reached significant decline. The optimum time for women to conceive is in their 20's. While the trend of having babies later is increasing there could be a growing need for assisted reproductive technology. At a recent function I was particularly interested in listening to a professional discuss women and infertility and the way that she has assisted many couples, who would otherwise probably never have had children to conceive and to be able to have their dream of parenting come true. She spoke about the dilemmas many women find themselves in now because of the work/family issue. On one hand, they want to develop a career and purchase a house. At the same time, their biological clock is ticking away.

She says many leave it too late and are often devastated when they are unable to have a child. So, what does this delay mean for women? It means many women will never have children and are traumatised by this situation. It also means that while IVF has made significant inroads into fertility in the past five years it cannot fix every fertility problem.

Women can be shattered when they cannot have a child and some regret it for the rest of their lives. It is important for women of any age to be given accurate details about their fertility so a true choice can be made. They need to know that they can't automatically assume they can delay pregnancy and then get IVF to fix it.

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