Women Women over 35 yrs nearly twice as likely to present with unexplained infertility Incidence of genetic abnormalities and spontaneous abortion increases with maternal age Chance of miscarriage increases exponentially with age – Pregnancy loss after positive test increases from 25% under 35 y to 50% at 45 y Chance of chromosomal abnormality increases exponentially with age - Chance of any abnormality increases from 1:170 at 35 y to 1:11 at 45 y Over 40 – ineligible for publically funded fertility treatment in NZ Maheshwari,.A, Hamilton, M., Bhattacharya,S.
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