Women over 35 who are thinking of having a baby are often anxious about their prospects of success. They’ve read articles in which the age of 35 is compared to a fertility cliff for females. They’ve been told that once they go over that edge, their egg quality will start to decline, and their chances of conceiving will plummet accordingly.
They are right to be worried. A woman’s egg quality tends to hold until the age of 34 or 35 and drop thereafter,” says Dr John Kennedy, medical director of Thérapie Fertility.
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