{"id":247492,"date":"2024-05-31T21:39:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T19:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invimed.pl\/?post_type=blog&p=247492"},"modified":"2025-06-16T13:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:31:58","slug":"does-the-menopause-ruin-the-chances-of-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/invimed.pl\/en\/blog\/czy-menopauza-przekresla-szanse-na-ciaze","title":{"rendered":"Does the menopause divert the chance of pregnancy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is it possible to get pregnant despite the menopause? Although it does not happen often, a woman has the chance to conceive naturally during premenopause or through a method of in vitro<\/a> with a donor egg after menopause. If symptoms heralding the cessation of ovarian function can be recognised, the process can be mitigated with appropriate therapy. However, menopause itself is irreversible. On the other hand, just before the onset of menopause, pregnancy is still viable because cycles, although increasingly irregular, may be ovulatory.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why does female fertility decline with age?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A woman's peak reproductive period is from her late teens to the age of 25. After the age of 30, fertility begins to decline markedly. The decline becomes more rapid once the middle of the third decade is reached. By the age of 45, fertility declines so much that becoming pregnant naturally is unlikely for most women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is because the quality and number of eggs remaining in the ovaries gradually decreases over the course of a lifetime<\/strong>. The main reason for this phenomenon lies in the ovarian reserve. This is the stock of ova that provide the potential opportunity for fertilisation and pregnancy. The size of the reserve is strongly genetically determined. If it is low, it can be the cause of premature menopause. The number of eggs cannot be precisely determined, especially as the ovarian reserve varies from woman to woman. However, it can be estimated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ovarian reserve reaches its maximum value in the sixth month of a girl's foetal life. Then its level reaches up to 8 million ova. A huge drop occurs even before birth, when this pool decreases to or 3 -4 million. Thereafter, the ovarian reserve can be estimated at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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